Erislandy Lara Tickets

Erislandy Lara, Cuban standout and top boxing prospect beat southpaw Willie Lee (17-7-0, 11 KOs) by 1st round TKO in a light middleweight fight on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at the Monroe Civic Center Arena in Monroe, Louisiana. Lee, who doesn't have a good beard went down from a jab to the chin about one minute into the fight only to get up and be backed up to the ropes and hit with a barrage of punches until referee Laurence Cole waved off the fight. Lara vs Lee headlined the ESPN2 fight card promoted by Kerry Daigle of Keeppunching Entertainment and Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing.

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Erislandy Lara

(13-0-0, 8 KOs)

Erislandy Lara, from Guantanamo, Cuba defected from Cuba in March 2008 via speedboat. He and Cuban national teammate Guillermo Rigondeaux previously made a failed attempt to defect during the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Erislandy Lara, a southpaw who had 320 amateur fights was the 2005 World Amateur Champion at welterweight and had been a medal favorite for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing before Castro kicked him out off the Cuban National Team for his desertion attempt.

Erislandy Lara, who is as cunning and cagey in the ring as Cuban boxer Joel Casamajor joins other recent fellow Cuban defectors Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis, Yan Barthelemy and Guillermo Rigondeaux who are also boxing professionally in the United States.

Signing with German based boxing promoter Ahmet Oener of Arena Box Promotion, Erislandy Lara made his pro debut on July 4, 2008 at the Bueyuek Anadolu Hotel in Ankara, Turkey where he beat Russian Ivan Maslov (3-1-1, 0 KOs) by points in a 4-round bout.

On Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois, Erislandy Lara beat Mexican Luciano Perez (17-10-1, 15 KOs) by 10-round unanimous decision. The fight which aired live on HBO took place on the undercard of Juan Diaz vs Paul Malignaggi II with Lara pitching a shutout. Scores were 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91.

Erislandy Lara beat The Contender season two winner Grady Brewer (26-12-0, 15 KOs) by 10th round TKO on Friday, January 29, 2010 at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lara dropped Brewer and followed up with a barrage of punches prompting referee Tony Weeks to stop the fight at 2:44 of round ten. The fight took place on the Campillo vs Shumenov fight card promoted by KZ Event Productions and Golden Boy Promotions and was televised live on FOX.

On Friday, April 2, 2010 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Erislandy Lara beat Danny Perez (34-7-0, 17 KOs) by 10th round unanimous decision. Scores were 99-91, 99-91 and 99-91. Lara boxed well winning in an anticlimactic fashion. The fight card televised live on Showtime was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions.

Erislandy Lara defeated Puerto Rican William Correa (8-4-0, 8 KOs) by 1st round TKO on Friday, July 9, 2010 at the Softball Country Complex in Denver, Colorado. Correa was down twice in round one before the referee waved off the bout at 2:34 of round one. Lara vs Correa headlined the Telefutura fight card promoted by Golden Boy Promotions.