Canelo Alvarez vs. Erislandy Lara Live
“It is amazing the attention this fight is receiving,’’ said Golden Boy President and boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya in a press release. “Why? This is a fight that can possibly be the Fight of the Year. You have Lara, the champion who nobody wants to fight because he’s dangerous.”
Canelo, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, brings a 43-1-1 record with 31 KOs into the bout. Lara, a former Cuban national, holds a record of 19-1-2, with 12 KOs.
“I took this fight because the fans wanted it, and after I kept reading and hearing interviews with Lara about how badly he wanted this fight,’’ Canelo said. “He said some bad things about me on Twitter and social media. I’m a Mexican, and I know all the tricks. You can’t say the kinds of things he said. So I’m going to please the fans and myself by fighting him.”
The fighters will square off in a 12-round clash.
“I’ve never tried this hard to get a fight, and actually get it like I did for this one,” said Lara. “I went to extreme measures, doing things I’ve never done before. I’m a pretty laid-back guy, but I did everything I could to challenge him and make people, the fans and the media demand that he fight me.
Canelo vs. Lara,” a highly anticipated event headlined by a showdown between former WBC and WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez and WBA Junior Middleweight World Champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara, commenced Tuesday at El Pueblo Historical Monument in Los Angeles.
Hundreds of fans and media members turned out for the Golden Boy Promotions open-to-the-public press conference that also was streamed live in High Definition across multiple SHOWTIME platforms, including via satellite feed, YouTube, Ustream and .com/live.
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