WBA #12 featherweight Mauricio Lara (25-2-1, 18 KOs) scored a third round knockout over 40-year-old veteran Jose Sanmartin (33-6-1, 21 KOs) to stay in the featherweight title picture on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City. Lara dropped the 40-year-old Sanmartin twice in round three. Rime was 1:36.
WBO #4 lightweight Angel Fierro (20-1-2, 16 KOs) scored a seventh round TKO over Jeremy Cuevas (14-2, 10 KOs) in a very exciting fight where both fighters landed big shots, The referee finally waved it off with Fiero landing bomb after bomb. Time was :53.
Super lightweight Reshat “The Albanian Bear” Mati (13-0, 7 KOs) outscored Eduardo Leonel Rodriguez (10-3-1, 5 KOs) over ten rounds. Scores were 97-93 3x.
Super featherweight Alberto Mora (4-0, 3 KOs), a former amateur star, outpointed Diego Andrade (14-8-2, 1 KO) over eight rounds. Mora dropped Andrade in round eight en route to a 80-71, 79-72, 78-73 verdict.
Now that’s what you call POWER; MEXICAN POWER!!!
Hearn did alright by Lara. He almost got him a shot at Leigh Wood and when the fight fell out, he got him headlining a card in his home town just four weeks later. He’s rated #3 by the IBF after Venado at #1 and #3 is vacant – so next year Lara can fight an eliminator (probably a very winnable one against #4Kiko Martinez) and then be in line to be the next IBF mandatory after Warrington – Lopez.
Lara is a beast and I don’t think Wood wants anything to do with him. Warrington starts shaking as soon as the name Lara is mentioned.
“Warrington will go into an Eddie Hearn witness protection program to avoid Lara” Reposting this from another site
Huzzahs to Lara! Hip, hip, hooray!
Lara is fierce, he’s going to be difficult for any opponent.