Erislandy Lara vs. Jan Zaveck RBR

Erislandy Lara vs. Jan Zaveck, 12 rounds @ light middleweight

 

Round 1

Zaveck is reaching in with the jab and hooking off it. Right jab by Lara, sticking his forefoot out to line his lead toe up with Zaveck's. Lara is sticking left hand leads below the elbows. 1-2 by Lara up top and Zaveck drops back. Zaveck slingshots inside with a pair of hooks. Jab into the guard and heavy right hand by Zaveck, caught on the arms but pushing Lara back. Zaveck is forced to shell up by a sharp left hand from Lara. Zaveck is high-blocking and dropping right hands on Lara, coiled up tightly with his shoulders hunched. Lara is fluid and loose on the outside, placing the right jab on the face and chest. Lara's long lead left makes Zaveck give some ground as he is tagged on his temple. Zaveck is approaching with his earmuffs on and tries pushing his right hand out to pin Lara against the ropes. Lara sidesteps.

10-9 Lara

 

I'm not sure. This is weird. They went live about half an hour late, but the broadcast is scheduled until 10pm EST, so they easily could have gotten away with not starting the main event until even a few minutes after nine. You'd think a 6 or 8-round swing bout would've been saved, or Nofire vs. Consuegra demoted to eight to accommodate TV as is often done in these situations.

 

"...lost to Andre Berto..."

No mention of the fact that Zaveck was coming on in that and may have upset Berto if not for the cut. I'm not sure Atlas even saw that one.