Defected 2005 world amateur welterweight champion Erislandy Lara of Cuba is in Hamburg, Germany where he will join former Olympic champions Odlanier Solis, Yan Barthelemy and Yuriorkis Gamboa in the Arena Box-Promotion stable. Lara made news headlines last year when he and two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux disappeared before the PanAm games but were later returned to Cuba by Brazilian authorities. Lara, banned from boxing in Cuba, then escaped the country again on a speedboat to Mexico from where he received entry to Germany. He is expected to make his pro debut on Arena's July 4 card in Istanbul. Rigondeaux remains in Cuba, where he has not boxed since.
lara will be a middleweight. he is 25 years old.........but only 5´8 in height. is that correct..........cause that would be too short????
