I'm psyched to see Rigondeaux go pro...but I haven't heard much about the "other" guy. What can those in the know tell me about Lara and his skills/potential/accomplishments? :good
He will be fighting in the Middleweights in the Pro's (69 kg.) This content is protected He was born: April/11/1983 This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected s a Cuban amateur boxer in the welterweight class. Lara has won three consecutive national amateur championships at welterweight (2005-07), and was the world champion at welterweight in 2005. Lara who was considered to be one of the favorites at welterweight for the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, left the Cuban amateur boxing team on July 22, 2007 during the Pan-American games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lara left the team with Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz[1], and will turn professional with Arena Box-Promotion and Ahmet Öner [2]. [edit] Amateur highlights 2000 Cuban junior National bantamweight champion 2003 3rd place as a welterweight at Cuban national championships, losing to Lorenzo Aragon 15-11. 2004 2nd place as a welterweight at Cuban national championships, losing to Lorenzo Aragon 16-4 2004 defeated by Lorenzo Aragon as a welterweight at 2004 Cuban Olympic trials 11-4. 2005 Cuban national champion as a welterweight. 2005 World champion as a welterweight, in competition in Myangyang, China. Results were: Defeated Sergyi Derevianchenko (Ukraine) 30-9 Defeated Mahimal Vijender (Indonesia) RSC 3 Defeated Andrei Balanov (Russia) 28-16 Defeated Melson Boyd (United States) RSC 3 Defeated Bakhtyar Artaev (Kazakhstan) 31-22 Defeated Magomed Nurudinov (Belarus) 24-9 2006 Cuban national champion as a welterweight. 2006 welterweight bronze medalist at President's Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan, losing to Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Kazakhstan) 26-21 2006 gold medalist at Central American Games in Cartagena, Colombia. Results were: Defeated Norberto Gonzalez (Mexico) 17-4 Defeated Jean Carlos Prada (Venezuela) 12-8 Defeated Melvin Lorenzo (Dominican Republic) walk-over 2007 Cuban national champion as a welterweight http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Erislandy_Lara And his amteur record: This record could be incomplete http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/lara.html :bbb
he should be a great prospect, in the words of other cuban fighters he is very talented, i think his achievements will be based on weather he is willing to train even harder now than when he did cuba, he is not as solid is Rigondeaux but everybody know the pros is not the same as the amatures so its all depends on how bad he wants it cause he has the talent to be great.
