Paul Williams vs. Erislandy Lara?

[killersheep]

But do Lara have a better name then Ishida for HBO to cancel that fight? People know Ishida kOed Kirkland. What did Lara do?
What is Lara ranking?
IMO, bad decision by HBO.

Side note;
I hope Cintron get Ishida now!!! Same date for Cintron to come back.

I totally disagree. This wasn't about Lara, this was about HBO requiring that even Al Haymon boxers need to face someone competitive to be on HBO. Lara is a more competitive fight than Ishida.

I'll look 4 some of Lara's fight on the internet. But out of his 15 fights, what fight did he have that would say this will be a competiitve fight? Hell, who did he fight to deserve a ranking?

His skill in the ring is what makes this a competitive fight, true he hasn't faced much resistance yet, but the skill set and ring smarts are all there, he has been on American TV already many, many times on ESPN2, Showtime and HBO, Ishida has one appearance so far. Boxrec will not tell you the whole story on Lara. I don't have anything against Ishida, but Lara has more media backing him.