Vanes Martirosyan vs. Erislandy Lara on HBO BAD

[IamInuit]

Lara imo.

[IamInuit]

That is fair I suppose.

[Mars_ax]

That is fair I suppose.

All things considered, I think it's the best outcome, just do it again.

[Rantcatrat]

When Lara has stepped up his competition (Molina, Vanes), he is 0-0-2.

Happiest man after last night: Oscar De La Hoya. Now, Canelo doesn't have to relinquish his title to avoid the winner of that fight.

[CFH]

When Lara has stepped up his competition (Molina, Vanes), he is 0-0-2.

Happiest man after last night: Oscar De La Hoya. Now, Canelo doesn't have to relinquish his title to avoid the winner of that fight.

He handled Williams relatively easily, but you're right about his struggles stepping up.

[Spicoli]

I thought Martirosyan set the pace well and Lara was showing similiar to the way he had in his last couple including Molina. He spends alot of time posing and again sorta went through the motions, got dirty and didn't sit down with purpose up until midway. Vanes was with him the entire way and did very well for himself. The kicker was scoring a .26 second round which to me makes no sense. They need to rematch.

[Hulk]

Thought it was a pretty blatant robbery even declaring it a draw.

Lara outboxed and heavily outlanded Martirosyan in nearly every round. In some cases 13-5 and 11-3, yet Harold and the HBO hype team STILL gave those rounds to Vanes...

Had it 7-2 for Lara, by scoring the 9th, but 6-3 would also be correct.

Pretty easy fight to score with one guy just following the southpaw around the ring, missing, trying rough house tactics and getting pot shotted all night.