Erislandy Lara might be the best fighter that rarely gets talked about

**Beanflicker** · 05-23-2015 12:39 AM

The Canelo fight killed all the buzz he had. He deserved to lose and he fought a stinking fight. Before that, people were calling for Floyd to fight him.

**bzkfn** · 05-23-2015 01:26 AM

I also had Canelo winning. It was close but Lara took too many rounds off. He has a tendency to land a superb counter but then walk away admiring his own work. He doesn't counter like Floyd by commanding the centre of the ring and I think he makes himself look bad in that respect. He can be superb, but he doesn't do it for the whole fight.

**Ron Swanson** · 05-23-2015 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

The Canelo fight killed all the buzz he had. He deserved to lose and he fought a stinking fight. Before that, people were calling for Floyd to fight him.

I've gone full circle with Lara. I didn't think much of him back in 2007 then I thought more and more highly of him. But when he has been given his chances he hasn't been willing to do that little extra. And now Andrade is out there daring him to fight but Lara goes silent and talks about a Canelo rematch or a GGG matchup. Lara needs to earn his spot again, he can't act too big for Andrade and DESERVING of a big fight. He needs to earn it if he can. If he can beat Andrade(very big if, I'll take Andrade) he deserves another chance at an earner.