Degale vs Truax rematch..Lara-Hurd

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Who wins this time...

http://www.fighthype.com/news/article32577.html

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ERISLANDY LARA VS. JARRETT HURD AND CALEB TRUAX VS. JAMES DEGALE II SET FOR APRIL 7 IN LAS VEGAS

Erislandy Lara, the longest reigning world champion at 154-pounds, will clash with IBF champion "Swift" Jarrett Hurd in a highly-anticipated super welterweight title unification live on SHOWTIME (10 pm ET/7 pm PT) as part of an exciting card presented by Premier Boxing Champions Saturday, April 7 from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

In the co-main event, Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb Truax will make the first defense of his IBF title against James DeGale in a rematch of one of the biggest upsets of 2017 that saw Truax wrestle the belt from DeGale on his home turf in London last December.

Tickets for the show, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and Mayweather Promotions, will go on sale Friday, March 16 and be available by visiting AXS.com or the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas Box Office.

"This is an action-packed card from top to bottom. The televised card features boxers who all have something significant to gain with a victory,'' said Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. "The winner of Lara-Hurd will be one step closer to becoming the undisputed 154-pound world champion. In a rematch, Truax gets to re-affirm his position as champion and DeGale has a chance to regain his world championship status. This is the kind of show that keeps fans on the edge of their seats.''

"We take pride in promoting quality events that our audiences always want to see," said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions. "This card is going to be another line-up that the fans won't want to miss. With Lara and Hurd looking to unify their titles and guys going head-to-head in rematches on the undercard, this is sure to be a night of non-stop action.

Lara vs. Hurd is a classic contrast in styles that could force each fighter to raise their game to another level. Lara is a crafty southpaw who relies on his superior boxing skills to confound opponents, while Hurd is a pure pressure boxer-puncher that stalks his opponents and isn't easily frustrated.

Lara, a Cuban whose nickname is "The American Dream'', is coming off a unanimous decision victory on SHOWTIME over Terrell Gausha in October. Hurd was on the same card and defeated former champion Austin Trout when Trout's corner stopped the fight in the 10th round. That paved the way for this unification showdown.

The 34-year-old Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs), who lives and trains in Houston, Texas, won his world title with a TKO victory over Alfredo Angulo in 2013 and has successfully defended it seven times, which includes wins over Trout, Ishe Smith and Vanes Martirosyan.

"I'm very excited and motivated for this fight and to once again be headlining on the best network in boxing on SHOWTIME, is truly a pleasure,'' said Lara. "I look forward to adding another belt to my collection on April 7 and to proving that I'm the best 154-pound fighter out there. Everyone tune-in because you don't want to miss this unification. It's going to be a legendary night and one for the history books."

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Less than a month to go and it's in America so degale must already be deep into camp you'd hope.

at the time it looked an easy fight but rushing into this rematch may be a mistake. When he diagnosed the loss he said he needed to make changes in his camp, was the injury fully healed, was it too soon, did he take it lightly etc. I'm not sure we've got any evidence to suggest he's addressed those problems. In which case I see this as another long hard fight for him. It's not that I rate truax particularly but stylewise James had also liked to sit on the ropes while this guy is a come forward fighter/ champion fighting at home who already holds a win over James.

i think it's a very hard fight and James will do well to come through this with a razor tight decision

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Truax needs to keep coming forward and work the body and the head like last time..if Degale can't win the rematch then it's all over for him.

I think if he takes another loss then he will definitely change trainers.

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I think DeGale is on a lasting downward spiral. Bigger question is does Truax approach this just as hungry and full of fire after that career best performance and big upset. Strikes me as very level headed and realistic so think he'll come in exactly the same, workmanlike and looking to duplicate the win.

[Kirkland Laing]

Two decent fights. I'm even interested to see Lara versus Hurd.