Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, nice and tough fight between Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd: it gets three stars.The Ibo and Wba super-Ww champion Erislandy Lara entered this fight with a record of 25-2-2 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super welterweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in 2014 (via split decision, Canelo vs Lara), since then he has won six bouts beating Yuri Foreman (Lara vs Foreman) and Terrell Gausha in 2017 (Erislandy Lara vs Terrell Gausha).
His opponent, the undefeated Ibf light-Mw champion Jarrett Hurd, has a perfect record of 21-0-0 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Ionut Dan Ion (Hurd vs Dan), Tony Harrison (Hurd vs Harrison) and Austin Trout (Jarrett Hurd vs Austin Trout). Lara vs Hurd is valid for the IBF, IBO and WBA World super welterweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-04-07
Where: Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: IBF, IBO, WBA World super welterweight titles
Lara’s previous fight: Erislandy Lara vs Terrell Gausha
Hurd’s previous fight: Jarrett Hurd vs Austin Trout
Hurd’s next fight: Jarrett Hurd vs Jason Welborn
Lara’s next fight: Erislandy Lara vs Brian Carlos Castano
Lara vs Hurd full fight video:
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Official video
Official highlights
Can u post another link? This one doesn’t work.
New video posted;-)
Awesome job mate, thank you very much.
Cool. I watched it. Damn good fight. Thanks
Painful uppercuts Lara threw
I had it close but that knockdown in the twelfth round made the difference in favor of Hurd.
Hurd should have let off his punches at a distance to stop Lara holding. I think that he kept it close to give the crowd their monies worth. Well worth watching. Hurd has always been one to watch, his style reminds me of Lewis.
I thought Lara won enough of the early rounds and they split the mid to late rounds. Hurd got the 10 8 in rd 12 and so I thought Lara still edged him out or it could’ve been a draw. I can see why some judges thought Hurd won though. He applied heavy pressure even though he ate a lot of punches.
A fight with two boxers that seems to be no part of the same category due to a so visible size difference. However, it was a very good one and quite close. Anyhow, in my opinion the results doesn’t make justice to Lara’s work who shown to be the more skillful boxer and the one connecting his punches with better accuracy. Hurd was lucky that Lara is a soft puncher, otherwise the outcome of the fight would be totally different
I agree, Tango. Who would you pick in a Hurd vs. Jermell Charlo matchup?
I’m not Tango, but Charlo would win easily.
Did you catch Munguia’s destruction tonight of Sadam Ali? He made it look easy. We know Ali doesn’t have the greatest chin, but he has sped, slickness and guts to spare. The poor man’s Amir Khan, let’s say.
Munguia would do well to take on Hurd soon, I believe. He has more mobility and better shot selection. If he passes that test, as I think he will, Charlo will have to watch out.
Lara, one of all time most underrated fighter. One of the best cuban chin I’ve ever seen. I scored this fight a draw, but in my opinion, most shots landed by Lara were significant ones, while Hurd was quite sluggish. Could be a 4 stars fight I feel.
Did Lara ever really lose a fight anyway? ;)