Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-12, disappointing and one sided fight: Erislandy Lara vs Delvin Rodriguez gets two stars.The 2005 world amateur boxing champion Erislandy Lara entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 20-2-2 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super welterweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing to #1 Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (=Alvarez vs Lara) and winning over Ishe Smith (bout valid for the Wba belt, Lara vs Smith).
His opponent, Delvin Rodriguez, has an official record of 28-7-4 (16 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 16, 2014 when he drew with Joachim Alcine (=Rodriguez vs Alcine); before this fight he had lost to Miguel Cotto (=Cotto vs Rodriguez). Lara vs Rodriguez is valid for the WBA and vacant IBO World super welterweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-06-12
Where: UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Division: light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: WBA and vacant IBO World super welterweight titles
Lara’s previous fight: Erislandy Lara vs Ishe Smith
Rodriguez’s previous fight: Delvin Rodriguez vs Joachim Alcine
Lara’s next fight: Erislandy Lara vs Jan Zaveck
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Official video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
Official highlights
At one point I liked Lara but then he went into this shell.
This fight we saw him being out of his shell. Which is allot better BUT I’m still not sold on the hype.
I think I consider him an A- fighter.
Good skills but lacks the killer instinct.
Since the Charlos are stable mates I see him PROBABLY fighting K9 Bunderage or someone out of the top 10. Andrade would be interesting though boring more than likely.
An Andrade fight would be interesting. Some of my friends love Lara’s style, some hate it. I am impressed with his skills, but I am not overly impressed. This fight was a controlled beating, and I thought that Lara should have put his opponent out of his misery. A strong finish would have put me out my misery with this one-sided showcase.
Agreed – and let us not forget that Rodriguez has always been a B level fighter.