November 22, 2024

Erislandy Lara-Ramon Alvarez, Peter Quillin-Caleb Truax II set for August 31st PBC on FOX

By Patrick L. Stumberg

Badlefthook.com

Erislandy Lara’s recently revealed August 31st bout with Ramon Alvarez is official, serving as the main event of a PBC on FOX doubleheader alongside a rematch between Peter Quillin and Caleb Truax.

I’ve seen word elsewhere that Lara (25-3-3, 15 KO) vs. Alvarez (28-7-3, 16 KO) is a title eliminator, which to me is a fancy way of saying the WBA wants Lara to fight Brian Castano again. Which, to be fair, I’m totally cool with; it just wouldn’t be the WBA without unnecessary frivolity like that.

The far more competitive co-feature between Quillin (34-1-1, 23 KO) and Truax (30-4-2, 19 KO) is presumably still an eliminator for a shot at IBF super middleweight champ Caleb Plant, who faces Mike Lee on the June 20th Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman undercard. The two first went at it in April for all of two rounds before Quillin inadvertently split Truax’s face open with a headbutt. It remains an interesting matchup between the underachieving “Kid Chocolate” and the overachieving “Golden.”

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