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.”
About Author
More News
Marcial vs Sinam in Manila
Era, Lukas, Innes Win in Thailand
Vitor vs Kim in Bohol