In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lara and the second or maternal family name is Santoya.
Erislandy Lara
Born
Erislandy Lara Santoya
(1983-04-11) 11 April 1983 (age 41)
Guantanamo, Cuba
Nationality
Cuban (until 2017)[2]
American (since 2017)[2]
Other names
El Oro de Guantanamo
The American Dream
Statistics
Weight(s)
Light middleweight
Middleweight
Height
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Reach
75+1⁄2 in (192 cm)[1]
Stance
Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights
36
Wins
30
Wins by KO
18
Losses
3
Draws
3
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Cuba
World Championships
2005 Mianyang
Welterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena
Welterweight
World Cup
2005 Moscow
Welterweight
Erislandy Lara
Erislandy Lara Santoya (born 11 April 1983) is a Cuban-American[3] professional boxer who is the current WBA middleweight champion, having held the title since 2021. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes. Previously he held various versions (both Regular and Super) of the WBA light middleweight title between 2014 and 2021, and the IBO light middleweight title twice between 2015 and 2021. As of May 2022, Lara is ranked as the world's fifth-best active middleweight by BoxRec.[4]
Lara is regarded by some as one of the most technically skilled fighters in boxing today.[5] He was captain of the Cuban national amateur team, winning a gold medal in the welterweight division at the 2005 World Championships as well as three consecutive Cuban national championships from 2005 to 2007.[6]
^ abShowtime Championship Boxing tale of the tape prior to the Jarrett Hurd fight.
^ abESPN
^Keidel, Jason (July 11, 2014). "CBS Local Sports Q&A: Erislandy Lara 'Chopped' Alvarez's Pride To Get The Fight" Archived 2018-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. CBS Sports. CBS. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
^Kelsey McCarson. "The Underappreciated Boxing Brilliance of Erislandy Lara". The Sweet Science. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
^"Erislandy Lara". goldenboypromotions.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07.
ErislandyLara Santoya (born 11 April 1983) is a Cuban-American professional boxer who is the current WBA middleweight champion, having held the title...
different fighter. After losing to Álvarez, Trout next fought Cuban boxer ErislandyLara (18–1–2, 12 KOs) for his WBA Interim light middleweight title. The fight...
Regular champion ErislandyLara on 23 September 2022. On 9 March 2023, it was announced that Golovkin had vacated the Super title, leaving Lara as sole champion...
for a unification fight between Hurd and WBA (Super) and IBO champion ErislandyLara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) for April 2018 with Showtime televising the bout. On...
Vegas, Nevada on May 21. The card also included top light middleweights ErislandyLara, Vanes Martirosyan and his brother Jermell. In a close contested bout...
in Las Vegas. The card also included top light middleweight boxers ErislandyLara, Vanes Martirosyan, Austin Trout and brother Jermall, who successfully...
Sanctioning Body Reign Began Champion Record Defenses WBA March 9, 2023 ErislandyLara 29–3–3 (17 KO) 0 WBC May 7, 2024 Carlos Adames 23–1 (18 KO) 0 IBF October...
held by Kieron Conway World boxing titles Vacant Title last held by ErislandyLara as Regular champion WBA light middleweight champion March 8, 2024 –...
super welterweight title on 31 August 2019, on the undercard of the ErislandyLara and Ramon Alvarez WBA super welterweight title bout. The fight was ruled...
WBA (Super) title after being ordered to face WBA (Regular) champion ErislandyLara. On 14 June 2023 Golovkin vacated his IBO world title, IBO President...
Michael Katsidis Jamie Kavanagh Amir Khan James Kirkland Jeff Lacy ErislandyLara Óscar Larios Juan Lazcano David Lemieux Daniel Ponce De León Jorge Linares...
WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring ErislandyLara 30–3–3 (18 KO) May 1, 2021 Carlos Adames 23–1 (18 KO) May 7, 2024 Janibek Alimkhanuly 15–0 (10 KO) October 14,...
fight, Martirosyan fought ErislandyLara for the WBA world super welterweight championship. Martirosyan got outboxed by Lara, and lost the fight via unanimous...
Quillin Artur Beterbiev Hugo Centeno Jr. Jermell Charlo Jermall Charlo ErislandyLara Gervonta Davis Jarrett Hurd Domonique Dolton Lamont Peterson Anthony...
Originally, Smith was supposed to face ErislandyLara, but ultimately ended up facing Ryan Davis on May 2, 2014, after Lara elected to instead challenge Saúl...
Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The fight card would also feature ErislandyLara defending his WBA title against Terrell Gausha and Jarrett Hurd defending...
Zerafa opted to pursue a World Boxing Association title fight against ErislandyLara, so Falcão is now slated to fight Vincenzo Gualtieri for the IBF title...
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