Erislandy Lara stops Yuri Foreman in four
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Erislandy Lara successfully defended his WBA junior middleweight title with a fourth round knockout of Yuri Foreman on Friday night. The main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card was telecast on Spike, live from Hialeah Park Racing & Casino in Hialeah, Florida.
It was abundantly clear the Cuban southpaw was looking to time his left hand from the jump. His patience made the 36-year-old Foreman seemingly hang with in there but, after measuring his jab in the first, Lara started to time that counter left hand whenever Foreman lunged in with a shot in the second.
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Lara Ko's Foreman In 4
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WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara, 24-2-2-(14), continued his reign as one of the top 154-pounders in the world and delivered a sensational knockout of former world champion Yuri Foreman (34-3, 10 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on Spike Friday night from Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Miami.
Despite giving up two inches to the 5-foot-11 Foreman, Lara stalked the former 154-pound titleholder, who alternately jumped in and out from distance but managed to only land an occasional jab and right hand over the champion’s right jab.
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Erislandy Lara KOs Yuri Foreman with vicious uppercut to retain title
By: Bob Velin - usatoday.com
On a night of mismatches Friday night, the main event might have been the biggest mismatch of all at the Amphitheater at Hialeah Park in South Florida.
WBA super welterweight champion Erislandy Lara cautiously coasted through the first three rounds, seeming to take measure of his opponent before landing a devastating left hook in the fourth round that dropped challenger Yuri Foreman.
The fighter who grew up in Israel before coming to the USA struggled to get up, finally making it to his feet by the count of nine. But referee Samuel Burgos waved it off at 1:47 of the fourth round as Foreman was surely on wobbly legs and didn’t appear prepared to fight on.
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