Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-14, disappointing fight between Erislandy Lara and Terrell Gausha: it gets two stars.The Ibo and Wba super-Ww champion Erislandy Lara entered this fight with a professional record of 24-2-2 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super welterweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in 2014 (via split decision, Canelo vs Lara), since then he has won five bouts beating Vanes Martirosyan (=Lara vs Martirosyan 2) and Yuri Foreman in his last two (=Lara vs Foreman).
His opponent, the undefeated Terrell Gausha, has a perfect record of 20-0-0 (9 knockouts) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has beat Orlando Lora, Steven Martinez (=Gausha vs Martinez) and Luis Hernandez. Lara vs Gausha is valid for the IBO and WBA Super World super welterweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-10-14
Where: Barclays Center, New York, USA
Division: light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: IBO and WBA Super World Super Welterweight titles
Lara’s previous fight: Erislandy Lara vs Yuri Foreman
Lara’s next fight: Erislandy Lara vs Jarrett Hurd
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Lara vs Gausha full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Ok.ru and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
There was a hell of a lot of air punched by both fighters, also a lot of clasping,clutching, holding and neck muzzling. Certainly not in the domain of Gatti and other remarkable agressive fighters, a sort of a cross between a sparing session and a Mayweather reverse.