8/29 PBC on FOX: Erislandy Lara vs Greg Vendetti / Alfredo Angulo vs Vladimir Hernandez
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this is just a really bad card on paper
ill be hoping for fukkery in lara vs vendetti - vendetti doesnt live that far from me..a loss to him would prolly send lara into retirement - win, lose, or draw at least the fight doesnt move anything at 154
its truax vs angulo that bothers me more - truax isnt even that far removed from being champion but he hasnt looked good in any fight ive seen him in since he won. angulo isnt what he used to be and he is only on here because he beat quillin's struggle self (in hindsight it did prevent truax-quillin 2)..but angulo is faded
...winner gets plant next 
ill be hoping for fukkery in lara vs vendetti - vendetti doesnt live that far from me..a loss to him would prolly send lara into retirement - win, lose, or draw at least the fight doesnt move anything at 154
its truax vs angulo that bothers me more - truax isnt even that far removed from being champion but he hasnt looked good in any fight ive seen him in since he won. angulo isnt what he used to be and he is only on here because he beat quillin's struggle self (in hindsight it did prevent truax-quillin 2)..but angulo is faded
...winner gets plant next 
Bigblackted4
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CTE bowl part 2
Lara: Here To Give Fans Exciting Fights As I Enter My Latter Years In Boxing
By Jake Donovan
Published On Wed Aug 26, 2020, 01:38 AM EST
There was a time when boxing fans would be less than receptive to the idea of Erislandy Lara promising more of the same in the ring.
For what he has offered over his last several fights, that has now become a welcomed proposition.
The 37-year old southpaw has vowed to dazzle in the twilight of his career, a mission which continues with his junior middleweight clash versus Massachusetts’ Greg Vendetti (22-3-1, 12KOs) live on Fox from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Lara comes in as a heavy betting favorite, thus assuming the responsibility of offering an entertaining performance.
“I think it’s important to look impressive in this fight and I plan on doing that to the best of my ability,” Lara (26-3-3, 15KOs) acknowledged to BoxingScene,com. “No matter who I fight, I must look impressive in victory.
“I’m here to give fans exciting fights as I enter my latter years of boxing.”
After years of developing a reputation (unfairly or otherwise) as a safety-first boxer, Lara has suddenly emerged as must-see TV. The former junior middleweight titlist—who has since reclaimed a secondary version of the crown—landed in a Fight of the Year level war with then-unbeaten Jarrett Hurd in their April 2018 title unification bout.
The event was well-received, though serving as part of a 20-month stretch where the Cuban export went without a win. The loss to Hurd was met with an 11-month inactive period before facing then-unbeaten secondary titlist Brian Castano (16-0-1, 12KOs), with whom he fought to a 12-round draw in their entertaining Showtime-televised headliner last March in Brooklyn.
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Lara landed back in the ring less than six months later, picking up his current belt in a two-round wipeout of Ramon Alvarez last August live on Fox. The pursued tagline for the bout was Lara avenging an earlier loss to his opponent’s far more familiar sibling, falling just short to boxing superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in July 2014.
While the fight was a perceived mismatch—further enabled by Ramon Alvarez’s inability to make weight—the fact that Lara didn’t waste any time in ending matters showed his intentional career shift. Some attribute it to his fighting past his prime and thus forced to tap into his fighting skills as the pure boxing ability is no longer as elite as was once the case.
Quite the contrary, insists the 12-year pro who instead returned to his roots in joining forces with renowned trainer Ismael Salas.
“Since I’ve been back training with Salas, I’ve gotten back to the fundamentals of boxing,” notes Lara. “I’m sitting on my punches and fans will see me fighting on the inside a lot more.
“At my age I have to pace myself more. I feel good fighting this style.”
For his past several fights, fans have felt good watching it—a standard to which Lara will continue to be held, to and through this upcoming weekend.
why does Fox keep accepting this type of cards
all of the fighters here are done, it’ll probably have the worst ratings yet
all of the fighters here are done, it’ll probably have the worst ratings yet
There used to be a trade off for the networks that made it worth it.
The justification being that boxing can draw just as well as tv series on a much smaller budget. However, boxing has been struggling to draw recently, so who knows what happens if the ratings don't improve.
cant they just air a recent movie instead of paying for these trash cards
im sure it’ll do more than the 800k average last week
Cornflake LaManna On Standby For Fox's Lara-Vendetti Main Event
By Jake Donovan
Published On Thu Aug 27, 2020, 02:44 PM EST
The question isn’t whether Thomas ‘Cornflake’ LaManna is ready for primetime if called upon, but if primetime is prepared for Cornflake.
BoxingScene.com has learned that the charismatic junior middleweight has been designated as the official replacement opponent in the event his services are needed for this weekend’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox headlining bout (Saturday, FOX, 8:00pm ET). The show is topped by Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara in the first defense of his secondary 154-pound title as he faces Massachusetts’ Greg Vendetti (22-3-1, 10KOs) live from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
LaManna (28-3-1, 10KOs) will be advanced to the main event if there is a situation that forces either Lara or Vendetti off of the card. For now, the Millville, New Jersey product is due to face Brian Mendoza (18-1, 13KOs) atop the preceding PBC on FS1 telecast, which begins at 6:00pm ET/3:00pm PT.
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PBC has assigned a standby opponent for each of its first five cards—including this weekend’s offering—since returning from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. To date, a change was required just once—the very first card, when Tramaine Williams replaced Stephen Fulton (who tested positive for COVID-19) in a junior featherweight title fight versus Angelo Leo atop the August 1 edition of Showtime Championship Boxing.
Leo won the fight by unanimous decision to claim a vacant 122-pound title.
The likes of Mykal and Alantez Fox (on stand-by for August 8 Fox prime and August 15 Showtime, respectively) and Justin DeLoach (August 22 Fox prime) all fought on their assigned shows against the regularly scheduled opponents as each main event remained intact.
LaManna’s appeal in being able to jump in at a moment’s notice—aside from his very existence demanding nationwide attention—is that he is eligible to fight for at least one of the alphabet titles at stake in the main event. Lara holds the World Boxing Association (WBA) “Regular” junior middleweight title, as he defends against the 11th-ranked Vendetti. LaManna currently holds the number-13 spot in the 154-pound set; Mendoza is unranked by the sanctioning body.
Vendetti: I Don't Blame Them For Saying I'll Get Killed By Lara; But I Think He Made A Mistake
By Keith Idec
Published On Fri Aug 28, 2020, 01:46 AM EST
Greg Vendetti ventured into a suburban Boston boxing gym for the first time when he was 16.
He had just brawled with several guys at a local carnival. That unfair, foolish fight ended with Vendetti evening the odds by grabbing a shovel from a stranger’s shed to fend off that group.
Vendetti determined if he was going to make such suspect decisions, he should at least learn how to throw punches properly.
A nearby mixed martial arts gym was way too expensive. Vendetti instead tried boxing, and so began his long career in the sport, unbeknownst to him.
“I don’t have like an inspirational story, really,” Vendetti told BoxingScene.com. “It was just I wanted to be better at beating the sh-t out of people out in the street. I mean, there’s really no other way of putting it.”
Fourteen years later, a more mature, refined Vendetti faces unfavorable numbers again as the biggest fight of his life approaches.
Erislandy Lara is consistently listed as a 50-1 favorite to beat the unknown contender Saturday night in Los Angeles. The comparatively unproven Vendetti (22-3-1, 12 KOs) is just three fights removed from French 154-pound contender Michel Soro knocking him out in the second round of their December 2018 bout in Paris.
Vendetti’s vicious knockout defeat to Soro has left odds-makers and other detractors doubtful that he can compete against even this 37-year-old, stationary version of one of boxing’s most skillful southpaws of this era.
“They’re going by what they see and what’s on paper,” Vendetti said. “So, when I hear the odds and I hear people’s opinions, that I’m gonna get killed or whatever it is, I would say the same thing if I were them. Just given what they see, what Lara’s done, on paper, and what I’ve done, I don’t blame ‘em for saying that.
“But they don’t see all the small things. They don’t see us in the gym, they don’t see us in camp, they don’t see the heart and the will and what’s inside of me. They don’t know any of that stuff. So nah, I don’t take it personal. I guess you could say it motivates me to some degree, but I really don’t pay attention to any of that.”
FOX will televise Vendetti’s fight against Lara (26-3-3, 15 KOs) as the main event of a three-bout broadcast from Microsoft Theater (8 p.m. ET; 5 p.m. PT). The Cuban-born Lara hasn’t fought since he blew out overmatched Mexican veteran Ramon Alvarez (28-8-3, 16 KOs, 1 NC) in the second round of another fight FOX aired last August 31 from Minneapolis.
The 30-year-old Vendetti, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, is the WBA’s 11th-ranked contender in the 154-pound division. The huge underdog’s handlers figure Lara views Vendetti as another opponent he’ll beat easily before trying to secure a more meaningful fight.
Sean Sullivan – vice president of Murphys Boxing, Vendetti’s promoter – senses Lara and his team have undervalued Vendetti.
“Lara’s crafty,” Sullivan said. “He probably thinks that Greg could be tailor-made in the sense that he’s gonna be able to move around the ring and not have too much trouble. But I think they may have underestimated him. Greg’s a non-stop action fighter. The kid’s stamina is second to none. He does 12 rounds easy. He’s not even winded. I feel like they think they got an easy opponent in front of him, and sometimes, man, that can be the most dangerous opponent.
“It’s tough when you think you’re going in there and it’s gonna be an easy night for you and, all of a sudden, it turns into a lunch-pail war and you have someone who keeps the pressure on. We know Lara is – I wouldn’t say old – but he’s definitely getting up there. He’s 37 years old, that we know of. He could be a little older. We don’t know really know for sure. But I definitely think he’s in for a fight – that’s for sure.”
Vendetti, a licensed plumber who had only 35 amateur fights, has beaten Mexico’s Alan Zavala (15-7, 13 KOs) and New Jersey’s Michael Anderson (18-3-1, 12 KOs) by unanimous decision in back-to-back bouts since Soro knocked him cold early in their scheduled 12-rounder. In hindsight, Vendetti admits that he was overconfident when he opposed Soro because he had never been down as a pro or amateur and therefore devalued defense against one of the top boxers within their deep division.
He’ll be more mindful defensively versus Lara. The unheralded challenger also will battle Lara similarly to how Argentina’s Brian Castano attacked him in their 12-round title fight, which resulted in a split draw in March 2018 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Vendetti studied footage of a fight he is convinced Castano (16-0-1, 12 KOs) deserved to win. He intends to dethrone Lara by applying pressure throughout their fight, and by making the champion stand and fight.
“He’s had a lot of fights,” Vendetti said. “He’s been around for a long time. Like I keep saying, he’s a little older. A big part of his defense is his footwork, his lateral movement, and he doesn’t do that as much anymore. You can see it in his performances. I don’t know if he’s just not able or he’s not willing, but it’s just not there as much. So, if he is there for me to hit, then I’m gonna get to him. You could see in the Castano fight, he put pressure on him, he walked him backwards and he didn’t have that lateral movement. And he got a draw.
“I think if he did have it, he’d still use it. He wants to win these fights, I’m assuming, so I think that’s gonna help me out a lot. But I’ve gotta imagine he’s the best version of himself, so we’ve prepared for the lateral movement, in case he somehow finds, I don’t know, some fountain of youth the next couple days to get moving. But, yeah, we’re ready for anything he throws at us.”
Vendetti didn’t hesitate to take this difficult fight on six weeks’ notice because he has been training to fight a southpaw since the beginning of this year. He was supposed to face California’s Cleotis Pendarvis (21-6-2, 9 KOs) on April 9 at Encore Boston Harbor, but that card was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vendetti views this not only as a coveted chance to win a world title, but an opportunity to redeem himself after his brutal loss to Soro (35-2-1, 24 KOs). He is motivated to prove Lara and countless others wrong as well.
“I think he sees my style as entertaining enough to be profitable, but I’m not dangerous enough to be a threat,” Vendetti said. “I think he sees me and my style as manageable. I think he thinks he can control the fight with the distance and the pace of the fight. And, you know, I don’t blame him. I’m a 5-6, short, flat-footed, white kid, with no amateur pedigree or anything like that. So, on paper, I understand it.
“But I think he made a mistake. I really do, because a lot of other people have felt that way about me, and they’ve lost. That’s happened multiple times in my career. I’m confident. I’m ready to go. I’m gonna give it my best shot, and if I go down, you better believe I’m gonna go down swinging.”
desjardins
Veteran
yup..its an eliminator...there is no 1 and 2 and truax is 3hold up what
this is why i tell @ChocolateGiddyUp he's under the microscope..and plant doesnt have another scheduled fight yet for 2020
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
Might not be an eliminator
either way it doesn’t matter cuz the whole division scared of the only nikka actively trying to make unification fights in the division
truax angulo was kinda 50-50
this one i cant call it..its either angulo gets a pushover or angulo gets a tougher than his record appears type opponent
dehydration..if this is true..this isnt the first time for him
..buddy needs to just go to 175 then
card gets even worse
cant believe old/slow ass Angulo is anywhere close to a title shot
cant believe old/slow ass Angulo is anywhere close to a title shot