No more controvers​y for Lara

The feeling was all too familiar for Erislandy Lara. He was sure he had won. He must have won. But then came the verdict, along with disappointment.

Lara (17-1-2, 11 knockouts) was on the wrong end of controversial decisions in his two most high-profile fights.

The first time was a Showtime main event against Paul Williams in 2011, one of the most egregious bad decisions in recent memory.

The judges in Atlantic City, N.J., that summer night clearly didn’t see what everyone else saw: a decisive, if not wide, victory for Lara. But Williams was ruled the winner by majority decision, which led to an investigation by the New Jersey State Athletic Commission.

Then in late last year, Lara seemed well in control against fellow contender Vanes Martirosyan in the main event of an HBO Boxing After Dark

broadcast from Las Veags,when a gruesome cut suffered by his foe caused an early end to the bout.

Many observers had Lara ahead at the time of stoppage, but once again he was on the wrong end of a bad decision (though this one couldn’t compare to the Williams controversy) and settled for a technical draw with Martirosyan.

But this time will be different.

This time, Lara says, he’ll exit the squared circle the winner, no matter what the circumstances are. The 30-year-old Cuban has a third crack at a major fight, when he faces Alfredo Angulo on a Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on Saturday. Continue Reading.

Maidana vs. Lopez, a 12-round fight for Maidana’s WBA Intercontinental Championship, is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Corona and AT&T.

The tripleheader will take place on Saturday, June 8 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. and will be televised live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT. The event can be heard in Spanish using secondary audio programming (SAP). Maidana vs. Lopez is presented in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions and Thompson Boxing Promotions.

Also featured will be a 12-round showdown between all-action warrior Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo and top rated super welterweight contender Erislandy Lara for the vacant WBA Interim Super Welterweight World Championship which is presented in association with Blue Wave Group and a 12-round fight between veteran Demetrius Hopkins and unbeaten phenom Jermell Charlo for Hopkins’ USBA Junior Middleweight Championship and Charlo’s WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight Championship. Preliminary fights will air on SHOWTIME EXTREME at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).