On July 12, 2014, Canelo Álvarez (43-1-1, 31 KOs) and Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round bout.
Canelo Álvarez is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Alfredo Angulo, 4 months and 4 days ago. Erislandy Lara is on a 2-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Austin Trout, 7 months and 5 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.4-6.6 in favor of Canelo Álvarez. It is going to be very difficult for Erislandy Lara to win this fight.
Canelo Álvarez defeated Erislandy Lara via split decision in the 12-round fight. Canelo improves his record to 44-1-1, while Lara adds a loss to his record at 19-2-2.