On April 7, 2018, Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs), the super-welterweight WBA (Super) champion, and the super-welterweight IBF champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Erislandy Lara is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Terrell Gausha, 5 months and 24 days ago. Jarrett Hurd is on a 21-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round RTD win over Austin Trout, 5 months and 24 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Jarrett Hurd at 99-1 winning odds. Erislandy Lara really doesn't have much to present against Hurd.
Jarrett Hurd defeated Erislandy Lara via split decision and unifies the WBA (Super) and IBF super-welterweight titles. Hurd improves his record to 22-0, while Lara adds a loss to his record at 25-3-2.