On May 28, 2022, Erislandy Lara (28-3-3, 16 KOs), the middleweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Irish challenger, Gary O'Sullivan (31-4, 21 KOs).
Erislandy Lara is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Thomas LaManna, 1 year and 27 days ago. Gary O'Sullivan is on a 1-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Nodar Robakidze, 11 months and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Erislandy Lara at 99-1 winning odds. Gary O'Sullivan really doesn't have much to present against Lara.
Erislandy Lara stopped Gary O'Sullivan via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) middleweight title. Lara improves his record to 29-3-3 (17 KOs), while O'Sullivan adds a loss to his record at 31-5.