Erislandy Lara gunning for Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin

Freddie Roach "Golovkin is still best pound for pound; I think Canelo is ready for Golovkin"

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ERISLANDY LARA is eager for a rematch with Canelo Alvarez and even more keen to face middleweight menace Gennady Golovkin.

First, he must successfully defend his WBA super-welterweight title in a rematch with Vanes Martirosyan in Las Vegas on Saturday night [May 21].

The Cuban slickster was edged out by Canelo in 2014 and has struggled to nail down fights with other marquee names, but hopes things will change after Saturday.

After I win Saturday, I would love to fight GGG or Canelo, but I would prefer GGG. Its not frustrating that Im not fighting the biggest names all the time. Im a headliner, he said.

I dont feel any pressure. Im just going to do my job and just keep winning. As long as I keep winning, everything will take care of itself.

Lara and Martirosyan fought to a technical draw in 2012, and Vanes has been calling for a return ever since.

Lara has beaten the likes of Alfredo Angulo and Austin Trout in the meantime, and expects to turn back Martirosyans challenge with relative ease.

Im not surprised that Im fighting Vanes again. Its my job to fight whoever they put in front of me, he said.

I felt that I was a better fighter than him the first time and Im a little better in almost every area since. One of the most important things is my way of training and my way of getting prepared. I feel that I am much more mature.

I like being back in Las Vegas again. Im definitely prepared to do what I do and thats win.

Source: http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/erislandy-lara-gunning-for-canelo-alvarez-and-gennady-golovkin/

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Notes: Canelo-Khan knockout a big hit

24/7 Canelo/Khan - Episode 1: Full Show (HBO Boxing)

Middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez"s massive one-punch knockout of Amir Khan in the sixth round on May 7 in Las Vegas got a tremendous amount of publicity, and people who had read or heard about it -- but didn"t buy the HBO pay-per-view card -- were eager to see it. HBO"s replay of the fight on Saturday night averaged 767,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The replay spiked dramatically to a peak of 1.005 million -- a much higher than normal 31 percent increase from the average -- during the fifth round, just before the booming knockout.

Representatives for junior lightweight Liam Walsh (20-0, 14 KOs), the 29-year-old British champion, and Russia"s Andrey Klimov (19-2, 9 KOs), 33, have reached an agreement for the fighters to meet Sept. 10 in Manchester, England. The winner will become the mandatory challenger for the 130-pound world title held by Puerto Rico"s Jose Pedraza (22-0, 12 KOs). Klimov has already had one shot at Pedraza, losing a near-shutout decision to him last June for the vacant belt. Klimov has not fought since.

Up-and-coming junior lightweight Mario Barrios (15-0, 8 KOs), 20, of San Antonio, will take on Italy"s Devis Boschiero (39-4-1, 21 KOs), 34, in a title eliminator that will move the winner into the No. 2 position for a mandatory shot at Pedraza"s belt. The date of the fight, which will be promoted by TGB Promotions, is not set but it will take place on a Premier Boxing Champions card to be determined in early July. Boschiero has won two fights in a row since losing a title eliminator to Stephen Smith by sixth-round knockout in September.

According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, all of the drug tests for the April 9 card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, headlined by third bout between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr., came back negative.

Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/16031/notes-canelo-khan-knockout-a-bit-hit

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