Erislandi Lara

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Medal record
Competitor for  Cuba
Men's Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Gold	Mianyang 2005	Welterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold	Cartagena 2006	Welterweight

Erislandi Lara (Santoya) sometimes written Erislandy (born April 11, 1983) is a Cuban boxer. The southpaw is the 2005 amateur world champion at welterweight.

[edit] Career

In 2003 and 2004 he lost four times against double world champ Lorenzo Aragon.

In 2005 after Aragon stepped down Lara bested his countryman Yudel Jhonson Cedeno repeatedly and was sent to the world championships. There he avenged an earlier loss to Russian Andrey Balanov, beat American Melson Boyd, upset top favourite and Olympic champion Bakhtiyar Artayev (31-22) and won Gold against Magomed Nurutdinov (BLR).

The only fighter who has beaten him twice in the last years is another Kazakh: Bakhyt Sarsekbayev. In their only meeting he beat American world champ Demetrius Andrade 9:4.

[edit] Failed Defection

He defected in 2007 together with superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux. Some weeks later he was caught in Brazil and he was returned to Cuba.

There have been rumors claiming that he has left Cuba again after being sent back, and will persue a pro carrer with Arena Box Promotions in mid-2008

[edit] External links

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