{"id":931830,"date":"2026-10-13T19:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931830\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:38:26","slug":"erislandy-lara-vs-tim-tszyu-set-planned-for-late-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931830\/","title":{"rendered":"Erislandy Lara vs Tim Tszyu set, planned for \u201clate November\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Limit Boxing announced last night<\/a> that their most famous charge, former super welterweight titlist Tim Tszyu, is set to challenge Erislandy Lara for the WBA middleweight title. James Cooney of Fox Sports AU claims<\/a> this fight is \u201cexpected to take place in late November\u201d with a \u201cstrong possibility\u201d of landing in Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

Lara (32-3-3, 19 KO), boxing\u2019s oldest reigning champion at 43, recently entered 19th year as a professional. His surprisingly violent tenure has been short on major competition, but that\u2019s not entirely his fault; a hotly anticipated three-belt unification with Janibek Alimkhanuly fell apart last year after \u201cQazaq Style\u201d tested positive for meldonium, forcing Lara to settle for a comfortable rout of Johan Gonzalez instead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When discussing Tszyu\u2019s chances of reclaiming gold<\/a>, Scott named Lara as the middle option among the division\u2019s then-reigning trio of champions, more difficult than Denzel Bentley but more beatable than Carlos Adames. I\u2019m inclined to agree; Lara\u2019s still a sharpshooter with sneaky power in his left hand, but he\u2019s been feasting on garbage for years and is over a decade older than Tszyu. This is doable, and more importantly for us, the sort of style matchup that\u2019s historically produced the most watchable Lara fights. We\u2019ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n