Erislandy Lara won the WBA Junior Middleweight title with a two round destruction over an overweight Ramon Alvarez at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In round two, Lara landed a hard left that knocked Alvarez through the ropes, which was scored a knockdown. Moments later, Lara landed two crushing lefts that hurt Alvarez bad, and the fight was stopped by referee Mark Nelson at 2:03.
Lara, 153 3/4 lbs of Houston is 26-3-3 with 15 knockouts. Alvarez, 158 1/2 lbs of Guadalajara, Mexico was 4 1/2 lbs over at Friday’s weigh in, falls to 28-8-3.
Jamontay Clark and Sebastian Fundora battled to a 10-round draw in a junior middleweight bout.
Clark won a card 96-94; Fundora took a card 98-92. One card read even at 95-95.
Fundora, 153 1/2 lbs of Cochella, CA is 13-0-1. Clark, 154 lbs of Cincinnati, OH is 16-1-1.
Clark outlanded Fundora 168-130.
Frank Sanchez remained undefeated with a stoppage over Victor Bisbal after round four of their scheduled 10-round heavyweight bout.
Sanchez, 220 lbs of Miami is now 13-0 with 11 knockouts. Bisbal, 275 lbs of Salinas, PR is 21-4.
