Lara's Manager on The Possibility of Facing Gennady Golovkin

By Victor Salazar 

New York - In a stacked 154 pound division, Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 14 KO's) has been reduced to fighting Delvin Rodriguez, Jan Zaveck, and a rematch with Vanes Martirosyan.

Lara was victorious in all three bouts, but one must wonder when his next fight will be on the horizon. According to his manger Luis DeCubas, Jr., the plan is to return in the fall. One possibility is the winner of Saturday's fight between Sergey Rabchenko and Tony Harrison.

"We're looking at November or December," the manager told krikya360.com. "We're looking to see who fights him. A good possibility would be the winner of Rabchenko-Harrision. He just has to keep winning and the big fights will come."

Lara has been vocal about fighting the most feared middleweight in the world, IBO/WBA/IBF/WBC champion Gennady Golovkin. According to the manager, there might be a plan to move up to 160 but not just yet.

"Lara's the type of fighter that doesn't need to fight 3 fights to move up in weight," explained DeCubas, Jr. "When the gates open for 160 he'll move up whether its Golovkin or rematch with Canelo, Danny Jacobs, or Billy Saunders. There's a lot of big fights there but for now he's going to keep defending his title because he wants to break the record for the most title defenses."

The industry speculation is that Al Haymon advises his clients to avoid fighting on HBO - but that theory has been debunked this year.

"You saw Amir Khan and Dominic Wade on HBO," said the manager. "Al Haymon does whatever is best for the client and not for him. We're not tied to anyone so the fight with Golovkin can happen at Showtime or HBO. HBO is doing a lot of pay per views because of the budget."

So how much would a possible Golovkin-Lara fight cost and would it be in the budget of HBO?

"Showtime definitely has the budget but can Golovkin fight on Showtime? I'm not sure what the budget is on HBO. Lara commands a lot of money so I cant say the fight will be simple to make. We got to make more money than what he's made in the past for Golovkin. More importantly Lara is looking to fight the best. Lara would make Golovkin think and it'd be a great fight."