Cuban jr. middleweight prospect, Erislandy Lara (13-0, 8 KOs), will take on St. Louis native, Tim Connors (10-1, 7 KOs) on the Juan Manuel Marquez-Michael Katsidis undercard this Saturday, November 27th, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Connors, whose opponents have a combined 44-48-2 record, has faced no one of note and is not expected to give Lara much of a contest.
Other fights on the card: Andre Berto vs. Freddy Hernandez for the WBC welterweight title, Celestino Caballero vs. Jason Litzau, Nate Campbell vs. Walter Estrada, and a prelim featuring welterweight prospect Keith Thurman.
Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.
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