Erislandy Lara (31-3-3, 19) was born in Guantanamo, Cuba on April 11, 1983. At the age of 25 years on July 4, 2008, he made his professional boxing debut against Ivan Maslov, winning the fight via 4-round points decision.
Lara was elevated as the WBA (Regular) super-welterweight world champion at the age of 31 years and had his first title defense fight against Ishe Smith on December 12, 2014. He successfully defended the title, winning the fight via 12-round unanimous decision.
He then went on to become world champion at the middleweight weight class as well, winning the WBA (Regular) title against Thomas LaManna via 1st-round KO on May 1, 2021.
Lara's last fight was a 9th-round retirement win against Danny Garcia at age 41 on September 14, 2024. He is on a 6-fight winning streak.
Some of Erislandy Lara's best fights have been against Austin Trout, Vanes Martirosyan, Terrell Gausha, Ishe Smith, Delvin Rodríguez, Darnell Boone and Jan Zaveck.
Lara has 3 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37  | Sep 14, 2024 41 years, 5 months 31-3-3 (19) | 36 years, 5 months 37-3 (21) | MD | 9 | RTD | WIN |
36  | Mar 30, 2024 40 years, 11 months 30-3-3 (18) | 32 years 31-4 (19) | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
35  | May 28, 2022 39 years, 1 months 29-3-3 (17) | 37 years, 10 months 31-4 (21) | MD | 8 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
34 | May 1, 2021 38 years 28-3-3 (16) | Thomas LaManna | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Won WBA (Regular) Vacant |
33 | Aug 29, 2020 37 years, 4 months 27-3-3 (15) | Greg Vendetti | SWL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
32  | Aug 31, 2019 36 years, 4 months 26-3-3 (15) | 33 years 28-7-3 (16) | SWL | 2 | TKO | WIN Won WBA (Regular) Vacant |
31  | Mar 2, 2019 35 years, 10 months 25-3-3 (14) | 29 years, 5 months 15-0 (11) | SWL | 12 | SD | DRAW For WBA (Regular) |
30  | Apr 7, 2018 34 years, 11 months 25-3-2 (14) | 27 years, 7 months 21-0 (15) | SWL | 12 | SD | LOSS Lost WBA (Super) For IBF |
29  | Oct 14, 2017 34 years, 6 months 25-2-2 (14) | 30 years, 1 months 20-0 (9) | SWL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Super) |
28  | Jan 13, 2017 33 years, 9 months 24-2-2 (14) | 36 years, 5 months 34-2 (10) | SWL | 4 | KO | WIN Defended WBA (Super) |
27  | May 21, 2016 33 years, 1 months 23-2-2 (13) | 30 years 36-2-1 (21) | SWL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA |
26  | Nov 25, 2015 32 years, 7 months 22-2-2 (13) | 39 years, 8 months 35-3 (19) | SWL | 3 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
25  | Jun 12, 2015 32 years, 2 months 21-2-2 (12) | 35 years, 1 months 28-7-4 (16) | SWL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
24  | Dec 12, 2014 31 years, 8 months 20-2-2 (12) | 36 years, 4 months 26-6 (12) | SWL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
23  | Jul 12, 2014 31 years, 3 months 19-2-2 (12) | 23 years, 11 months 43-1-1 (31) | 12 | SD | LOSS | |
22  | Dec 7, 2013 30 years, 7 months 19-1-2 (12) | 28 years, 2 months 26-1 (14) | SWL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA Interim |
21  | Jun 8, 2013 30 years, 1 months 18-1-2 (12) | 30 years, 9 months 22-2 (18) | SWL | 10 | TKO | WIN Won WBA InterimVacant |
20 | Nov 10, 2012 29 years, 6 months 17-1-2 (11) | 26 years, 6 months 32-0 (20) | 9 | TD | DRAW | |
19  | Jun 30, 2012 29 years, 2 months 17-1-1 (11) | 33 years, 3 months 9-1 (3) | 10 | UD | WIN | |
18 | Apr 20, 2012 29 years 16-1-1 (11) | Ronald Hearns | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
17  | Jul 9, 2011 28 years, 2 months 15-1-1 (10) | 29 years, 11 months 39-2 (27) | 12 | MD | LOSS | |
16  | Mar 25, 2011 27 years, 11 months 15-0-1 (10) | 27 years, 10 months 17-4-1 (5) | 10 | MD | DRAW | |
15 | Jan 14, 2011 27 years, 9 months 15-0 (10) | Delray Raines | 1 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Nov 27, 2010 27 years, 7 months 14-0 (9) | Tim Connors | SWL | 1 | TKO | WIN |
13 | Aug 18, 2010 27 years, 4 months 13-0 (8) | Willie Lee | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Jul 9, 2010 27 years, 2 months 12-0 (7) | William Correa | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Apr 2, 2010 26 years, 11 months 11-0 (6) | Danny Perez | 10 | UD | WIN | |
10 | Jan 29, 2010 26 years, 9 months 10-0 (6) | Grady Brewer | 10 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Dec 12, 2009 26 years, 8 months 9-0 (5) | Luciano Perez | 10 | UD | WIN | |
8 | Sep 19, 2009 26 years, 5 months 8-0 (5) | Jose Varela | 1 | KO | WIN | |
7  | Jul 17, 2009 26 years, 3 months 7-0 (4) | 29 years, 5 months 16-11-2 (6) | 6 | UD | WIN | |
6 | May 22, 2009 26 years, 1 months 6-0 (4) | Edwin Vazquez | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
5 | May 2, 2009 26 years 5-0 (3) | Chris Gray | 4 | UD | WIN | |
4 | Feb 20, 2009 25 years, 10 months 4-0 (3) | Keith Gross | 1 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Jan 9, 2009 25 years, 8 months 3-0 (2) | Rodrigo Aguiar | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Sep 12, 2008 25 years, 5 months 2-0 (1) | Deniss Aleksejevs | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Jul 4, 2008 25 years, 2 months 1-0 (0) | Ivan Maslov | 4 | PTS | WIN |
