Erislandy Lara vs Danny Garcia Prediction: Erislandy Lara to defend his title once again

In the early hours of Sunday morning in the ring, the middleweight division will present a bout between Erislandy Lara and Danny Garcia. It is set as the Co-Main Card event at the 160 lbs (72.6 kg) weight class. There is a WBA World Middleweight Title belt to contend for in this fight, with Erislandy Lara being the current holder of the title. Erislandy Lara is currently on a consecutive five wins in his last five, while Danny Garcia won three of his last five fights. All action will take place at T Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and can be watched live on DAZN.

Erislandy Lara last fought on March 30, 2024, in TGB Promotions against Michael Zerafa to defend his WBA World Middleweight Title, winning in the second round via a straight left hook. The 41-year-old boxer is fighting out of Houston, Texas, and his foundation style is boxing. He won the vacant WBA World 'Regular' Middleweight Title against Thomas LaManna via TKO/KO. Lara was able to defend this title against Gary O'Sullivan in 2022, winning in the eight round via technical knockout. He lost the WBA World, IBF World, and IBO World Super Welterweight titles to Jarrett Hurd and was in a draw via split decision for the WBA Regular, Interim WBA World Super Welterweight Title against Brian Castano. Other boxers he has won against are Terrell Gausha (via unanimous decision), Yuri Foreman (via TKO), Vanes Martirosyan (via unanimous decision), and Jan Zaveck (via TKO/KO).

Danny Garcia boasts of a professional career record of thirty—seven wins and three losses. He is nicknamed "Swift” and fights out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He last fought on July 30, 2022, in TGB Promotions and won against Jose Benavidez Jr. via majority decision. Danny lost his challenge against Errol Spence Jr. for the WBC/IBF World Welterweight Title via unanimous decision. In 2019, he won the WBC Silver Welterweight Title against Adrian Granados via TKO/KO in the seventh round. He lost the WBC World Welterweight Title to Shawn Porter via unanimous decision and the WBA World Welterweight Title to Keith Thurman.

Lara has shown some consistency since 2018 and hasn't lost since then, but his contender is one who last fought two years ago. Lara is currently 41, and his number of fights cannot be compared to Danny. He has shown that he can still do it and utilize his height and reach advantage. Although Danny has bossed many divisions, he still needs more to do to be able to win against Lara.