He has fought world class opposition, has beaten most of them, has some solid name recognition, and he’s more than willing to climb up from junior middle, up to middleweight, to test the middleweight king…

Erislandy Lara (20-2-2, age 32) would like the world to know that he’s willing, and he believes he’s able, to not only test Gennady Golovkin, but best Triple G, given the opportunity.

Manager Luis De Cubas checked in with TSS, and told us that his guy, should he get past Delvin Rodriguez in his June 12 test, would love to show boxing nation that his skill set would be the first to smear the GGG record.

“I think people are overlooking Lara as a foe, Tripe G versus Lara can be made, and I think it’s a tremendous fight,” LDC told me. “I think Lara is the best Gennady has faced and to be honest, I’m not sure Gennady is the best Lara has faced. Canelo, Paul Williams…I’m not sure we can say the same for Golovkin.”

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