Golden Boy Promotions won the purse bid to stage the rematch of the WBC Super Welterweight elimination bout between Vanes Martirosyan and Erislandy Lara according to Dan Rafael of espn.com
Golden Boy won the bid with $410,000 offer to Top Rank’s bid of $62,500
The two fought to a technical draw on November 10th in a bout that was supposed to give champion Saul Alvarez a mandatory challenger.
“It’s the fight we want, the fight we want to go back and do,” said Luis DeCubas Jr., Lara’s manager. “I think everyone had Lara winning the fight the first time around except two of the judges. We haven’t spoken on dates yet with Golden Boy. They said they would go out and win the purse bid and that’s exactly what they did. Lara will be ready to fight tomorrow, in 60 days, in 90 days, whenever.”
“HBO showed zero interest in the fight; mainly and rightfully so because of Lara’s style,” said Top Rank’s Carl Moretti. “Can’t blame them. They actually are cognizant of what they air and we respect that.”
DeCubas said whatever network puts on the fight, he was happy that Golden Boy made a commitment to it with its strong bid.
“There are a few networks I think that would buy the fight,” he said. “Golden Boy put up a great number, which we are happy about. So let’s see where it winds up
