Erislandy Lara won the WBA Junior Middleweight title with a two round destruction over an overweight Ramon Alvarez at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In round two, Lara landed a hard left that knocked Alvarez through the ropes, which was scored a knockdown. Moments later, Lara landed two crushing lefts that hurt Alvarez bad, and the fight was stopped by referee Mark Nelson at 2:03.

Lara, 153 3/4 lbs of Houston is 26-3-3 with 15 knockouts. Alvarez, 158 1/2 lbs of Guadalajara, Mexico was 4 1/2 lbs over at Friday’s weigh in, falls to 28-8-3.

Jamontay Clark and Sebastian Fundora battled to a 10-round draw in a junior middleweight bout.

Clark won a card 96-94; Fundora took a card 98-92. One card read even at 95-95.

Fundora, 153 1/2 lbs of Cochella, CA is 13-0-1. Clark, 154 lbs of Cincinnati, OH is 16-1-1.

Clark outlanded Fundora 168-130.

Frank Sanchez remained undefeated with a stoppage over Victor Bisbal after round four of their scheduled 10-round heavyweight bout.

Sanchez, 220 lbs of Miami is now 13-0 with 11 knockouts. Bisbal, 275 lbs of Salinas, PR is 21-4.

MINNEAPOLIS (August 22, 2019) – Fast-rising Cuban heavyweight Frank Sanchez will face Puerto Rican Olympian Victor Bisbal in a 10-round heavyweight showdown as part of FOX PBC Fight Night action and on FOX Deportes Saturday, August 31 from The Armory in Minneapolis.

Sanchez vs. Bisbal replaces the previously scheduled bout between former champions Peter Quillin and Caleb Truax, after Truax was forced to withdraw due to an Achilles injury.

Coverage on FOX and FOX Deportes begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and is headlined by former world champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara battling Ramon Alvarez in a 12-round bout for the WBA Super Welterweight title. The co-main event will see a pair of sensational young super welterweights collide as Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora takes on Jamontay “The Quiet Assassin” Clark in a 10-round attraction.

Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and Warriors Boxing, can be purchased at the Armory at http://ArmoryMN.com/ and through Ticketmaster.

A former amateur standout from his native Cuba, Sanchez (12-0, 10 KOs) now lives in Las Vegas and is unbeaten since turning pro in 2017. The 27-year-old scored knockouts in his first six pro fights, and picked up nine victories in 2018. Sanchez most recently scored a dominant second round stoppage over Jason Bergman at The Armory in July.

After representing Puerto Rico at the 2004 Olympic games, Bisbal (23-3, 17 KOs) won 21 of his first 22 pro fights, including a 16-fight winning streak from late 2006 until 2013. He suffered defeats to Dominic Breazeale and Magomed Abdusalamov before winning his last two fights heading into August 31. His last outing saw him Edson Roberto Dos Santos Borges in December 2018.

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