Who won Lara vs Smith?
Erislandy Lara beat Ishe Smith by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 12th December 2014 at Alamodome in San Antonio.
The scorecards were announced as 119-109, 119-109, 117-111 in favor of winner Erislandy Lara.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).
This contest was for the WBA super welterweight championship of the world.
Lara vs Smith stats
Back in December 2014, Erislandy Lara stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 2 loses and 2 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Ishe Smith made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Lara had advantage in power over Smith, with a 63% knock out percentage over Smith's 46%.
Erislandy Lara was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.
Smith had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lara. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.
Erislandy Lara fought out of the southpaw stance, while Ishe Smith was an orthodox fighter.
Lara was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 less fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 year and 11 months later than Smith, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 33 less professional rounds, 234 to Smith's 267.
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