Josh Warrington says he wasn’t wary enough of Mauricio Lara last time he fought him earlier this year in February. The result saw the former IBF featherweight champion Warrington (30-1, 7 KOs) knocked down twice en route to getting stopped in the ninth round by the 23-year-old Lara (23-2, 16 KOs).
Josh Warrington has chosen to take the rematch with Mauricio Lara on September 4th stubbornly, but unfortunately, this could very well be his retirement party.
When little-known Mexican warrior Mauricio Lara shocked heavy favourite Josh Warrington back in February of this year it was one of the bigger upsets seen in Britain in some time.
We witnessed one of the biggest upsets in recent British boxing history back on the night of February 13th, when a massive outsider, the largely unknown Mauricio Lara, shocked an unbeaten Josh Warrington by way of a quite brutal ninth round stoppage win.
Eddie Hearn has confirmed that former IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington will be facing Mauricio Lara at the end of the summer in front of a crowd.
Josh Warrington’s army of fans are still trying to come to terms with the massive upset defeat that befell their hero on Saturday night when the warrior from Leeds was brutally beaten by Mexico’s Mauricio Lara.
Eddie Hearn was in the damage control mode last Saturday night after Josh Warrington was blown out in nine rounds by his tune-up opponent Mauricio Lara at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
Josh Warrington was floored and ruthlessly finished by Mexico’s Mauricio Lara in a sensational knockout loss that put a dent in the former IBF Featherweight World Champion’s ambitious plans.
Josh Warrington (30-1, 7 KOs) was no match against little known Mauricio Lara (22-2, 15 KOs), who made easy work of him scoring a 9th round knockout on Saturday night at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.