It's reported that the fight for Lara's WBA middleweight title would most likely take place in December in Australia
Erislandy Lara vs. Tim Tszyu - December 2026
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Erislandy Lara vs. Tim Tszyu - December 2026
Erislandy Lara vs Tim Tszyu is in advanced negotiations and "close" to being finalised, according to No Limit CEO George Rose 
It's reported that the fight for Lara's WBA middleweight title would most likely take place in December in Australia
It's reported that the fight for Lara's WBA middleweight title would most likely take place in December in Australia
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Re: Erislandy Lara vs. Tim Tszyu - December 2026
REPORT: LARA-TSZYU NEARLY FINALIZED FOR DECEMBER IN AUSTRALIA
Tim Tszyu is inching closer to getting a crack at being a two-division titleholder.
Representatives for Tszyu and WBA middleweight champ Erislandy Lara are in the latter stages of finalizing a deal for a headliner in Australia, with a targeted date in December, Fox Sports Australia revealed Tuesday.
“We’ve had great discussions with Lara’s team,” George Rose of No Limit Boxing, Tszyu’s promoter, told the outlet. “And I feel like something is close to being announced.”
Tszyu (28-3, 18 KOs), a former WBO 154-pound titleholder, last fought in July and scored a unanimous decision win against Errol Spence Jr. in a middleweight matchup. The 31-year-old Sydney native is on a three-fight winning streak since losing a second time to WBC super welterweight champion Sebastian Fundora in their rematch 13 months ago.
Tszyu is 5-3 since 2024, including a brutal third-round, technical-knockout defeat to Bakhram Murtazaliev.
Cuba’s Lara (32-3-3, 19 KOs) hasn’t fought since scoring a unanimous-decision victory over Johan Gonzalez in December. The 43-year-old Cuban was supposed to face Janibek Alimkhanuly, then the IBF and WBO 160-pound champ, but their title unification fight was scrapped once Alimkhanuly tested positive for a banned substance.
Gonzalez replaced Alimkhanuly on less than one week’s notice.
Lara won the then-vacant WBA middleweight title in May 2021 by starching Thomas LaManna in the first round. He has defended it just four times over the past five years by defeating Gary O’Sullivan, Michael Zerafa, Danny Garcia and Gonzalez.
Tim Tszyu is inching closer to getting a crack at being a two-division titleholder.
Representatives for Tszyu and WBA middleweight champ Erislandy Lara are in the latter stages of finalizing a deal for a headliner in Australia, with a targeted date in December, Fox Sports Australia revealed Tuesday.
“We’ve had great discussions with Lara’s team,” George Rose of No Limit Boxing, Tszyu’s promoter, told the outlet. “And I feel like something is close to being announced.”
Tszyu (28-3, 18 KOs), a former WBO 154-pound titleholder, last fought in July and scored a unanimous decision win against Errol Spence Jr. in a middleweight matchup. The 31-year-old Sydney native is on a three-fight winning streak since losing a second time to WBC super welterweight champion Sebastian Fundora in their rematch 13 months ago.
Tszyu is 5-3 since 2024, including a brutal third-round, technical-knockout defeat to Bakhram Murtazaliev.
Cuba’s Lara (32-3-3, 19 KOs) hasn’t fought since scoring a unanimous-decision victory over Johan Gonzalez in December. The 43-year-old Cuban was supposed to face Janibek Alimkhanuly, then the IBF and WBO 160-pound champ, but their title unification fight was scrapped once Alimkhanuly tested positive for a banned substance.
Gonzalez replaced Alimkhanuly on less than one week’s notice.
Lara won the then-vacant WBA middleweight title in May 2021 by starching Thomas LaManna in the first round. He has defended it just four times over the past five years by defeating Gary O’Sullivan, Michael Zerafa, Danny Garcia and Gonzalez.
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Re: Erislandy Lara vs. Tim Tszyu - December 2026
Erislandy Lara, Jermell Charlo both in play for Tim Tszyu, Vergil Ortiz Jnr
They’re crunching the numbers, calculating the air miles and plotting the repercussions.
Both WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara and former undisputed junior-middleweight champion Jermell Charlo are in consideration for middleweight bouts against former 154lbs champion Tim Tszyu and current WBC interim junior-middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jnr, BS learned Tuesday.
At 43, Lara, 32-3-3 (19 KOs), possesses the valuable belt that has drawn interest from Australia’s popular Tszyu, 28-3 (18 KOs), who is coming off a July 26 unanimous-decision triumph over former three-belt welterweight champion Errol Spence Jnr in Sydney.
Lara hasn’t fought since a December unanimous-decision victory over Johan Gonzalez in Texas. He compiled 19 rounds in the four-plus years before that.
Yet, Charlo, 35-2-1 (19 KOs), who hasn’t fought in three years since his loss to Canelo Alvarez, is also seeking a title shot at Lara.
Charlo’s popularity is a strong draw in his home country, the finances might allow for a Charlo-Tszyu bout, one official familiar with the talks said.
If so, that would allow Texas’ Ortiz to finally pursue his first title shot as he’s decided to exit the junior-middleweight division rather than waiting out unified champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis’ chase of an undisputed crown with England’s Josh Kelly and California’s Sebastian Fundora wearing the other 154lbs belts.
Charlo, 36, has expressed a strong interest in returning to the ring, regardless of the opponent, BS was told, and a bout against fellow Texan Ortiz, 24-0 (22 KOs), would be possible if the finances can please.
Ortiz manager Rick Mirigian last month named Charlo as his top choice to be Ortiz’s next opponent.
Although Ortiz fights for Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Charlo is with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, both promoters have DAZN as a streaming partner, which has led to a push for increased quality cross-promoted bouts.
An official told Boxing Scene that while both fights would be made for separate cards, it’s possible the winners will then fight each other.
They’re crunching the numbers, calculating the air miles and plotting the repercussions.
Both WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara and former undisputed junior-middleweight champion Jermell Charlo are in consideration for middleweight bouts against former 154lbs champion Tim Tszyu and current WBC interim junior-middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jnr, BS learned Tuesday.
At 43, Lara, 32-3-3 (19 KOs), possesses the valuable belt that has drawn interest from Australia’s popular Tszyu, 28-3 (18 KOs), who is coming off a July 26 unanimous-decision triumph over former three-belt welterweight champion Errol Spence Jnr in Sydney.
Lara hasn’t fought since a December unanimous-decision victory over Johan Gonzalez in Texas. He compiled 19 rounds in the four-plus years before that.
Yet, Charlo, 35-2-1 (19 KOs), who hasn’t fought in three years since his loss to Canelo Alvarez, is also seeking a title shot at Lara.
Charlo’s popularity is a strong draw in his home country, the finances might allow for a Charlo-Tszyu bout, one official familiar with the talks said.
If so, that would allow Texas’ Ortiz to finally pursue his first title shot as he’s decided to exit the junior-middleweight division rather than waiting out unified champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis’ chase of an undisputed crown with England’s Josh Kelly and California’s Sebastian Fundora wearing the other 154lbs belts.
Charlo, 36, has expressed a strong interest in returning to the ring, regardless of the opponent, BS was told, and a bout against fellow Texan Ortiz, 24-0 (22 KOs), would be possible if the finances can please.
Ortiz manager Rick Mirigian last month named Charlo as his top choice to be Ortiz’s next opponent.
Although Ortiz fights for Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Charlo is with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, both promoters have DAZN as a streaming partner, which has led to a push for increased quality cross-promoted bouts.
An official told Boxing Scene that while both fights would be made for separate cards, it’s possible the winners will then fight each other.