Boxing Challenge: Warrington-Lara clash early

     The rematch between featherweights Josh Warrington and Mauricio Lara ended just as the fight was beginning to heat up as the duo cracked their heads against the other in the second round with Lara emerging with a huge gash over his left eye.

When the ringside physician checked Lara's eye in the corner between rounds, the fight was stopped and ruled a no contest.

It was a disappointing ending as Warrington had fought very well in winning round one but Lara had managed to fight far better in the second and the fight seemed to be setting up to be a pretty good one.

Lara's cut is pretty severe and I'd be surprised to see him back in the ring by the end of the year and Eddie Hearn stated that he would like to keep Warrington active with a fight in December before bringing these two back for the third fight in February or March.

The co-feature saw undefeated welterweight Conor Benn dominate a surprisingly meek Adrian Granados in winning an easy unanimous decision over ten rounds.

Granados has been known for his toughness and eagerness to engage in losses to Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter among others but in this loss to Benn Granados looked more like Gullermo Rigondeaux than Rocky Balboa.

After a safety first effort like this, the attributes that that promoters and television liked from Granados may not be around anymore and he may see his offers for fights reduced.

As for Benn, he won every round on my card (and one judge) and he tried to make a more exciting fight in what was the best opponent of his to date.

Still, I still wonder how he will hold up against a strong opponent that fires back.

In the boxing challenge, Ramon Malpica and I each scored two points for Conor Benn's win to move the season total to 122-108.