Mauricio “Bronco” Lara was crowned champion in February with a brutal knockout of Leigh Wood, the same opponent he will make his first defense against and he knows how to beat him just as fast and reaffirm that victory Have to do
But he also knows he will be facing an opponent he already knows, so he has tweaked his preparation for the May 27 fight in Manchester.
When asked by IZQUIERZAZO, Bronco Lara said, “There have been many changes, I think the fast knock is confirming my victory.” “And like I said, it’s going to be like that, I’ve prepared very hard, twice as much as last time and I’m doing very well mentally and physically.”
Bronco dethroned Wood to become the WBA featherweight champion on February 18, and with less than two weeks to go before the rematch, he is more than motivated.
Just as he succeeded in dethroning Wood by going to Nottingham, he knows that the Englishman will come out determined to win the crown.
He said, “The difficult task is not to reach, the difficult task is to stop.” “We know every fighter is capable of winning a world title, I did it and I feel capable.”
If it took nearly eight years for Bronco Lara to reach the world title, he is not ready to lose it so soon.
He said, “I have trained very hard to achieve this and they will not take away from me what it has cost me so much.” “No one’s going to take it from me so fast.”
Bronco ready to defend first against Lara Wood
After so many statements between the two prior to their first fight, Mauricio Lara made it clear that the rivalry was in the ring, and on the day the rematch was offered, he was the one who approached Wood to shake hands.
“I am very sporty, I am professional in what I do,” he said. “We know there is a function above the ring, I extend my hand as friendship and I showed it, I went to England and I was the one who came to shake his hand, to see him face to face and to congratulate him Best.”
Thus, after Bronco Lara knocked him out, he looked into Wood’s eyes again and saw him calm, sure that the British now knew his abilities and that beating the Mexican would not be easy.
“I saw him calm, he already knows my abilities and what I am capable of,” he concluded. “I saw that he was calm, he thought I was a kid who was very easily knocked over and he had already seen that I was not.”
