BoxingScene has confirmed that Lara, a two-division champion and the current WBA 160lbs titlist, will now face Venezuela’s Johan Gonzalez in a voluntary title defense. The move was made in the wake of Kazakhstan’s Janibek Alimkhanuly testing positive for the banned substance meldonium, which forced him out of his planned IBF, WBA and WBO unification bout with Lara.
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