Erislandy Lara stepping up to face Grady Brewer

On the January 29 FOX Sports Net broadcast of Gabriel Campillo-Beibut Shumenov II, Cuban sensation Erislandy Lara will take a big step up in competition when he faces former "Contender" champion Grady Brewer in a 10-round junior middleweight feature from Las Vegas.

Lara (9-0, 5 KO) is one of the best prospects in the sport, and has already been featured several times on TV. He's been a regular on ESPN2, and also fought on the Hatton-Pacquiao undercard last May. He has wins over trial horses like Darnell Boone and Jose Varela, and his most recent fight was his first ten-rounder. Lara beat Luciano Perez via decision in that fight.

Brewer (26-11, 15 KO) hasn't been as active as he might have liked since winning the "Contender" series in 2006. He missed all of 2007, and has come back with the same fringe fights he was having before the series, really. He did fight and beat Cornelius Bundrage in one of the worst televised fights of 2008, the last time most saw him in action.

Brewer was set to face Winky Wright in Puerto Rico in December, but that fight predictably fell apart.

Lara-Brewer will be the opening fight of the broadcast on FSN, live on January 29 at 11pm ET.