SAN DIEGO, CALIF.- Marzo 17, 2016– En Saturday afternoon, Maio 7,Anthony Crollawill make the first defense of theWBA Lightweight championshipwhen he takes on hard punching and undefeated challengerIsmael Barrosoin a bout that will headline a full afternoon of boxing onAWE–A riqueza de entretemento.
“We are very excited about this great fight coming to AWE,” said AWE President Charles Herring.
“Crolla won his title on AWE in November with a stunning knockout over Darleys Perez and now we are happy to bring the fans in the United States his first defense. Barroso has a great style and it should make for an action packed fight.”
The bout will originate from the Manchester Arena.
Crolla of Manchester, Inglaterra ten unha marca de 30-4-3 con 12 nocautes.
Converteuse en profesional en outubro 14, 2006 cunha vitoria sobre Abdul Rashid (1-0).
O 29 year-old acumulou vitorias sobre 4-time desafiante ao título mundial Michael Brodie (36-3-1), Andy Morris (19-3), John Watson (13-1), Willie Limond (34-3), Syephen Jennings (5-1-1), Kieran Farrell (14-0), former Junior Welterweight world champion Gavis Rees (37-2-1), Stephen Foster (31-4-1) & O ex desafiante ao título mundial John Murray (33-2).
En Novembro 21, he won the WBA Lightweight title with a one-punch body shot knockout over reigning champion Darleys Perez (32-1-1) in the same Arena will he will make his first defense in Manchester.
Barroso of El Tigre, Venezuela has a undefeated mark of 19-0-2 con 18 big knockouts.
O 33 year-old is an 11-year veteran who has victories over Alfonso Perez (4-1), Addir Sánchez (7-1), Abraham Gomez (16-3-1), Oscar Arena (22-3), Winston Campos (17-2-4), Kind Issouf (17-2) and in his last bout, he captured the WBA Interim world championship with a fifth-round stoppage over Kevin Mitchell (39-3) enDecembro 12 en Londres.
A Full undercard and start time will be announced shortly
