SAN DIEGO, CALIF.- Mas 17, 2016– Sou Saturday afternoon, Me 7,Anthony Crollawill make the first defense of theWBA Lightweight championshipwhen he takes on hard punching and undefeated challengerIzmayèl Barrosoin a bout that will headline a full afternoon of boxing onAWE–Yon richès nan Lwazi-.
“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, Angletè te gen yon dosye sou 30-4-3 ak 12 debouchur.
Jezi vire tèt li pwofesyonèl sou Oktòb 14, 2006 ak yon genyen sou Abdul Rashid (1-0).
Nan 29 te zan rasanble ranport plis pase 4 an tan pwovokatè tit mond Michael Brodie (36-3-1), Andy Morris (19-3), Jan 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) & Ansyen pwovokatè tit mond Jan Murray (33-2).
Sou Novanm 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 ak 18 big knockouts.
Nan 33 year-old is an 11-year veteran who has victories over Alfonso Perez (4-1), Addir Sanchez (7-1), Abraham Gomez (16-3-1), Oscar Arena (22-3), Winston Campos (17-2-4), Yon jan 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) souDesanm 12 nan London.
A Full undercard and start time will be announced shortly
