SAN DIEGO, CALIF.- Marec 17, 2016– On Saturday afternoon, Maj 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–Bogastvo Entertainment.
“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, Anglija ima zapis 30-4-3 s 12 Knockouts.
Obrnil se je strokovno oktobra 14, 2006 z zmago nad Abdul Rashid (1-0).
The 29 year-old je nabrale zmag več kot 4-time naslov svetovnega prvaka challenger 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) & Nekdanji svetovni naslov izzivalec John Murray (33-2).
On November 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 s 18 big knockouts.
The 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), Nekako 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) naDecember 12 v Londonu.
A Full undercard and start time will be announced shortly
