SAN DIEGO, CALIF.- Mars 17, 2016– På 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 onFRUKTAN–En uppsjö av underhållning.
“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, England har ett register över 30-4-3 med 12 knockouts.
Han blev professionell oktober 14, 2006 med en seger över Abdul Rashid (1-0).
Den 29 årige har samlat segrar över 4-tiden VM-titel utmanare 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) & Tidigare VM-titel utmanare John Murray (33-2).
På 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 med 18 big knockouts.
Den 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), Kinda issouf (17-2) och i hans sista match, he captured the WBA Interim world championship with a fifth-round stoppage over Kevin Mitchell (39-3) påDecember 12 i London.
A Full undercard and start time will be announced shortly
