Showtime Бокс INTERNATIONAL^® Presentation of Immediate Rematch Airs Live From Manchester, Англія

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Нью-Ёрк (Студзеня. 24, 2017) – SHOWTIME will televise the eagerly anticipated rematch between WBA Lightweight World Champion Хорхе Линарес and former champ Энтані Crolla на Субота, Сакавіка 25 жыць на ЧАС ДЛЯ ШОЎ ад Манчестер Арэна ў Манчэстэры, Англія.

 

Linares (41-3, 27 КО) dethroned Crolla (31-5-3, 13 КО) in a thrilling battle last Сем. 24 ў Манчэстэры. It was the first time the three-division titlist Linares was pushed the 12-round distance in his career.

 

Linares-Crolla will be the second lightweight world title bout on SHOWTIME in 2017 and an important fight toward potentially unifying the resurgent 135-pound division. Dejan Zlaticanin will defend his WBC Lightweight World Championship against undefeated two-division world champ Mikey Garcia this Субота, Студзеня. 28 in the co-feature of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^®.

 

Linares, of Barinas, Венесуэла, выйграў 10 fights in a row, including seven by knockout. He became a three-division titlist when he captured the vacant WBC Lightweight World Championship in 2014 with a knockout of Javier Prieto. The 31-year-old defended the belt twice in 2015 with knockouts of Kevin Mitchell and Ivan Cano before being named “Champion in Recess” by the WBC because of inactivity due to injuries. Linares returned following an 11-month layoff to face Crolla in his hometown of Manchester, outpointing the champion 115-114, 117-111 і 115-113 in a back-and-forth and bloody battle. З перамогай, Linares also earned the WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine lightweight belts.

 

Crolla, Манчэстэра, won the WBA Lightweight Title with a fifth-round KO of Darleys Perez in November of 2015 in an immediate rematch of their 12-round draw earlier that year. The 30-year-old knocked out previously unbeaten Ismael Barroso in his first title defense on May 7, 2016 to set up the showdown with Linares. The close loss to Linares was Crolla’s first defeat in his last 11 баі.