欣欣拳击INTERNATIONAL^® Presentation of Immediate Rematch Airs Live From Manchester, 英国

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纽约 (一月. 24, 2017) – SHOWTIME will televise the eagerly anticipated rematch between WBA Lightweight World Champion 豪尔赫·利纳雷斯 and former champ 安东尼克罗拉 上 星期六, 三月 25 住在 开演时间 从 曼彻斯特 竞技场 在曼彻斯特, 英国.

 

Linares (41-3, 27 科斯) dethroned Crolla (31-5-3, 13 科斯) in a thrilling battle last 七. 24 在曼彻斯特. 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 星期六, 一月. 28 in the co-feature of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^®.

 

Linares, of Barinas, 委内瑞拉, 赢了 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 和 115-113 in a back-and-forth and bloody battle. 同赢, Linares also earned the WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine lightweight belts.

 

克罗拉, 曼彻斯特, 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 打架.