Heading into his showdown with WBA World Lightweight Champion Anthony Crolla (30-4-3, 12 Kos) este sábado night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, Reino Unido, WBA #1-rated contender and interim champion Ismael Barroso (19-0-2, 18 Kos) and his team wish to offer their sincere respect to the “future former champion.”

“He is a true champion,” said Barroso of Crolla. “There were easier domestic fights for more money he could have taken, but he wanted to do the right thing and face his top challenger. I admire him for that.”

Desafortunadamente, the murderous punching Barroso, de El Tigre, Venezuela, says he’ll be ending the brave Englishman’s run as champion o sábado noite.

“El (Crolla) won the WBA title by an upset last year and he’s a likeable man,” continued Barroso, “but all good things come to an end. When they help him up after the fightSábado, he will have all my respect and I wish him very well for the rest of his life.”

Greg Cohen, promoter of Barroso, agrees with his fighter’s sentiment.

“Anthony is a true champion, but he’s in way over his head in this one. And him being in his home country and the fans backing him, that only makes Ismael that much more determined. Crolla has had a great and surprising run as champion, but there’s not much anyone can do for him in the face of the kind of power he’s up against.”

Sobre Greg Cohen Promotions

Un dos principais equipos de promoción do boxeo, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) é un nome moi respectado por realizar eventos de clase mundial de boxeo profesional e promovendo loitadores profesionais de elite en todo o mundo.

Fundador e CEO Greg Cohen estivo implicado co boxeo profesional en diversos cargos desde finais de 1980, mellorar a súa arte e establecer-se como un astuto home de negocios internacional de boxeo.

Distínguese pola súa capacidade de detectar e desenvolver talentos en bruto, Cohen primeira fixo titulares de promoción para a súa orientación especializada de, entre moitos outros, ex WBA júnior campión dos medios Austin “Sen dúbida” Troita, Cohen, que axudou a guía de descoñecido New Mexico perspectiva de elite nivel astro pay-per-view.

Ademais troita, Greg Cohen Promotions traballou con nomes consagrados como o ex-campión unificado e dúas veces pesado Hasim “The Rock” Rahman e todo-tempo grande de varios campión mundial de peso clase James “Lights Out” Toney.

Cohen currently promotes WBA Interim World Lightweight Champion Ismael Barroso, Undefeated WBA NABA Heavyweight Champion and world-rated contender Jarrell Miller, undefeated WBA NABA Middleweight Champion and world-rated contender Robert Brant, former world champion Kendall Holt, as well as current world-rated contenders including long-time elite middleweight “Significar” Joe Greene, top super pluma Arash Usmanee, Canadian heroe de acción lixeiro e TV Tony Luís; WBA e cinco veces Campión Nacional Afeccionado irlandés, Dennis Hogan; e lixeiro perspectiva australiano Josh Rei.

Greg Cohen Promocións acolleu eventos de clase mundial de boxeo dos mellores locais en todo os Estados Unidos eo mundo e tamén ten o orgullo desde talento e / ou o contido de varias cadeas de televisión, incluíndo CBS Sports Network, HBO, Altura De Comezar, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, CBS Sports Network, MSG e FOX Sports Net.

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