By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Crolla will be defending his World Boxing Association lightweight title next month against former three division world champion Jorge Linares (40-3, 27 KOs) on September 24 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK. Crolla, 29, calls this the arena his home and he doesn’t plan on letting the talented 31-year-old visitor Linares to come into his home and take his WBA strap from him in front of his many fans.
Crolla (31-4-3, 13 KOs) recently successfully defended his WBA title last May in stopping 33-year-old challenger Ismael Barroso in the 7th round in Manchester. It wasn’t a really great performance from Corolla despite him winning the fight. I mean, Crolla won the fight, but only because Barroso punched himself out after five rounds. He was giving