By Jeff Aranow: A unification fight appears to be in the works for WBC World lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) against the winner of next month’s rematch between WBA World lightweight champion Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) and Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Not only is Linares the WBA champion, he’s also the World Boxing Council Champion in Recess, which enables him to get a crack at Mikey if he wants the fight.
WBA Lightweight World Champion Jorge Linares and former titlist Anthony Crolla held a press conference on Tuesday in Manchester, England, to formally announce their upcoming rematch on Saturday, March 25 live on SHOWTIME from Manchester Arena.
Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) narrowly outpointed defending champion Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) last September in a thrilling battle in Crolla’s hometown of Manchester.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) will be looking to avenge his loss to Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) when he challenges him for his WBA World lightweight title on March 25 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Crolla, 30, lost to Linares last September by a 12 round unanimous decision.
Linares captured Crolla’s WBA 135lb title in beating him by the scores of 115-114, 115-113 and 117-111. I saw the fight and had Linares winning comfortably by the score of 117-111. I thought the other two scores were ones that didn’t reflect how one-sided the fight was.
By Scott Gilfoid: On September 24, WBA World lightweight belt holder Anthony Crolla (31-4-3, 13 KOs) will be taking a very dangerous fight against the 30-year-old WBC lightweight Champions in Recess at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK. The World Boxing Council has put the WBC Diamond lightweight title up for grabs for the Linares vs. Crolla fight.
The winner of the fight must fight WBC lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin next if they want to fight for that belt. It’s going to be interesting to see if Crolla opts to make that move if he can somehow get past Linares on September 24. Does Crolla face Zlaticanin or does he instead stay content with being the WBA lightweight champion.