On Friday, April 12th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, unified WBA and WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko* (12-1, 9 KOs) will defend his title against former world champion Anthony Crolla (34-6-3, 13 KOs), who is Lomachenko’s WBA mandatory challenger.
Lomachenko, arguably the #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world, moved up to 135 lbs last year and won the WBA title from Jorge Linares in one of the best fights of the year. He rallied from a knockdown to stop Linares in the tenth round. After recovering from shoulder surgery, the Ukrainian star unified titles with Jose Pedraza, flooring him twice on his way to a decision.