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Crolla stops Barroso to retain WBA title
- Updated: May 7, 2016
7:15 PM ET
Anthony Crolla is doing a good impersonation of Ricky Hatton after winning his second successive fight with a body shot in front of a packed house at Manchester Arena.
Hatton, who won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight, finished off many of his opponents with rib-bending body shots. Now Crolla (31-4-3, 13 KOs) is doing the same after stopping Ismael Barroso in the seventh round with a right to the body in a first defence of his WBA world lightweight title on Saturday.
It was an intelligent performance from Crolla, who was under fierce pressure in rounds three and four and then took control after Barroso had punched himself out.
With three world champions and one vacant belt, the lightweight division is open and without a dominant force.
Crolla will feel this win goes some way to establishing himself as No 1 in the division, but defeating one of his rival world champions will be help his argument more.
“It got my …
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