By: Ibrahim El-Shawarby
2 time Olympic gold medalist Vasiliy Lomachenko defends his two lightweight world-title belts in the main event of a Staples Center on Friday.
Lomachenko’s opponent, England’s Anthony Crolla, certainly wants to have his hand raised, too, but as the 18-to-1 underdog as the English figher has his sights set on a big upset.
More than four years ago, Crolla, 32, was savagely attacked after fighting two men found their way into his yard after allegedly burglarizing a neighbor’s house.
He got his hands on one of the suspects, but the other lifted a piece of concrete and slammed it atop Crolla’s head, fracturing the fighter’s skull and causing a fall that broke his ankle.
Crolla remarkably recovered well enough 11 months after the incident to win the World Boxing Assn. lightweight belt that Ukraine’s Lomachenko (12-1, nine knockouts) now wears along with the World Boxing Organization version of the 135-pound title.
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