Anthony Crolla

Crolla: At 135, Lopez is The One To Give Lomachenko The Best Challenge

Former champion Anthony Crolla was a 100-1 underdog when he stepped in the ring with Vasiliy Lomachenko in April of 2019. Crolla was dominated and brutally knocked out.

Anthony Crolla "Absolutely Heartbroken" After Gym Burns Down

Former WBA lightweight world champion Anthony Crolla, who retired from the sport back in November after 13 years in the game, was hit with some hard news, after being informed that his gym was destroyed in a fire at a mill in Greater Manchester.

Jake James, Trained By Anthony Crolla, Undergoes Hand Surgery

Anthony Crolla trained Jake James has successfully undergone hand surgery, undertaken by leading specialist Mike Hayton as he gets set to return to the ring in mid-2020. Super Lightweight James was due to compete in the Contender VIP, Battle of Manch...

Photos: Anthony Crolla Ends Career With Tough Decision Win

Anthony Crolla Final Career Fight Photos Gallery - Manchester Arena, Manchester - In what is being billed as the final fight of his pro career, former world champion Anthony Crolla (35-7-3, 13 KOs) won a much tougher than expected ten round majority...

Anthony Crolla Ends Career With Tough Decision Over Urquiaga

Manchester Arena, Manchester - In what is being billed as the final fight of his pro career, former world champion Anthony Crolla (35-7-3, 13 KOs) won a much tougher than expected ten round majority decision win over Frank Urquiaga (13-2-1, 1 KO). Th...

Anthony Crolla on Retirement: The Hunger Will Never Leave Me

Anthony Crolla is not a man to break his word, so when he says he will retire after tonight's fight with Frank Urquiaga, you can be certain he means it. Boxing isn't generally a sport packed with sentimentality and boxers are often the last to know w...

Hearn: Crolla Should Go Down As A British Boxing Great

Anthony Crolla should be considered as a British boxing great his promoter Eddie Hearn says. Crolla, 32, and with a record of 34-7-3, 13 KOs has his 45th and final fight on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena, bidding farewell to a career that beg...

Katie Taylor Honored To Share Stage For Anthony Crolla's Final Fight

Katie Taylor was just four months into her pro career for her lone other appearance in Manchester, England. Like so many other big boxing nights in the city in recent years, the March 2017 card also featured local hero and former lightweight titlist...

Photos: Anthony Crolla, Frank Urquiaga - Ready For Battle

Anthony Crolla farewell fight weights photos gallery - Katie Taylor says she is ready to create more history by becoming a two-weight World Champion when she faces Christina Linardatou for the WBO Super-Lightweight World title at Manchester Arena on...

Taylor, Linardatou Make Weight For 140-Pound Title Fight

As rising superstar Katie Taylor moves up in weight, Anthony Crolla prepares to move on from the sport. Perhaps the retirement tour has begun a bit early for Crolla, who was the only boxer to miss weight for Saturday's show at the Manchester Arena in...

Anthony Crolla: Now Is Time For Me To Bow Out

Those are the lyrics of Whitney Houston's hit 'Million Dollar Bill’ track. And Anthony Crolla, the man who uses the tune as the soundtrack to his fight nights, will be hoping to have not one but two hands held aloft on Saturday night when he steps th...

Photos: Anthony Crolla, Frank Urquiaga - Face To Face, Presser

Anthony Crolla, Frank Urquiaga Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Katie Taylor says she is ready to create more history by becoming a two-weight World Champion when she faces Christina Linardatou for the WBO Super-Lightweight World title at Manc...

Anthony Crolla vs. Frank Urquiaga Set For Farewell In Manchester

Anthony Crolla has finally been given an opponent for his farewell fight. The 32-year-old Manchester man will box for the final time on November 2. Crolla revealed last month he would bow out having lost to WBO and WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Loma...

Anthony Crolla Vows Not To Get Emotional In Final Career Fight

Anthony Crolla wasn’t exactly sure where his boxing career would take him when he turned pro 13 years ago. What he knew in the end, though, was that it needed to come full circle. The former lightweight titlist gets that wish granted, as he’s vowed t...

Photos: Katie Taylor, Christina Linardatou - Face To Face

Taylor, Linardatou Presser Photos Gallery - Katie Taylor will bid to become a two-weight World Champion when she meets Christina Linardatou for the WBO Super-Lightweight World title at Manchester Arena on Saturday November 2, shown live on Sky Sports...