By Steve Kim
The April 18th bout between Terrence Crawford and Thomas Dulorme has finally found a home. This bout will take place in Arlington, Texas in what will be a college setting. It's part of an HBO split-site doubleheader that also features the expected slugfest between Ruslan Provodnikov and Lucas Matthysse from Verona, New York.
"It's going to be at UT-A (University of Texas at Arlington), set up for about five-to-six thousand,"confirmed Carl Moretti, VP of Boxing Operations for Top Rank on Saturday morning. "This fight will be at held at their basketball arena, the College Park Center. The press conference will be held next Thursday."
Ticket prices have not been decided, yet.
Top Rank looked high and low in Omaha - the hometown of Crawford - only to find that basically every viable venue in the city was booked on that date.
So they landed at the home of the Mavericks.
"ESPN has been there, it's a good sized arena. It should play well and at the end of the day, (Crawford) didn't belong in a casino ballroom - he's the Fighter of the Year," Moretti said.
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com