“Admittedly, this is not much by way of a preview; not if a preview is supposed to examine each fighter’s path to victory, to accompany that analysis with a prediction, and to offer both with a whiff of enthusiasm. But since Crolla’s chances for victory exist mostly in the vacuum that he and Jorge Linares occupied for twenty-four rounds, and since Lomachenko’s greatest threat Friday is a possibly cavalier attitude about a fight promoter Bob Arum says “got shoved up our ass,” there is really only the outcome to predict and, well, you already know that.”
Read The Price for Praise: Vasiliy Lomachenko Defends Against Anthony Crolla on Hannibal Boxing.
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