WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (31-4-3, 13 KOs) will fight former three-weight world champion Jorge Linares (40-3, 27 KOs) on September 24 at the Manchester Arena, England.
The Manchester fighter will make the second defence of his belt in front of his home fans against Venezuelan Linares, who was stripped of the WBC lightweight title earlier this year due to injury.
Crolla, 29, is coming off a knockout victory over Ismael Barroso in May, having dethroned Darleys Perez with another…