Vasyl Lomachenko vs Anthony Crolla fight result: Ukrainian wins by knockout in fourth round of lopsided contest

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Vasyl Lomachenko defended his WBA and WBO lightweight belts on Friday night with a violent fourth-round stoppage of Britain’s Anthony Crolla.

Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KOs) brutalized the mandatory challenger for his WBA belt throughout their fight, nearly ending it late in the third round when the Ukrainian star knocked Crolla into the ropes.

Referee Jack Reiss allowed the fight to continue, and Lomachenko finished after the break with a right hand that dropped Crolla face-first onto the canvas with a broken nose.

Lomachenko showed the folly of this matchup by thoroughly outclassing Crolla (34-7-3), a tough but overmatched contender. Lomachenko had hoped to take on Richard Commey in a three-belt unification fight, but Commey’s injured hand forced Lomachenko’s promoters to make this fight.

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Undercard results

Gilberto Ramirez def. Tommy Karpency via TKO (corner stoppage)

Arnold Barboza Jr. def. Mike Alvarado via KO

Alexander Besputin def. Alfredo Blanco via decsion

Janibek Alimkhanuly def. Cristian Olivas via decision

Guido Vianello def. Lawrence Gabriel via KO

Ruben Rodriguez def. Ramel Snegur via decision

[13 April 2019 04:41 · Tom Kershaw]

For Ramirez, it's a great step forward and, based on this evidence, you would imagine he will stay in the 175lbs division, freeing up his WBO super-middleweight title for Billy Joe Saunders to contest.

How will the Mexican handle himself against the likes of Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev? He's certainly never faced anyone of their calibre quite yet and you'd expect him to have one more fight in the interim before attempting to challenge for one of those belts.

[13 April 2019 04:43 · Tom Kershaw]

Ramirez entered the ring at 195lbs!

He says he is a lot more comfortable at the weight and wants to face the champions and look to collect all the belts at light-heavyweight. 

[13 April 2019 04:46 · Tom Kershaw]

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[13 April 2019 04:51 · Tom Kershaw]

It's Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Anthony Crolla next! 

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[13 April 2019 05:10 · Tom Kershaw]

The ring walks are set to begin any moment now.