Anthony Crolla hopeful victory over Ismael Barroso can set up Las Vegas fight
Wednesday 4 May 2016 14:59, UK
Anthony Crolla wants to fight in Las Vegas for a second time if he overcomes Ismael Barroso on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.
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The WBA world lightweight champion (30-4-3-KO12) outpointed Juan Montiel at the MGM Grand in 2011 on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather v Victor Ortiz and is keen on a return.
Ahead of making the first defence of his crown against hard-hitting Venezuelan Barroso (19-0-2-KO18) at Manchester Arena on Saturday night, Crolla was in high spirits.
It was a great experience but that was in the middle of the afternoon so to be a bit higher up in a main event for a world title fight would be brilliant.
He told Sky Sports: "There's nothing I love more than fighting in the Manchester Arena but a nice away day for the fans wouldn't go amiss so it's something I'd be willing to do.
"It would be nice to fight over there in Las Vegas. I fought there on a Floyd Mayweather undercard earlier on in my career.
"It was a great experience but that was in the middle of the afternoon so to be a bit higher up in a main event for a world title fight would be brilliant.
"There's only one Ricky Hatton and I don't think we'll ever see that kind of support again [in Las Vegas] but if I could have just a fraction of that with those crazy Mancs, that'd be brilliant."
Barroso made his UK debut in December when he stopped Kevin Mitchell inside four brutal rounds at The O2.
Watch Crolla v Barroso live on Saturday night from 7.30pm, Sky Sports 2
