Vasyl Lomachenko to Defend Lightweight Titles vs. Anthony Crolla in April

Unified lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko will defend his WBA, WBO and The Ring titles against Anthony Crolla on April 12 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, per Dan Rafael of ESPN. 

Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti provided ESPN with the news and also said Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez will make his light-heavyweight debut on the same night against a to-be-determined opponent.

Lomachenko is 12-1. Crolla is 34-6-3.

Lomachenko's lone loss game in his second professional match—a split-decision defeat versus Orlando Salido in March 2014. The 31-year-old has run off 11 straight victories since that day, including eight consecutive wins via knockout or corner stoppage.

The southpaw, who is currently fourth on BoxRec's pound-for-pound fighter list, defeated Jorge Linares and Jose Pedraza in 2018.

Ranked as BoxRec's No. 5 lightweight in the world, the 32-year-old Crolla lost his WBA title to Linares in Sept. 2016. Linares then beat Crolla in a rematch six months later.

Per OddsChecker, Crolla is currently a 20-1 underdog.