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Anthony Crolla: Teenager arrested over Manchester boxer assault | Anthony Crolla: Teenager arrested over Manchester boxer assault |
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A teenager has been arrested after a boxing world title contender suffered a fractured skull while tackling two alleged burglars at a neighbour's home. | |
Anthony Crolla, 28, saw the pair fleeing the neighbour's back garden on Tuesday in Chadderton and was hit with a concrete slab in the incident. | |
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said a 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of assault, burglary and possession with intent to supply drugs. | |
Crolla is recovering in hospital. | |
His trainer Joe Gallagher said Crolla was "lucky to be alive" following the incident, in which he also suffered a broken ankle which will require surgery. | |
But the Manchester boxer has already been ruled out of the biggest fight of his eight-year professional career, a WBA world lightweight title clash with Cuban Richard Abril on 23 January. | |
Gallagher added: "He is in bits and heartbroken. I'm devastated for him. He has been training for six weeks for this and had a shot at the world title in his home town." | |
GMP said Crolla had spotted two intruders climbing over the fence from his neighbour's home in Halsey Close and chased them through Thorley Close onto Butterworth Lane and Crescent Road. | |
The boxer, who has won 29 of his 35 professional fights, managed to catch one but was hit on the head with a concrete slab by the other. | |
A police spokesman said Crolla had done "an admirable and valiant thing" in trying to tackle the burglars. | |
His neighbour Chris Townsend said Crolla's actions were typical of the man, adding: "When we spoke he just said to me: 'We're neighbours - we look out for each other.'" | |
GMP said a 46-year-old woman has also been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply drugs. She was held at the same time as the 17-year-old. |
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