'I'm not Anthony Crolla' - Luke Campbell confident he will beat WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares

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Sam Long6 May 2017

Luke Campbell is confident he has the tools to outdo fellow British fighter Anthony Crolla and beat WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares.

Campbell appears to be on a collision course with the Venezuelan after stopping Darleys Perez in impressive fashion at Wembley Stadium last weekend.

The London 2012 Gold medallist is now mandatory challenger for Linares' crown and is relishing an opportunity to face the 31-year-old.

Linares is well known to British fight fans, having twice beaten Crolla in the last eight months courtesy of two masterclasses in Manchester.

Coolhand: Luke Campbell en route to victory over Darleys Perez at Wembley Stadium
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But Campbell is not fazed about the challenges that lie ahead of him, with the Yorkshireman convinced he belongs at world level.

"I'm now ranked number one in the WBA which is to fight Linares and that's great - it's a fight I'm up for," Campbell told Standard Sport.

"I want them all. I think I'm at that level now where there's a lot of big fights out there for me.

"There's the likes of Crolla and Linares - from now on there's only big fights to come.

"He [Linares] looked very good against Crolla - he's a good fighter. But I'm not Crolla and I don't fight like Crolla.

"I'm confident in my ability and my team around me that we'll go in there and beat him."

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