Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-10-21, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the boxing match Jack Catterall vs Jorge Linares gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Linares vs Catterall is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 21st, at the Echo Arena in Liverpool (United Kingdom), in a 12-round light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBA Inter-Continental super-lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-02-19, good boxing fight: Jorge Linares vs Zaur Abdullaev gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Abdullaev vs Linares is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC Silver lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-05-29, great performance by both fighters: the boxing fight Devin Haney vs Jorge Linares is close to get four stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Linares vs Haney is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC World lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-02-14, good fight between Jorge Linares and Carlos Morales: it gets three stars.
The former world champion in three different weight classes Jorge Linares entered this fight with a professional record of 46-5-0 (28 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.14 super lightweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing to Pablo Cesar Cano (Jorge Linares vs Pablo Cesar Cano) and beating Al Toyogon (Jorge Linares vs Al Toyogon).
His opponent, Carlos Morales, has a boxing record of 19-4-4 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.50 super featherweight. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2018, against Ryan Garcia (Ryan Garcia vs Carlos Morales) and Rene Alvarado, but then he has collected two victories, with Pedro Navarrete and Rosekie Cristobal, and one draw, against Mercito Gesta (Carlos Morales vs Mercito Gesta). Linares vs Morales is on the undercard of Ryan Garcia vs Francisco Fonseca. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-09-07, fight not particularly good between Jorge Linares and Al Toyogon: it gets two stars.
The former world champion in three different weight classes Jorge Linares entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 45-5-0 (28 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 super lightweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Vasyl Lomachenko (Jorge Linares vs Vasyl Lomachenko) and Pablo Cesar Cano (Jorge Linares vs Pablo Cesar Cano); between these two bouts he beat Abner Cotto (Jorge Linares vs Abner Cotto).
His opponent, Al Toyogon, has an official record of 10-4-1 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.113 super featherweight. He has already fought three times defeating Ryusei Ishii and losing to Ryo Sagawa and Shuya Masaki. Linares vs Toyogon is on the undercard of Yuki Nagano vs Makoto Kawasaki. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-18, great start between Jorge Linares and Pablo Cesar Cano: it gets three stars.
The former world champion in three different weight classes Jorge Linares entered this fight with a boxing record of 45-4-0 (28 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 super lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Regis Prograis). He fought three times last year beating Mercito Gesta (Jorge Linares vs Mercito Gesta) and Abner Cotto (Jorge Linares vs Abner Cotto) but between these two bouts he lost to Vasyl Lomachenko (Jorge Linares vs Vasyl Lomachenko).
His opponent, Pablo Cesar Cano, has an official record of 31-7-1 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.78 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights in 2017, against Fidel Maldonado Jr and Marcelino Nicolas Lopez, but he came back to win with Ruslan Madiev in 2018. Linares vs Cano is valid for the WBC International Silver super lightweight title; undercard of Demetrius Andrade vs Artur Akavov. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-29, pretty good fight between Jorge Linares and Abner Cotto: it gets three stars.
The former world champion in three different weight classes Jorge Linares entered this fight with a boxing record of 44-4-0 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 lightweight in the world but he comes off the loss against current #1 Vasyl Lomachenko (Jorge Linares vs Vasyl Lomachenko). Before this bout, in January 2018, he had won over Mercito Gesta (Jorge Linares vs Mercito Gesta).
His opponent, Abner Cotto (cousin of Miguel Cotto), has an official record of 23-3-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.73 super lightweight. He suffered his last loss when he faced Javier Fortuna in 2014 (Javier Fortuna vs Abner Cotto), since then he has won five consecutive fights beating Samuel Santana in his last one. Linares vs Cotto is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, good pace, some exciting exchanges but above all, one of the best technical (but not boring) fights in the last years, this is boxing at his very best: Vasyl Lomachenko vs Jorge Linares is one of the best boxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!
The world champion in three different weight classes Jorge Linares entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 44-3-0 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2011 and 2012, against Antonio DeMarco (DeMarco vs Linares) and Sergio Thompson (Linares vs Thompson), but then he has won 13 fights beating Luke Campbell (Linares vs Campbell) and Mercito Gesta in his last two (Jorge Linares vs Mercito Gesta).
His opponent, the 2012 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist and world champion in two different weight classes Vasyl Lomachenko, has an official record of 10-1-0 (8 KOs=80%) and he entered as the No.1 super featherweight. He lost to Orlando Salido at his second professional bout in 2014 (controversial split decision, Salido vs Lomachenko) but since then he has won nine consecutive fights defending the Wbo super-Fw belt three times in 2017: with Jason Sosa (Lomachenko vs Sosa), Miguel Marriaga (Lomachenko vs Marriaga) and Guillermo Rigondeaux (Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondeaux). Linares vs Lomachenko is valid for the WBA Super World lightweight title (Linares’ fourth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-27, good fight between Jorge Linares and Mercito Gesta: it gets three stars.
The world champion in three different weight classes Jorge Linares entered this fight with a record of 43-3-0 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Mikey Garcia). He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2011 and 2012, against Antonio DeMarco (=DeMarco vs Linares) and Sergio Thompson (=Linares vs Thompson), but then he has won twelve fights beating Anthony Crolla in 2016 and 2017 (=Crolla vs Linares I and Linares vs Crolla II) and Luke Campbell in his last bout (=Linares vs Campbell).
His opponent, Mercito Gesta, has an official boxing record of 31-1-2 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He lost to Miguel Vazquez in 2012 (=Vazquez vs Gesta), but since then he has collected five victories and one draw beating Gilberto Gonzalez (=Gesta vs Gonzalez) and Martin Honorio in 2017. Linares vs Gesta is valid for the WBA World lightweight title (Linares’ third defense); undercard of Lucas Matthysse vs Tewa Kiram. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-23, good fight between Jorge Linares and Luke Campbell: it gets three stars.
The world champion in three different weight classes Jorge Linares entered this fight with a professional record of 42-3-0 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Robert Easter Jr). He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2011 and 2012, against Antonio DeMarco (=DeMarco vs Linares) and Sergio Thompson (=Linares vs Thompson), but then he has won eleven fights beating Anthony Crolla in 2016 and 2017 (=Crolla vs Linares I and Linares vs Crolla II).
His opponent, the 2012 Olympic bantamweight gold medalist Luke Campbell, has a boxing record of 17-1-0 (14 KOs=82%) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Yvan Mendy at the end of 2015 (=Campbell vs Mendy), after this fight he has won five bouts beating Jairo Lopez (=Campbell vs Lopez) and Darleys Perez in 2017 (=Campbell vs Perez). Luke Campbell vs Jorge Linares is valid for the WBA World lightweight title (Linares’ second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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