Jorge Linares Boxing News

Tony DeMarco wins WBC lightweight title, dramatic 11th round TKO of Linares LOS ANGELES (Oct. 15, 2011) – Challenger “Bad” Chad” Dawson defeated defending World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Dawson in Saturday night’s main event on the “Believe It Or Not!: Hopkins vs. Dawson” card, presented by [...]

LOS ANGELES, October 7 – With the October 15 Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson HBO Pay-Per-View event quickly approaching at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, TeleFutura will begin the countdown to the highly-anticipated card by revisiting some of the biggest bouts from featured fighters Bernard Hopkins, Jorge Linares and Danny Garcia on a special edition [...]

World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (25-2-1, 18KOs) will face off against popular Venezuelan Jorge Linares (31-1, 20KOs) for the vacant WBC lightweight title on Saturday, October 15th. In the main event, Bernard Hopkins will face off against Chad Dawson. The fight card will be broadcast live on HBO PPV.

New York, NY (August 9, 2011)…It is hard to believe what World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins has achieved during his 23-year long professional career. He was the middleweight champion for ten years, notched a record 20 successful title defenses of that crown and at 46-years-old, [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBC featherweight/WBA super featherweight champion Jorge Linares (31-1. 19 KO’s) defeated Adrian Verdugo(18-5-1, 15 KO’s) by a 7th round TKO on Saturday night at the Centro de Convenciones, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Linares, now a lightweight, blasted Verdugo with some hard shots causing the referee to step and halt the bout. For [...]

LOS ANGELES, March 10 – On Friday, March 11, TeleFutura will deliver its own version of “March Madness” with two explosive fights from the careers of hard-hitting stars Marcos Maidana and Jorge Linares as a special edition of “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” Classics re-airs past fights of both boxing stars.

By Francisco Hernandez: Jorge Linares has a record of 30 wins and one loss. Before his lone loss, Linares was considered one of the top pound for pound fighters in boxing. The sage Don Chargin recently stated that Jorge Linares because of his excellent boxing skills continues to be the top pound for pound fighter [...]

By Peter Wells: Not everything last night went as planned, as expected Robert Guerrero dominated the 38-year-old Joel Casamayor and took an easy decision apart from his last round scare, and Linares did enough to make Rocky Juarez’s late surge all for nothing. But it was Daniel Jacobs another promising star at Golden Boy Promotions [...]

Boxing results – Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada: Jean Paul Mendy DQ 1 Sakio Bika George Groves TKO 6 Alfredo Contreras Seth Mitchell TKO 1 Derek Bryant Juan Montiel UD 6 Mike Peralta Frankie Gomez TKO 1 Ronnie Peterson Jorge Linares UD 10 Rocky Juarez Robert Guerrero UD 10 Joel Casamayor Dmitry [...]

By Peter Wells: One thing Rocky Juarez does hold is the record for the most failed world title attempts, not a record though to be proud of. Once again he may not be fighting for a major title but the WBA Fedelatin Lightweight title is a belt and will get him a chance at the [...]

FACT SHEET WHEN: Saturday, July 31, 2010 WHERE: Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada PRINCIPLES: RING MAGAZINE, WBA & WBO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLES – 12 ROUNDS JUAN MANUEL “DINAMITA” MARQUEZ vs. JUAN “BABY BULL” DIAZ

Results from the Polideportivo José María Vargas, La Guaira, Venezuela: Anselmo Moreno SD 12 Nehomar Cermeno

By Manuel Perez: In a shocking upset, number #6 rated World Boxing Council super featherweight contender Juan Carlos Salgado (21-0, 15 KO’s) took out previously unbeaten WBC super featherweight champion Jorge Linares (27-1, 18 KO’s) in a 1st round TKO on Saturday night to capture Linares’ title at the Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium, in Tokyo, Japan.

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight champion Jorge Linares (27-0, 18 KO’s) stopped challenger Josafat Perez (12-2, 7 KO’s) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros, Nuevo Laredo, in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Linares, 23, looked far from impressive in most of the rounds throwing few punches and [...]

By Manuel Perez: Unbeaten super featherweight Jorge Linares (26-0, 17 KOs) struggled badly on Friday night, taking a lot of punishment at the hands of Panamanian Whyber Garcia (20-6, 14 KOs) for four rounds before opening up with a flurry of shots in the 5th, ending with referee Steve Smoger stepping in and halting the [...]

Unbeaten Tokyo-based World Boxing Council featherweight champion Jorge Linares (25-0, 16 KOs) stopped challenger Gamaliel Diaz (22-7-2, 9 KOs) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Linares, 22, appeared very relaxed in the early rounds of the fight, calmly jabbing a fierce-looking Diaz, who was [...]