Jorge Linares

Golden Boy and HBO need to help develop fighters

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linares234By Hector Gonzalez: Golden Boy and HBO need to think about long term longevity for boxing and stop thinking about quick money; By the way, these are not my words, Dana White the CEO of the UFC has the same critic about boxing.

He’s said several times that boxing’s problem is that it’s not investing in its longevity as much as it’s investing in 1-2 main attractions during the year while ignoring the potential talent that it has.

This is how Golden Boy and HBO are sabotaging boxing!

Jorge Silva: This fighter took on Japan’s best welterweight, Yoshihiro Kamegai. Jorge Silva managed to fight Kamegai to a draw.

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Linares beats Velazquez, wants DeMarco rematch

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Image: Linares beats Velazquez, wants DeMarco rematchBy Dan Ambrose: Former featherweight and super featherweight world champion Jorge Linares (32-3, 20 KO’s) really struggled last Saturday night in defeating veteran Hector Velasquez (52-18-3, 35 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision by the scores of 100-89, 98-91 and 97-91. The lopsided scores didn’t tell the whole story of the fight, however, because Linares took a lot of heavy shots in the fight against the hard hitting 37-year-old Velazquez and didn’t look impressive in winning the fight.

In the early rounds, Linares fought well and was able to elude many of Velazquez’s shots. However, from the 4th round on, Velazquez was able to catch Linares up against the ropes and pound him with heavy shots to the head.

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Jorge Linares vs. Hector Velazquez on Saturday

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Image: Jorge Linares vs. Hector Velazquez on SaturdayBy Chris Williams: Former two division world champion Jorge Linares (31-3, 20 KO’s) will be trying to save his sinking career on Saturday night in taking on 37-year-old journeyman Hector Velazquez (52-17-3, 35 KO’s) in a 10 round scheduled fight at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California. Linares has lost his last two fights, getting stopped by Antonio DeMarco and Sergio Thompson.

It’s still a mystery why Linares was matched up against the hard hitting Thompson after having been stopped by Antonio DeMarco in October of last year. Linares took a real beating in the loss to DeMarco, and it was a huge mistake for Linares to be matched up with the dangerous Thompson. Linares, 27, must have felt he could out-box this guy without taking too much punishment, but that wasn’t the case.

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De La Hoya: Linares needs a new trainer; he needs someone to teach him defense

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Image: De La Hoya: Linares needs a new trainer; he needs someone to teach him defenseBy Chris Williams: Lightweight contender Jorge Linares (31-3, 20 Ko’s) suffered his 2nd consecutive knockout loss, this time to the big hitting Sergio Thompson (22-2, 20 KO’s) last night n a WBC lightweight title eliminator bout at the Oasis Hotel Complex in Cancun, Mexico. Linares was knocked down from a hard combination from Thompson in the 2nd round and the fight was halted after the knockdown due to a cut Linares’ suffered over his left eye.

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Linares vs. Thompson on Saturday

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Image: Linares vs. Thompson on SaturdayBy Jason Kim: 26-year-old lightweight contender Jorge Linares (31-2, 20 KO’s) will be back in the ring for the first time since being stopped in the 11th round last October by Antonio Demarco in a fight for the vacant WBC lightweight title. Linares will be facing Sergio Thompson (21-2, 19 KO’s) in a WBC lightweight title eliminator at the Oasis Hotel Complex in Cancun, Mexico.

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Linares vs. DeMarco II on July 7th

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Image: Linares vs. DeMarco II on July 7thBy Jim Dower: Lightweight contender Jorge Linares (31-2, 20 KO’s) will give it a second shot against Antonio DeMarco (27-2-1, 20 KO’s) in their scheduled July 7th rematch at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Linares, 26, first has to get by his next opponent Sergio Thompson (21-2, 19 KO’s) later this month on March 31st at the Oasis Hotel Complex in Cancun, Mexico.

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Possible Comebacks in 2011: Linares, Salgado, Juarez

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Image: Possible Comebacks in 2011: Linares, Salgado, JuarezBy 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 in his opinion. There is something wrong with boxing when it relegates a fighter to oblivion because he loses a fight. That is why so many boxers today are afraid of losing and like Pacquiao end up picking and choosing straw opponents.

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Marquez-Diaz Undercard: Upset for Jacobs while Guerrero and Linares cruise to victories

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Image: Marquez-Diaz Undercard: Upset for Jacobs while Guerrero and Linares cruise to victoriesBy 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 (GBP), who slipped up on his big night.

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