After a gut-wrenching loss in his twelve-round fight against Jack Catterall, Jorge Linares, much to the boxing world’s shock (and my absolute disbelief), called it quits in the ring on Saturday night.
Light welterweight Jack Catterall (28-1, 13 KOs) nullified the power & offensive skills of the past his best Jorge Linares (47-9, 29 KOs) to grind out a twelve round unanimous decision in front of a deathly quiet crowd on Saturday night at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.
Jack Catterall (28-1, 13 KOs) looked outstanding on Saturday night, outboxing Jorge Linares (47-9, 29 KOs), winning a twelve round unanimous decision in a boxing clinic in a light welterweight contest at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.
Jack Catterall & Jorge Linares both made weight on Friday, coming in at 140 lbs each for their headline attraction on DAZN this Saturday night.
Jorge Linares spoke to Boxing News’ Andi Purewal about overcoming recent defeats, preparing for his upcoming fight with Jack Catterall, live on DAZN this Saturday, and his aspirations for future bouts.
Jack Catterall is setting his sights on Devin Haney & Regis Prograis following a win over Jorge Linares on Saturday, live on DAZN.
Jack Catterall has himself a big fight. The once-beaten 140 pound contender (beaten only by Josh Taylor in ‘that’ decision back in February of last year) will face former multi-weight champ Jorge Linares, the fight to go ahead in Liverpool on October 21st.
WBC lightweight champion Devin ‘The Dream’ Haney fired back at Ryan Garcia today in retaliation to his comments he made last Saturday night about how he would have knocked him out if it had been him he was facing instead of Jorge Linares.
WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney showed respect for his defeated opponent Jorge Linares in speaking to him afterward and asking him how his punching power compared to Vasily Lomachenko.
Jorge Linares admitted afterward last Saturday night that he wasn’t impressed with Devin Haney’s punching power in his 12 round unanimous decision loss to him on DAZN at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.