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!
Best fights of the week 38, year 2017
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 38: (Mon-Sun) from September 18, 2017 to September 24, 2017. Boxing Fight of the Week: Oscar Valdez vs Genesis Servania Boxing Knockout of the Week: Yunier Dorticos vs Dmitry Kudryashov Mma Fight of … Read more