Shawn Porter insinuated that Linares took a dive against Haney?

[SplitSecond]

He hurt him again in the 12th, and Haney wasn’t just holding neither (till he got clocked near the end). Rewatch the rd: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x81m4su

[South Champion]

A made a few good points but not all the way through, yes Linares looked like he had a lot left in the tank when he hurt Haney at the end of the 10th round.

But did his corner tell him anything in between rounds? Do we have a recording of what was said to Linares coming out for the 11th round?

Was Linares wary of a wounded animal in Haney at the start of the 11th?

You would think a championship fighter like Linares would know when someone hasn’t recovered and jump on him, but to call it su****ious is way over the top. We have seen fighters getting themselves in trouble by thinking the other guy is hurt, and them getting KOed going for the kill… Ruiz v Joshua came to mind.

No one knows what he Linares was feeling during those rounds, although he went on to say that Haney's power wasn't anything special.

[baroidi]

all Linares needed was one clean uppercut to land on the numerous times Haney just lunged in for the hug, instead Linares didn't even throw a single punch. If it wasn't a dive, it was definitely one of the silliest sequences in a televised main event, it certainly won't help in rejuvenating boxing.

[-Kev-]

Idk how much you guys, and the media, were paying attention but at the end of the fight Linares was arguing with Bill Haney over his son hugging and running. Furthermore, Linares and Haney were bickering in the middle of the ring, with Linares complaining to him over his blatant hugging and Haney telling Linares “you didn’t even win 1 round”.

On top of this, just to throw more water on to the fire, Haney was indeed hugging and holding Linares while he was hurt; smothering anything Linares wanted to do. I am not sure what it looks like to you guys, but you really can’t catch a guy who is literally going out of his way to hold you, bear hug you. Like Haney’s sole moves during this time was basically just hold and run out the clock. Which why Linares argued with both him and Bill post fight in the ring.

You guys, and Porter or any other conspiracy nut, should really be more observing. None of these guys had the body language of fighters who were acting or in on something. If Linares, Haney and Bill were just acting during their argument, they chose the wrong profession. They have Oscars/BAFTA potential.

[-Kev-]

Yeah, even veteran boxers say the darnedest things.

Linares was simply tired. And how can you throw more when the opponent is holding on excessively for dear life? Like Andre Ward always reminds Tim Bradley, "It's easier said than done."

Haney wasn’t only just holding wildly either. He was precisely trying to hold Linares while at the same time blocking his face so that Linares can’t catch him coming in.

It looked like a tactic that was actually practiced. Like him and his team know his chin is suspect and so they worked on a holding/blocking tactic for times when Haney gets put on wobbly legs.

[Rockybigblower]

Just like Kovalev/Canelo. Canelo wanted a light heavy belt but couldn't hold pace with the crusher. Kovalev was so far in front he had to actually take a kill shot to pull off the scam. Fortunately Haney didn't have the dynamite so Linares was able to allow him to build up the points without suffering any real damage. The mistimed choreographed shot wasn't supposed to hurt Haney so they ended up having to drag out the last 6 minutes.

[-DSG-]

Haney wasn’t only just holding wildly either. He was precisely trying to hold Linares while at the same time blocking his face so that Linares can’t catch him coming in.

It looked like a tactic that was actually practiced. Like him and his team know his chin is suspect and so they worked on a holding/blocking tactic for times when Haney gets put on wobbly legs.

That must be why they brought in Davison cause they were working on wrestling tactics before the fight you could see it on the dazn broadcast.

[CLUE]

Porter is a clown, was he throwing the fight when he did not step it up with his usual style on Ugas? Or Brook?

And Linares was doing what he did the whole fight in the 11th and 12th, which was he was trying to counter Haney or throw with him. Issue is Haney was not giving him anything.

Not only that the score cards fro that fight were horrible, Haney won like 9 rounds. Yet the cards were close as hell.

[South Champion]

Yeah, even veteran boxers say the darnedest things.

Linares was simply tired. And how can you throw more when the opponent is holding on excessively for dear life? Like Andre Ward always reminds Tim Bradley, "It's easier said than done."

Porter also says he doesn't see anyone beating Tank at 130, 135, or 140, so he may be biased towards PBC's guy. Maybe Tank would agree to take the Haney fight after he saw what Linares did.

[sherdog]

Didn't look like he threw the fight to me.