Comments Thread For: Zaur Abdullaev Drops Jorge Linares Twice In 12th Round, Stops Him While On His Feet

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Zaur Abdullaev got just the type of impressive victory Saturday night that should lead to another lightweight title shot. The Russian contender overcame a slow start against former WBA/WBC 135-pound champion Jorge Linares to drop him twice in the 12th round and stopped him. Linares got up from the second knockdown, but Abdullaev swarmed him, unloaded a barrage of power punches and caused the referee to step between them to stop their WBC elimination match.
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Three-time former champion Jorge Linares (47-6, 29 KOs) will be facing Russia's Zaur Abdullaev (14-1, 8 KOs), in a fight for the World Boxing Council silver lightweight title, which will also be a WBC eliminator, this Saturday, February 19, at the RCC Boxing Academy, in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

The winner between Linares and Abdullaev will be in an excellent position to face the undefeated WBC world champion Devin Haney.

[BigZ44]

ESPN+ portion of this card is starting now with 3-0 HW Georgy Yunovidov

[BigZ44]

TKO win for Yunovidov over Argentine vet Robutti, LHW in his 2nd pro fight against an African now

[BigZ44]

Segun down in the first, don't think he's gonna make it through 2

[BigZ44]

Ku****ashvili brutally KOs Segun in the 2nd

[MikeyG]

Yeah, looked ready to give up and really rocked.

[BigZ44]

Good fight now at 140, 4-0 Ivan Kozlovsky vs 12-1 Zoravor Petrosian

[Ricardi]

Love how they match these young prospect tough

[BigZ44]

Wasn't scoring RBR, but I think the cards should be close, was a competitive fight