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too early. could he end up one? Sure. Does he have the skill and talent to do it? yup. But needs to continue winning and do more before I say hall of famer.
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Linares is my favorite fighter after Marquez but i dont think he is quite there yet. But with a few more significant victories, he is on the way.
Those who sht on a fighter like Linares dont know sht about boxing period.
Linares is a very special fighter.Comment
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The eye test says Linares is a great talent. But he has been soooo inconsistent. He's going to have to really excel to make up for his blah past to get the HOF
Like someone mentioned, his belts at 126 & 130 were won against who? I cant even remember and assume they were paper champs. I don't recall any really good wins either, not until Crolla, who is a good, not great fighter. Those losses to Demarco & Thompson and I think some others I remember more.
Honestly, I think he needs to run some excellent wins at 135 like Garcia, Easter, others and he would be borderline. If he could also manage to beat Loma, or do some damage at 140, then he'd be more like a shoo-in.
I'd bet he doesn't get in, although w the HOF's wacky 3 boxers get in every year system, he could get lucky.Comment
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Hell no .Comment
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OR, they're not easily fooled by good matchmaking.
Linares reminds me exactly of Khan, just worse and with a more padded record, and worse losses. GBP is clearly keeping Linares the hell away from any fighter who is remotely a puncher.
For the longest time, people believed so much in Khan being this really good, smooth boxer, who has a very nice style to look at. Until he steps up to the real deal and gets KO'ed. With Linares, we don't even have to go there, dude didn't even have to step up like that to get dropped. At least after Prescott, Khan has been KO'ed by some good fighters in DSG and Canelo.
Lots of props to GBP for the great matchmaking, allowing fans to forget how fragile Linares really is and even giving Linares a Ring championship, and now his first "HOF?" thread. If I was a boxer, and could pick any promoter, i'd go with GBP in a heartbeat.
Wow, what beating Kevin Mitchell and Anthony Crolla can do for you
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now, roberto duran's not quite as good as the great antonio demarco, but i think it's a bit premature to break out the anointing oil for somebody who got turned into a bloody mess against demarco.
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Yes because it would finally be the end of Linares false reign. But at least TBRB kinda knows what's up, that Mikey is the best LW, not Linares. I say "kinda" because they have Linares at #2 which is still too high.
I expect a lot of Mikey fans to hype up Linares though, and I know why they're gonna do that, and i'm not mad. But i'ma keep it real, Mikey is going to destroy Linares with ease, it's a mismatch. I'm a Mikey fan, but i'm not gonna lie about his opponents. Mikey vs Linares is a mismatch. Sure Linares will box, he will look good as long as he stays away from Mikey's punches. But when he gets cornered and caught, he's done. And Mikey is not a follower, he knows how to cut off the ring. Lomachenko, a SFW, has an infinitely better chance at beating Mikey than Linares does.Comment
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let's also not forget his loss in one round to juan carlos salgado
or the second round stoppage to the great sergio thompsonComment
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