Comments Thread For: Jorge Linares May Go Up To 140 To Face Mikey Garcia

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

While promoting his upcoming bout against IBF junior welterweight titlist, Sergey Lipinents, Mikey Garcia has made it clear that he would be willing to move back down to lightweight to face WBA 135-pound belt-holder, Jorge Linares. And what's Linares reaction to this?
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[Boxing lives]

This is a legit fight at 135. At 140 its average. Mikey knocks linares out.

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Golden Boy shill to the rescue. You’re a POS

[rrayvez]

Linares is like the okc thunder. Ton of talent but just doesn't seem to be able to put it all together. Mikey kos him at any weight.

[Mammoth]

Mikey could always just take Crawford's old spot

[Boxing Logic]

This is a legit fight at 135. At 140 its average. Mikey knocks linares out.

It's not legit at 135 either. Linares is chinny. Mikey is a big puncher. Styles make fights. Either Mikey or Linares vs Lomachenko is a legit fight, because Lomachenko is not chinny, which makes the Mikey fight legit, and because Lomachenko is not a huge power puncher, which makes the Linares fight legit. But Mikey vs Linares? Not a good fight.

Just like how if Lomachenko had moved to 135 before facing Rigo it would have been a waste, if Mikey moves to 140 without first fighting Lomachenko, it's also aw waste. There is one window to make that fight before Mikey goes up further than Lomachenko can follow him, and that window is now. This year. If that fight doesn't happen this year, then I don't want to hear fanboys saying how boxing is in some great place now, because clearly, the sport is still completely broken if not even these two smaller weight, non-cash cows can't make the fight that would propel the winner, if not both of them, to PPV stardom.

[Taxman2000]

Mikey Garcia is a hater and a coward,I know Mikey from his 2 years off and all he did was talk **** about other fighters Mikey is a jealous dude

[Boxing Logic]

Linares is like the okc thunder. Ton of talent but just doesn't seem to be able to put it all together. Mikey kos him at any weight.

Spot on analogy. Linares can't take a shot, and neither can any of Russell Westbrook's teammates. Very good point.

[devildg]

what a joke. linares is barely legit at his current weight.

[AddiX]

I really would like to see this.

In my mind there is still hope linares can put it together and be the fighter a lot of us thought he would be.

Probably not realistic, but he's still a better option than most names I'm hearing be talked about for Mikey.