Linares has fantastic Elite Skills but i'm afriad to say when it comes to showing them off in a Boxing Ring, we only see it for a round or two and then he goes back to just being a Good rather then Great Boxer.
A great Boxer will Dominate his opponent once he has them beat, the problem with Linares is that he seemed too impressed by his work and just goes into auto pilot mode which allows his opponent back into the fight and even allow's them a chance at KO'ing him.
We saw that last night against Campbell, a fight he should have won easily and also against Crolla in the first fight and to an extent the second one too.
Same thing happened versus Antonio Demarco.
He also doesn't have any Great wins...Crolla and Campbell are just Top 15 guys, nothing special. Same with Cano, Mitchell and Prieto.
His best win is still his first World Title fight against Oscar Larios and that was 10 Years ago back in 2007
I'm a fan but i just don't think he'd do that well against Elite guys in or around 135lbs Lightweight like Gervonta Davis, Mikey Garcia, Robert Easter Jr, Miguel Berchelt and Lomachenko
I also would give Orlando Salido, Terry Flanagan, Richard Commey and Raymundo Beltran a very good chance against him.
A great Boxer will Dominate his opponent once he has them beat, the problem with Linares is that he seemed too impressed by his work and just goes into auto pilot mode which allows his opponent back into the fight and even allow's them a chance at KO'ing him.
We saw that last night against Campbell, a fight he should have won easily and also against Crolla in the first fight and to an extent the second one too.
Same thing happened versus Antonio Demarco.
He also doesn't have any Great wins...Crolla and Campbell are just Top 15 guys, nothing special. Same with Cano, Mitchell and Prieto.
His best win is still his first World Title fight against Oscar Larios and that was 10 Years ago back in 2007
I'm a fan but i just don't think he'd do that well against Elite guys in or around 135lbs Lightweight like Gervonta Davis, Mikey Garcia, Robert Easter Jr, Miguel Berchelt and Lomachenko
I also would give Orlando Salido, Terry Flanagan, Richard Commey and Raymundo Beltran a very good chance against him.
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