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Lomachenko, Linares Fight Photos Gallery - Vasyl Lomachenko stopped Jorge Linares in the 10th round on Saturday to claim the World Boxing Association lightweight world title and a slice of boxing history at Madison Square Garden.
Jorge Linares was not pleased with the referee's decision to stop his world title defense against Vasiliy Loamchenko on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko suffered the first knockdown of his professional career on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. But he recovered to secure a tenth round knockout of Jorge Linares to capture the World Boxing Association lightweight title. A straight right in the sixth from the Venezuelan floored Lomachenko, who seemed shake and stayed away until the round was over.
Jorge Linares Video Interview - Vasiliy Lomachenko stopped Jorge Linares in the 10th round of their lightweight championship fight Saturday night, winning a title in his third weight class in just his 12th pro bout.
Vasyl Lomachenko came off the floor in round six to cut Jorge Linares in the eighth, then score his own knockdown in the 10th to become the new WBA lightweight titlist. Lomachenko becomes the fastest ever to win a third divisional title (12 fights compared to Jeff Fenech's 20) thanks to his jabbing (40.2 attempts/11.5 connects per round)and his accurate power punching 43% to Linares' 39%).
Official scorecard Lomachenko, Linares - Vasiliy Lomachenko stopped Jorge Linares in the 10th round of their lightweight championship fight Saturday night, winning a title in his third weight class in just his 12th pro bout.
By Keith Idec - NEW YORK – It took Vasiliy Lomachenko longer than he might’ve expected, but he eventually overwhelmed Jorge Linares on Saturday night. Locked in a highly competitive, tense tactical battle with Linares, the heavily favored Lomachenko quickly uncorked a combination of punches to the h...
Lomachenko, Linares Scorecard BoxingScene Live - In a battle of two of the world’s pound-for-pound best, JORGE “El Niño de Oro” LINARES will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) and Ring Magazine Lightweight titles against VASILIY “Hi-Tech” LOMACHENKO on Saturday, May 12, at “The World’s Most Famous Arena”, Madison Square Garden. Linares vs. Lomachenko will be televised live and exclusively at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Deportes and stream live on the ESPN App at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Lomachenko #1 with +19.4 plus/minus rating. Loma landed 22.4 punches per round while opponents landed just 7.4- 10.2 fewer than lightweight average. Loma landed 47.8% of his power punches, while opponents landed just 23% (and just 6.2 per round- half the lightweight avg.). Loma's 7.4 landed jabs per round nearly doubled lightweight avg. 35% of Linares' landed punches are body shots (CompuBox avg. 23.2%).
We are just a few hours away from the highly anticipated Jorge Linares-Vasyl Lomachenko showdown that will air live on ESPN. Linares' WBA lightweight belt will be at stake on May 12th at Madison Square Garden in New York.