According to the HBO podcast he looks useful but has fought absolute cans. Personally I don't trust fighters with that many fights and zero names
Same. Usually it's a promoter's trick. Get somebody with a glossy record to make it appear the opponent is dangerous. Looking at his last two fights he went against someone who was 22-11 and another making his pro debut. Even if it's case of a last minute replacement there's no excuse for someone with over 30 pro fights taking on an opponent with zero experience. I'm going to go out on a limb and say Vijender Kumar is not the Indian Lomachenko.
The mighty have truly fallen. Showtime is light years ahead of HBO in boxing... the complete opposite of how it was 15-20 years ago. I think Bivol-Barrera is literally THE ONLY good matchup HBO has scheduled.
And yeah, I don't trust any guy who has fought 38 cans in a row. Matty Ice is badly faded from the fighter he was 5 years ago, but I think he'll beat this Thai.
"James is a King? He's no Henry the VIII! I'm Henry the VIII! I'm the best ever! I'm Richard I, I'm Louis XIV. There's no one like me, I'm from their cloth."
yeah, HBO has became a shifest. I don't see what people see in Linares. He's a decent guy, but I don't see any p4p talent or poyential
I was just thinking the same thing. HBO has sunk to new lows, talking about Linares as if he's fucking Salvador Sanchez. Linares is easy pickings for either Mikey or Loma. But he's probably better suited for Loma.... Mikey would knock him cold. Linares is offensively gifted, but his defense has always been horrible and his chin is mediocre.
Just when I think it can't get worse... Max just mentioned Linares in the same sentence as Jose Napoles.
By Most Accounts, Garcia-Linares is All But a DONE Deal... Linares Just Handled His Business and Mikey Needs to Do Likewise in his Rescheduled Bout w/Lippenets... The WBC Has Even Mandated Mikey Face Linares After the Lippenets Fight... REED
Yeah... he's pretty over the hill. The version of Matty Ice that destroyed Peterson is LOOONNNGG gone.
The 1 Extended Flurry of Shots he Fired (Round 4) BOTHERED Matttttthhhhyyyyyse... Not Hurt or Even Buzzed, But Mattttthhhyyse DIDNT Like What he Felt... REED