While he was also good at running and volleyball, his father told him that he should stick with boxing. He won the silver medal the next year at the National Championship, and then won gold again at the Juniors National Championship in By the time he finished his amateur career, he had an excellent record of Getting the opportunity to box professionally over in Japan, Linares snatched it up and began his career at just 17 years old on December 15, Fighting on small shows around Japan and taking on journeyman fighters, he took his record to before he got a chance to fight for the WBA Fedelatin super bantamweight title in his home country.
It took place on January 31, against Hugo Rafael Soto, and he ended up winning by unanimous decision after 10 rounds. Jorge Linares was showing improvements in his technique every time he stepped into the ring, and after building a record, he got his first shot at a world title.
He defended this belt once before suffering a huge upset when he was beaten by first-round TKO against Juan Carlos Salgado. Linares took some time off and rebounded on March 27, with a majority decision win over Francisco Lorenzo. A four-fight winning streak earned him a shot at the WBC lightweight title, but despite a strong performance in that fight against Antonio DeMarco, he was stopped in the 11th-round because of a bad cut on his nose. With consecutive losses for the first time in his career, Jorge Linares took just over six months off and came back on October 7, to beat Hector Velazquez by unanimous decision.
He won six fights in a row to get another shot at the WBC lightweight title, and this time he came through with a fourth-round KO over Javier Prieto. The unbeaten lightweight prospect has no intention of fighting Devin Haney in The event was organized by Teiken Promotions, televised by Nippon TV and took place at the legendary Venezuela's former three division world champion Jorge Linares , 22 KOs , 33 years old, is now in Burn, years-old, will collide with Jorge Linares in a battle of three division world champion.
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