WBC #5, WBO #5, WBA #7, IBF #7 super lightweight contender Jack Catterall and former three-division world champion Jorge Linares faced off today at the final press conference for their DAZN clash on Saturday at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.
Jack Catterall: He’s had his time in the sun and now it’s my time…he’s been a three-time world champion, I would never look past this fight or disrespect Jorge. I think he understands that the winner of this fight puts themselves in the picture for much bigger fights…we’ve had conversations about a number of fights in the future but all of that means nothing without beating Jorge on Saturday.”
Jorge Linares: “So this is a big night for me, I am close to retirement, I’m coming in great shape, better than the other times I’ve come to England, I feel like a 20 year old…I’m coming off three losses but I don’t think about that, I know I’m in with a great fighter but I’ve been here before and have had a great camp.”
Cool jacket, Jorge.
I don’t know why linares did not go too far in boxing he has great boxing skills great attacking combo
He’s at the end of his line, surely, but he was a three weight world world champion and probably one of the best South American fighters of all time. I think he did quite well in boxing, Carlos.
He did plenty my man. Check the record. Maybe he did not garner as much media as American and Mexican boxers but he defended his title(s) 10 times and was unified at LW.
Three time world champion “did not go too far”?
Oh man! This will be good. Linares past his best but what’s left is still world class. UD12
Love Linares, a few different strokes of fate and the world would know his name.
My opinion Linares talent was was close to and possibly could be considered great. I also would say he has heart. The issue is he was just not born with durability. He was not blessed with the chin or the skin. He was just not made durable enough to live up to his talent. I want to be clear…it is not his heart or desire…he has that…he just was not blessed with durability.
I said it once before, Pete and people didn’t like it, but he reminds me of Terry Norris. Just amazingly gifted talents who just didn’t have good chins (Norris was also crazy as hell at times). You said it fine and I’d go as far as to say, strictly on offense, Linares was probably one of the best talents that I’ve ever seen when he was at his best.
Lucie, when I was 15 I was in San Diego with my family (had an Aunt there). My father found out there was a boxing card and we went. It turned out that it was the Norris brothers. Somehow we ended up close to ringside even though we got cheaper tickets. As a 15 year old who grew up in Nova Scotia this was quite an experience. Terry won by 1st rd KO and I think Orlin by 7th round. I will have to look it up. I think Orlin fought a guy named Gans. Cannot remember who Terry fought. I did not know who they were but little did I know that Terry more or less would retire Sugar Ray. Orlin would fight Tyson who had not really hit stardom yet. Way off topic but I cherish the memory.
Great story, yeah! Would’ve had no clue you were seeing at two great fighters so early in their career. Boxrec says Orlin fought Mike Gans and Terry fought Dick Green on the 26th of February, 1987 at the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego.
I would have thought it was March as that is when we got a week off school in Canada but maybe my parents took us a little early. I enjoyed sharing that. I was definitively in a different environment that night.
One of best; Linares is what boxing is all about. Favorite to watch his skills. pete said it all. Go, Linares to do it again!
Linares is 38 and on a three fight losing streak, with his last win over three and a half years ago. The one other time he tried 140 Cano steamrolled him. Nothing points to him having a chance against a prime Catterall. He’s had a fine and entertaining career but they just brought him in as a name. I hope he doesn’t get pummeled too badly.
Be careful Catteral of the banana peel, Devin Haney almost slipped. God, how close Linares was to defeating Devin Haney by KO, Haney’s chicken dancing was the best part of that fight.
Call Linares who he is, a good, but not great fighter, nothing more, nothing less. He has lost 3 in a row and will not be 1-4 after this one.
“I’m coming off three losses but I don’t think about that.” I’m a fan of Linares but he’s clearly thinking about it otherwise he wouldn’t have said it. I’m also not keen on a fighter’s chances if he’s talking about retirement. It’s looking more and more like it’ll be Catterall’s night.
What are you talking about, Carlos? Linares was a three weight world champion and held two versions of the lightweight championship. He certainly had some surprise losses and didn’t have career success on the level of De La Hoya, Pacquiao, or other multiple weight champions but did exceptionally well as a prizefighter and is more than likely a future HOFer.