Jorge Linares vs. Al Toyogon - September 7, 2019

[Ruthless-RKO]

This past Friday, August 16, the Teiken Boxing Gym in Tokyo officially announced that world rated lightweight and former tree division world champion Jorge Linares (45-5, 28 KOs, 33 years old), will return to the ring on September 7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Linares will face Filipino and former WBC regional Asian champion, Al Toyogon (10-4-1, 6 KOs, 21 years old) in a fight agreed upon for 10 rounds.

The fight will be paired with the Japan welterweight championship clash between Yuki Nagano (16-2, 12 KOs, 30 years old) and challenger Makoto Kawasaki (11-7-1, 2 KOs, 35-year-old).

Linares, who came to Japan from Venezuela in 2002 at the age of 17 and entered Teiken Boxing Gym in Tokyo, took the big step in December 2002 when he made the leap to the professional ranks in Japan under the management of Teiken after finishing his amateur career in Venezuela with a history of 151-5 and 100 KOs.

Linares is going to fight again in Japan after a long interval of absence of 4 years and 9 months since he won a victory by KO in the fourth round over the Mexico's Francisco Javier "The Implacable" Tight for vacant world lightweight title of the WBC on December 30, 2014 in Tokyo. Since that date, Linares has not fought in Japan in nine ring appearances - he fought three times in England, once in Caracas in Venezuela, twice in Madison Square Garden in New York, three times in California.

For Linares, it will be his fight back to the ring since his most recent defeat, which was a shocking first round knockout at the hands of Mexico's Pablo Cesar "El Demoledor" Cano for the international super lightweight silver title endorsed by the WBC at Madison Square Garden in New York in January of 2019.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Where does Linares go after this?

Fight the winner of Selby vs. Burns?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Former world champion Jorge Linares of Venezuela, returned to the ring on Saturday, to beat the Philippine contender Al Toyogon, by a wide unanimous decision.

The event was organized by Teiken Promotions, televised by Nippon TV and took place at the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

After ten rounds of action, Linares won the bout with scores of 100-89, 100-90 and 99-90. Those scores make it seem like it was an easy victory for Linares, but it really wasn't, since Toyogon forced him to work extra hard for the victory at all times.

https://www.BS.com/jorge-linar ... yo--142352

[Boxing Prospect]

Full fight video is available here-
http://www.asianboxing.info/videos/jorg ... al-toyogon

[3132DW]

Where does Linares go after this?

Fight the winner of Selby vs. Burns?

He wouldn’t fight Burns in Glasgow without a tune up 1st - was set for 1st weekend in Sept but was cancelled.

He looked pretty shot last time out - maybe one hard battle too many.

[sturm vogel]

Linares took this man lightly and just boxed enough to win. Maybe he's saving himself for one more big money battle?

[jujigatame]

Linares is on the downside of his career in a weight class he's ill-suited for. I assume they'll try to make a little money by lining him up as a challenger to Ramirez or the Prograis/Taylor winner, but he's not a serious contender at 140. Hell I'm not even sure he is one at 135 any more, either.

[ironbeard]

Linares is on the downside of his career in a weight class he's ill-suited for. I assume they'll try to make a little money by lining him up as a challenger to Ramirez or the Prograis/Taylor winner, but he's not a serious contender at 140. Hell I'm not even sure he is one at 135 any more, either.

Maybe, but I learned years ago to never count Linares out. He has been a terrific, resilient pro who
has accomplished more than most of those who have defeated him.

[goose 5]

Linares is such a terrific offensive fighter; of course, yesterday he had a perfect foil .Linares is sort of a modern day Tippy Larkin.

[TheBeast]

Saturday 7, September 2019
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan


feather
Hikari Mineta 6 1 0
vs
Yuji Oba 6 4 0

Mineta won by KTFO



FULL CARD HIGHLIGHTS HERE:
https://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/vie ... 8&t=130875


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