Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Mexican claims WBC lightweight belt Jorge Linares produced a superb performance and looked on his way to a third world title at a third weight until cuts on the bridge of his nose and eye opened up to hamper his world title challenge. I had the Japan-based Venezuelan up 97-93 going into the eleventh round as ‘El Nino de Oro’ used his lateral movement to bamboozle DeMarco, who just wanted to get Linares embroiled into a toe-to-toe battle. From the sixth round onwards the Tijuana fighter’s tactics worked and the more the boxer’s traded, the worse off Linares looked and in the end the referee had no choice but to step in with blood pouring from Linares’ face. Also on the card at The Staples Center, Danny Garcia improved to 22-0 with a split decision win over Kendall Holt. The bout was close for the first five or six rounds, after which, Garcia took control and Holt hardly landed a telling punch. The judges’ scorecards read 117-111 (tw...
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