Linares return bout tonight on the GBP Fox Deportes card in a WBC eliminator from Cancun Mexico vs one 21-2 (19) Sergio Thompson. I'm really looking forward to the rematch with Antonio Demarco in July and hope he can get some work in here. Do not know a thing about Martinez other than he has faced a room full of .500 fighters and lost to undefeated Alisher Thompson of Russia. He has never fought outside of Mexico.It's all the action I'm getting tonight, cough, so thought I'd put it out there. Main event kicks off in about 30 minutes.

Um...they are doing a 'fire dance' in the ring with trapeze artist in skin suits. No points off for imagination, minus the two dudes

Scratch that Linares is facing Yeyo ?

Marco A Periban 15-0 (10) vs Gerardo Diaz 12-1-1 (10) middles next up

The favorite Periban comes out very poised and shooting combos in first only to get dropped hard by counter right hand mid round 1. Diaz swings wild and looks like Brian Vera with wiiiiiiiiide sloppy hook-slaps at rounds end.

Better start and Marco finds himself in 2nd to regain control and hurts Diaz to body and lands solid uppercuts at near the end of round.... Diaz corner man just ran across the ring and pulls Diaz away, fight over. Ref does absolutely nothing...wonder if he'll be dq'd

Nope. Its ruled a tko by "ref stoppage" at 2:52 of 2nd round though he made zero indication and didn't see cornerman until he came into corner and stepped between them....you just cannot make this stuff up. So much for strict rule enforcement

Eduardo Canales 13-1 (7) vs Jorge Romero 20-5 (17) welters next up

on a side note...there is one Corona girl that has to be seen to believe! Just take my word for it

Romero steady and calm picking shots and Canales is flailing away like his life depended on it in scrappy 1st round. Romero looks much bigger and investing hard in bodywork in 2nd.

You can see how Romero has lost five as there is no head movement and as stiff as a board but mixes punches well...Canales is a human pinata right now but still coming and landing, tough chin and legs are starting to become wider and wider early in 3rd

Canales is a man possessed end of 3rd round as Romero is backed to corner and hit clean a few but was his last hoorah. End comes early 4th as Romero steady connects with uppercuts and hooks to gut and spent Canales backs and smiles. Ref steps in at 1:11 4th

my God she is smoking!!!!!!

Ok thats a no. Fighters to ring now. Yeyo has some fans....Linares has some douche in skinny jeans rapping for him on way to ring. Alright main event time. My Saddo brothers...you guys are brutal

Linares jab on point early. Thompson falls in and backs Linares with right hands to ropes and lands another. Ohhh nice one-two counter gives Thompson jelly legs for a minute and he goes down but ref yells at him to get up, no kd.

As usual very solid hand speed from Linares and Thompson steps behind, slow....Linares is showing blood and minor swell on left eye in corner?!

Linares down and badl bloodied!!!!! in 2nd after he gets raked along ropes and WTF

Well ladies and gentlemen...scratch one rematch. Linares just got busted up suddenly in 2nd, dropped by consecutive right hands and taken to corner to be looked at....time 2:27 sec of round 2. Not totally clear "who" ended that though? Thompson via TKO. Linares couldn't get out of the way. Wow. Upsets make the world of boxing go round and round.

Thanks for doing that and letting us know what happened. Sounds like some odd stoppages, but an exciting upset none the less.

the blood fairly beats a technician again

The ref did Linares a massive favour tonight. He was out on his feet and would have been badly sparked by Thompson so the ref called the doctor in for the dramatic waving off of the fight. Linares has an excuse for losing and get the chance to rebuild his rebuild.