Thread: Goldenboy Jorge Linares vs Arakawa is official!!

To those of yoos who arent familiar, arakawa is the one who went to war with figeuroa..

This is such a balsy move by linares because arakawa is exactly the type of fighter that he's lost to..

Thoughts!

Arakawa isnt that good. Pretty disappointed to be honest. Should be an entertaining fight but Linares should be able to outbox him easily. Quite disappointed with this card in general and cant see the PPV doing well.

Alavares Angulo looks a mismatch
Santa Cruz Mijares is a mismatch
Figuroa - Alvarez is a mismatch
Linares - Arakawa should be a mismatch
Molina - Charlo has Molina fighting, no more needs to be said

Agreed, that's a pretty horrendous PPV lineup, it should be on regular TV. Angulo-Alvarez or the Linares fight could end up being great, but on paper there is no real gain for the winner.

The most interesting fight could be Charlo stepping up to fight Molina, hoping he wins that. To be honest I could have him mixed up with his brother but whichever one looked pretty good to me. Molina is a terrible fighter to watch, so ugly.

I agree Arakawa isn't good but he's sturdy and relentless .. It's going to be interesting to see how Linares deal with his pressure.

I think Arawaka Linares will be the fight of the night. I'm hoping Angulo throws the punch of his life and sparks Alvarez though.

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

I think Arawaka Linares will be the fight of the night. I'm hoping Angulo throws the punch of his life and sparks Alvarez though.

I think this is an extremely tough fight for Linares

Originally Posted by La Cucaracha

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

I think Arawaka Linares will be the fight of the night. I'm hoping Angulo throws the punch of his life and sparks Alvarez though.

I think this is an extremely tough fight for Linares

Very tough, yep.. I dont know why some guys are sleeping on this fight..

They may be a world apart in terms of skills but linares has a major achilles heel which makes this matchup very intriguing..

Guys like salgado and thompson werent even supposed to compete with him but look what they did..

Arakawa is bigger and meaner than both those guys... linares has balls for taking this fight..

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Originally Posted by La Cucaracha

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

I think Arawaka Linares will be the fight of the night. I'm hoping Angulo throws the punch of his life and sparks Alvarez though.

I think this is an extremely tough fight for Linares

Very tough, yep.. I dont know why some guys are sleeping on this fight..

They may be a world apart in terms of skills but linares has a major achilles heel which makes this matchup very intriguing..

Guys like salgado and thompson werent even supposed to compete with him but look what they did..

Arakawa is bigger and meaner than both those guys... linares has balls for taking this fight..

Arakawa doesn't have great power but like you say Linares' has a huge flaw. This should be a very entertaining fight

Originally Posted by La Cucaracha

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Originally Posted by La Cucaracha

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

I think Arawaka Linares will be the fight of the night. I'm hoping Angulo throws the punch of his life and sparks Alvarez though.

I think this is an extremely tough fight for Linares

Very tough, yep.. I dont know why some guys are sleeping on this fight..

They may be a world apart in terms of skills but linares has a major achilles heel which makes this matchup very intriguing..

Guys like salgado and thompson werent even supposed to compete with him but look what they did..

Arakawa is bigger and meaner than both those guys... linares has balls for taking this fight..

Arakawa doesn't have great power but like you say Linares' has a huge flaw. This should be a very entertaining fight

Perhaps Arakaw's lack of power was the reason why they chose him although he's not a total powderpuff.. he can punch a little bit but more importantly, he's a natural LW who just keeps coming and coming like he's Jason fuckin Vorhees..

Linares is gonna have to be on his toes and box his ass off.

Linares is so fun to watch.. even though he lost, Ive watched the demarco fight so many times cuz he boxed so beautiful.. whenever I want to pick up new moves, I watch finito lopez and the other guy is linares.. he's that fuckin good.