Jorge Linares vs. Sergio Thompson on FOX

[Kirkland Laing]

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.

[Violent Demise]

That was a bullshit stoppage. Linares just walked away in disgust. Like he was expecting to get screwed. Linares looked good in the first. But it looks now like his skin is to thin. He bleeds pretty damn easily now a days

[ElTerribleMorales]

That was a bullshit stoppage. Linares just walked away in disgust. Like he was expecting to get screwed. Linares looked good in the first. But it looks now like his skin is to thin. He bleeds pretty damn easily now a days

yup, has JCC syndrome, but he also should take some of the blame, his defense looks horrid, and it's a shame because he's one of the more complete fighters out there apart from his defense

[Mars_ax]

At least when Linares got beaten up badly by Antonio DeMarco, he lost to a pretty good fighter. Although Sergio Thompson has a great KO ratio, he's far from being world class.

I thought the stoppage was a little quick, and really didn't understand it. (not that Linares was going to win the fight anyway)

If you just wanna see the KD and the stoppage, scroll forward in this video to about the 6:00 minute mark:

[Master]

I am surprised Linares took this fight, his cuts needed time to heal. This reminds me of Eubanks fighting too soon against Carl Thompson for their rematch as his eye had not had enough time to recover from the swelling. It led to the only time he was ever stopped.

[Mars_ax]

I am surprised Linares took this fight, his cuts needed time to heal. This reminds me of Eubanks fighting too soon against Carl Thompson for their rematch as his eye had not had enough time to recover from the swelling. It led to the only time he was ever stopped.

It's been 5 1/2 months since the DeMarco fight, the cuts/swelling should have been totally healed by the time he stepped in the ring against Thompson. From what I could tell, mentally and physically he looked nothing like the Linares we saw before the DeMarco fight. Sergio Thompson was suppose to be a relatively easy comeback fight, only someone forgot to tell Sergio.

At this point you've gotta wonder if Linares will ever be able to turn his career around and/or compete at the championship level again, right now it doesn't look like it.

[Master]

I am surprised Linares took this fight, his cuts needed time to heal. This reminds me of Eubanks fighting too soon against Carl Thompson for their rematch as his eye had not had enough time to recover from the swelling. It led to the only time he was ever stopped.

It's been 5 1/2 months since the DeMarco fight, the cuts/swelling should have been totally healed by the time he stepped in the ring against Thompson. From what I could tell, mentally and physically he looked nothing like the Linares we saw before the DeMarco fight. Sergio Thompson was suppose to be a relatively easy comeback fight, only someone forgot to tell Sergio.

At this point you've gotta wonder if Linares will ever be able to turn his career around and/or compete at the championship level again, right now it doesn't look like it.

Damn over 5 months already! Remember Linares coming up and becoming a champion, think against Medina, he looked awesome with a very bright future. Look how sad things have turned out.