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:
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.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
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.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
Thompson ain't getting a shot at DeMarco
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