Haney v Linares

[Spicoli]

504 Gateway Time-Out owned fight night here. Not sure what is going on Saturday nights but could not hit 'reply' without it timing out and posts being lost. Seemed to basically shut the place down just in time for the main events?

Honestly pretty impressed by Haney first half of the fight. The aggression, sharpness and over active jab he did in fact up his game. He also mixed in some gritty inside physicality with shoulders borderline fouls roughing Linares up. Warned by ref maybe 5 times in all. He literally mugged Jorge in 6th and looked to be in full control only to see Linares show that resolve and caliber rocking Haney in 9th, having Haney out on his feet at the bell of 10th and I don't think Haney fully recovered after that. Haney turned into a drunken John Ruiz and leapt into clinches and held on to the point he should have lost a point imo. Really thought Linares had him dead to rights there but Linares saw it get away. Had it 115-113 Haney in the end. Good fight all in all with Haney needing to patch some holes in his late game and Linares finishing real strong and never once being badly hurt..maybe to body in 7th?..and not stopped .

[Master]

Haney Asks Jorge Linares “ How Was My Power Compared To Lomachenko?”

The 22-year-old Haney’s punches never had Linares in trouble last night, although they did mark up his face. Haney’s power or lack thereof is why Linares was able to stick around the entire fight.

If Haney had any power, he could have prevented Linares from getting to him late in the fight with a big right hand that hurt him in the 10th.

In May 2018, Linares was stopped in the 10th round by Lomachenko in a competitive contest. Lomachenko was coming off of shoulder surgery at the time, but he could still stop Linares with a body shot.

Linares (47-6, 29 KOs) was able to go the distance with the unbeaten WBC 135-lb champion Haney (26-0, 15 KOs) last Saturday night in losing a 12 round unanimous decision in a thrilling fight at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.



Linares: “I’m so happy for you, and so happy that you gave me this big opportunity. It’s my first time in fighting with an amazing boxer. He’s a young guy.”

Haney: “How was my speed?”

Linares: “It was fast. I was too tight in the first five or six rounds.”

Haney: “I knew that you were going to try and pressure me, I knew that obviously. I heard you before the fight when you were talking. You didn’t say it, but you said it in so many words. So I wanted to try and press you out first. How was my power compared to Loma?”

Linares: “You have power, I like your jab, but you need to use jab-jab and two. You use only one jab. Then when I press you, you lose a little bit of balance. When you do one jab, you need to do it again. One, two, and three.”

Haney: “I knew you were trying to time me, so I was switching it up. I would jab, try to feint you, jab. You’re a true champion.

Haney wants to take on IBF/WBA/WBC Franchise/WBO lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez next. That’s going to be a dangerous one for Haney if he doesn’t improve on his power by the time he faces Teofimo because this is a guy that can punch with either hand.

“If Teofimo Lopez is next,” Haney said after the fight, “let’s do it.” “If Teofimo wants to get it next, let’s do it for all the belts — the real undisputed.”

It’ll be an excellent fight between Haney and Teofimo for the undisputed championship at 135. If Teofimo wins, he can finally say that he’s the undisputed champion without boxing fans and fighters telling him that he’s not.

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/179768/179768

[Dark Lord Al]

I have stated in the past Haney isn't that good, I stand by that.