He and his good friend/stable mate Edwin Valero are scheduled to fight on Dec. 15th in Cancun, Mexico for a special WBC event.
Hes fighting a tuff & very rugged opponent 'El Platano' Diaz who has 2 very good wins against 2 fighters who were/are considered hot porspects. 'The Ghost' Guerrero who he beat via SD and his lates win over 'The Kid' Rojas.

Linares is too good of a boxer and I don't think he'll get caught by any stupid punches. If he uses his distance like he did early on in the Larios fight he'll get the TKO early. But if he let's Diaz get inside he's gonna find out Diaz is game to that and doesn't have a problem fighting that way.