WTF thought linares was miles ahead. Campbell was struggling all the way to stay in the fight. Can.t understand the judging at the moment. If he wouldn't have knocked him down in the second he would have lost the title in the judges eyes.
i actually thought that Linares won by like 1-2 rounds. Campbell took the majority of the mid rounds. However, Linares started and finished strongly.
Can understand why you think that but to me linares was never in danger .i like Luke Campbell but I think he is too static and needs to really improve his movement to win a title. Can't see him fighting a rematch as linares would probably knock him out.i do think linares had one eye on Garcia though which is why maybe it was closer than it should have been .
What fight did you watch? It was close without the knockdown it would of been interestingly I'd like to see a rematch.
campbell was very competitive linares at times struggled to land. Credit to Campbell he was flashed KO and he came back. He is very legit top fighter in the division. Listen people there was a reason why this fight was in the US, GoldenBoy wanted this in the US for a reason. The money both would of got, and attendance in the UK would of been HUGE. Campbell went to US and had to fight the champion on Linares promotion/HBO's fighter. Just think about that for a second... Campbell has never had someone as good as Linares as a opponent anyone as good and he looked great. If there is a rematch in UK i think campbell will get better and take it. Campbell is all wrong for Linares.
Had Linares Knockdown taking the fight for him, otherwise id of said a draw. Couldnt complain whoever took that fight though, Campbell certainly clawed his way back in i think Linares got a little complacent after such a great start
I think people thought campbell was a push-over listen he is as technical and fundamentally sound as ANYONE in the division. Linares won't take the rematch -i am 100% sure of that. Eddit Hearn eluded to that they don't want it. Wthout the knockdown it be a different fight. A rematch luke will win on points.
I can see how you could've scored that fight either way but I had it by 2-3 Linares. Campbell was probably 1/2 fights away from being ready for this fight but he gave a great account of himself and should fight Flanagan for his best chance at a world title.
I had Linares by 2. I didn't think Campbell stood a chance beforehand, but the fight was a lot closer than I expected. Although Campbell lost, I give him a lot of credit for his performance.
I had it as a draw and I was probably being a tad generous to Linares in not wanting to show Brit bias. Adam Smith and Mathew Macklin were watching a different fight from me, they were so far up Linares' arse it was unbelievable.
115 to 112 Linares, Campbell showed guts, I didn't think he'd make 2 more rounds after he got dropped