HBO: Lucas Martín Matthysse vs. Tewa Kiram & Jorge Linares vs. Mercito Gesta RBR.

Round 1: 10-9 Gesta
Round 2: 10-9 Linares
Round 3: 10-9 Linares
Round 4: 10-9 Linares
Round 5: 10-9 Linares
Round 6: 10-9 Linares
Round 7: 10-9 Linares
Round 8: 10-9 Linares
Round 9: 10-9 Linares
Round 10: 10-9 Gesta

98-92 Linares

 

Right? He looks waaaaaaaaaay better tonight.

 

Gesta just doesn't have the power to hurt Linares.

 

Gesta might have won the 10th. Linares went from dominating most of the previous rounds to backing up, looks to be tiring, while Gesta hard-charging and out-throwing Linares.

 

Are we just glossing over the fact that when he debuted Campbell had just as much hype around him as either Loma or Garcia?

 

Agreed. Lederman gave Gesta the ninth but not the tenth, but I can see him being on a 2-0 roll now. (winning the ninth because of his own good work, and the tenth because of Linares simply taking so much of it off)

 

He beat Luke Campbell 8-4, I don't think that's scraping by. And I said at this moment, not 3 years ago.

 

So youre saying he has enough power if linares makes a mistake?

Doesnt every boxer?

 

98-92 Linares

 

I mean, my under 9.5 rounds play is toast

 

Linares dancing, twitching, shoulder-gyrating, slipping punches with head movement, landing pot shot counter 1-2s.

Winning the eleventh clearly to halt Gesta's previous surge of confidence.

 

Round 1: 10-9 Gesta
Round 2: 10-9 Linares
Round 3: 10-9 Linares
Round 4: 10-9 Linares
Round 5: 10-9 Linares
Round 6: 10-9 Linares
Round 7: 10-9 Linares
Round 8: 10-9 Linares
Round 9: 10-9 Linares
Round 10: 10-9 Gesta
Round 11: 10-9 Linares

108-101 Linares

 

Ahhhh, ulterior motives, gotcha. I thought you were speaking from a humanitarian standpoint.

 

The point is Linares only has to make a slight mistake (and has, on multiple occasions in the past) in order for an ordinary fighter with above-average pop to end up stopping him. Most boxers can afford momentary lapses in concentration here and there, but unless he's in with a feather-fist, Linares cannot.