Jorge Linares compared to Salvador Sanchez

Out of all the boxers ive wached, Sanchez seems the most natural when fighting. I don't mean the most skilled or the slickest, he just looked so comfortable letting his hands go.

He'd be slugging with an opponent (getting tagged himself) but just seemed to be unphased and landing his own shots. One of my favorite fighters to watch.

Haven't seen Linares but if he even slightly resembles Sanchez i'll be a fan.

 

Linares is a pure boxer who fights very well from the outside behind a beautiful jab and nice flowing combinations. Sanchez could fight from the outside as well, but was great at staying right on top of opponents, countering every punch. Sanchez had the shorter, more concise punches. Sanchez had more power and was more versatile defensively and offensively.

Linares is a good young fighter, possibly the best, head to head, at 126, but I don't see him as the next Salvador Sanchez. Quite frankly, I'd be surprised if he reached the greatness of Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, or Juan Manuel Marquez.

It was mentioned a few times on HBO, but Jorge Linares reminds me more of a smaller version of a young Oscar De La Hoya.

 

atsch Nelson started out his career shot I guess before he moved into his prime, huh?

Sanchez was not overrated. In 23 years of life, he accomplished more than any Mexican featherweight including the big 3 of this generation. He had 10 title defenses beating the likes of Azumah Nelson, Wilfredo Gomez, Danny Lopez twice, Juan La Porte, Ruben Castillo, and Pat Cowdell.

 

why is now the time to make this comparison?

 

I hope this is a joke.

 

That has nothing to do with what we are talking about - I listed Sanchez's best wins. And he has 2 wins over ATGs in Nelson and Gomez. Big wins over excellent fighters and champions too.

 

And Linares is smack in the middle of his, so...doesn't it seem a bit premature to stack his career against a classic fighter's?

 

I totally agree with you, he is very similar to a young Oscar De La Hoya, the only difference is that Oscar developed his left hand into a serious weapon, I think Linares has done the opposite developing his right hand.

 

Dude, why do you keep bumping these Jorge Linares threads from like a year ago?

 

Linares is far more limited than Sanchez.

 

Yeah sure