Jorge Linares - Wtf happened?

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  1. J Griz 757

    J Griz 757 Arturo "Thunder" Gatti Full Member

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    Seriously.

    Ok tko in 1 against nobody (who was undefeated himself). **** happens. Come back stronger from it right?

    Then he makes his comeback (which I did not get to see yet), and from what I've read, he just scraped by Fransico Lorenzo's remains. Dunno if it was an old veteran making one last stand or Linares just not prepared.

    The reason why I'm coming on this strong for this guy, is he seemed like such an amazing prospect that it shocks the **** out of me to see him go from smashing everyone, to see whats happened with his last two fights.

    Does anyone know if he's had a massive change in his personal life recently or has he changed trainers or something?
     
  2. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    never understood his hype, who did he supposedly beat to make him the next best thing?
     
  3. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wasnt he injured or something like that?
     
  4. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    He got koed and since then I haven't heard anything about him anymore.
     
  5. J Griz 757

    J Griz 757 Arturo "Thunder" Gatti Full Member

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    Well maybe his glossy record and all the things I read about him got me a little sucked into the hype. But he hadnt ever really had a close fight.

    I know he beat Larios convincingly, and he easily handled your typical fw/sfw journeymen in "title" fights.
     
  6. Kid Cuba

    Kid Cuba Boxing Junkie banned

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    It's kinda funny actually.

    I remember hearing that Linares was the next big thing and he would KO Gamboa and KO Guererro and KO this guy and that guy.

    Next he gets sparked by some nobody who gets sparked by a nobody in the very next match.

    He was good but most the talk was just that, talk.

    But I'm sure he will be back.
     
  7. J Griz 757

    J Griz 757 Arturo "Thunder" Gatti Full Member

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    Well lets hope his close fight with Lorenzo was another anomaly.
     
  8. JLocs

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    kinda reminds me of GAMBOA...................
     
  9. J Griz 757

    J Griz 757 Arturo "Thunder" Gatti Full Member

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    Except that Gamboa always got back up, and is really closing in on the p4p list.