Jorge Luis Linares Palencia vs. Alponso Anticamara Toyogon

Saturday of next week, on the undercard of a Japanese welterweight title bout @ Korakuen Hall. Scheduled for ten rounds @ lightweight.

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Linares is coming off the fifth loss of his career (all by stoppage), at the hands of Pablo Cano up at 140lbs - territory he'd probably best not revisit. His opponent is coming off two consecutive UD losses to Japanese novices, and the Filipino - thirteen years Linares' junior - has only fought once before above the super featherweight limit.

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Q: if he looks impressive against Toyogon, what more does Linares need to do to earn a lucrative rematch (perhaps a final big payday, as he just officially entered his mid-thirties a few weeks ago) with either Campbell or Lomachenko?

 

A journeyman with a 10-4-1 record from the Philippines should be taken more seriously than somebody with a similar record from elsewhere, and losses to Japanese novices should be taken with a grain of salt as well because they also have a strong domestic scene.

I've only seen Toyogon once, beating up .500 countryman Nathan Bolcio, and he looked so-so, but I did note that Jawbreaker Noynay was the more impressive of the super featherweight co-headliners on the night:

(and indeed, Noynay just upset unbeaten Satoshi Shimizu )

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...ogon-vs-nathan-palos-bolcio-rbr.615386/page-3

 

Last few rounds here!

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(I completely forgot about this, distracted as I was raging over Manny Pacquiao Boxing Stable canceling their undercard stream of the Filipino card just because their prospect lost...)

 

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Linares was apparently hurt badly in the fourth..

 

Linares takes a decision but was running for dear life in R10, and emerges with some nasty cuts.