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After the fight, Linares called for fights with two boxers in particular - WBC lightweight title Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) and WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs).
Linares, who holds the WBC Diamond title, is the mandatory challenger to Garcia's belt.
Garcia last fought in the junior welterweight division when he dominated four division champion Adrien Broner last July. And now Garcia takes part in another junior welterweight contest, when he challenges Sergey Lipinets for the IBF championship on March 10.
After his fight with Lipinets, there will be a limited amount of time for Garcia to make a decision on whether or not he intends to remain at 140 or plans to return to 135 for his mandatory fight with Linares.
Lomachenko, looking for his third world title, is moving up to the lightweight division on a date in April.
Last week, Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum told BoxingScene.com's Steve Kim that he's very willing to make a Lomachenko vs. Linares contest.
"I think Linares is a tremendous fighter. He has a great resume, he's a lightweight champion that has had a number of defenses," Arum told BoxingScene.com.
"Lomachenko has been tremendous at 126, 130 and now he's going up to 135 and hopefully from my standpoint he's as brilliant at 135 as he was in the lower weight classes. But who really knows until we see him?"
Linares' promoter, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, is waiting by the phone and ready to make the fight.
"We're ready, we are ready. Lomachenko vs. Linares is the fight to make, so we must make it. For 2018, our goal is to always make the best fights and that's actually one of them - out of many, so Bob Arum - give me call," De La Hoya said.
The biggest hurdle in making that fight - TV alliances.
Arum's company has an exclusive deal with ESPN, while De La Hoya's top names are exclusively fighting on HBO.
Am I the only person that thinks Khan & Broner @ 147 would be a great match?
Not for the fight obviously lol, but the fukkery leading up & the fact that it has the potential to make a pretty penny
Not for the fight obviously lol, but the fukkery leading up & the fact that it has the potential to make a pretty penny
Facts.
Matthysse was on his way to possibly losing to both Molina Jr and Kiram....but then the power bailed him out
mora sounds furious
lol
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
Yo dawg, you wanna catch this fade right quick ?
Next time
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Next time
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Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
#Faxts(Jim Jones voice)I still found the timing of his injury announcement hilarious. Thurman Garcia was March 4.
Dude literally waits until Brook-Spence fight week late May, to announce/have surgery and say he’ll be out for the rest of the yearit’s like he knew them Spence questions was coming
People keep juelzing for Keith but he been moving kind of funny for a minute.
mr heyzel
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I’m already on paper picking Hurd over Lara
he’s been outboxed by Tony and Trout but it didn’t matter in the end.
good pick fam you can't go against #blackswift
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Lara beats Hurd in a onesided decision possibly KO
Conscious Pilot
Do Better.
Obviously no shocker here
"May 19"
Brook-Spence was May 27
Lmao, he already knew Spence was gonna be on his head after he iced Brook, nikka said fukk it let me get ahead of this early and have my "Thurminators" believe I'm gonna be on the shelf with reconstructive elbow surgery while in reality he just had a lil scope. Thurman has known what's up ever since this moment.
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
"May 19"
Brook-Spence was May 27
Son of a............
Maybe Time
