Jorge Linares On Devin Haney: “He Was Fast But I Didn’t Feel His Punch”

By: Hans Themistode

Having spent loads of time with him in quite a few sparring classes, Jorge Linares had a good suggestion as to what to anticipate when he took on Devin Haney. The 2 confronted off final night time on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada for Haney’s WBC light-weight title.

Contemplating that each time Linares (47-6, 29 KOs) tasted defeat it got here by way of stoppage, the widespread perception heading in was that Haney would be capable of beat the Venezuelan native in comparable trend. With that stated, the chin of Linares held up simply fantastic.

Although he proved to be sturdy, Linares nonetheless went on to lose an in depth unanimous determination on the night time. As he left the ring, the previous multiple-time champion seemed to be fantastic. When requested to guage his a lot youthful opponent, Linares identified a few of his strengths and weaknesses.

“He was quick however I didn’t really feel his punch,” stated Linares throughout an interview with Combat Hub TV following the loss. “He has good velocity however solely that. His fashion is just a little troublesome as a result of he all the time going again, again, again after which clench.”

As beforehand talked about by Linares, Haney confirmed precisely why he’s one in every of boxing’s younger stars with an early boxing clinic. However whereas he loved loads of success early on, Linares took over down the stretch.

Dealing with a large deficit and preventing most of their contest together with his palms in his pockets, Linares lastly let his palms go within the tenth spherical. A visibly rocked Haney (26-0, 15 KOs) stumbled to his nook on the finish of the spherical and by no means appeared to actually get well during the match. With Haney seemingly on the ropes, the 22-year-old held profusely. Regardless of dealing with Haney in his hometown, many of the crowd cheered Linares on as they wished him to go on the assault. But, irrespective of how laborious he tried, he merely couldn’t empty the tank.

Now, as he appears to be like again, Linares explains what incorrect and what in the end led to his defeat.

“I used to be so drained as a result of I used to be solely pondering to dam, block, block,” defined Linares. “Then once I get the prospect, I do mixtures as a result of I’ve extra punch than him however the referee was just a little intense. Within the ninth spherical, I’ve a giant probability. When he come again to the ring, he was so unhealthy and he solely come to clench me however the referee was much more intense. I believed he was going to remove one level.”