Jorge Linares
Career, Record, Stats
Jorge Linares (El Niño de Oro) is a 39-year-old retired Venezuelan professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 4 world-title wins. In a career spanning 20 years, 10 months, and 6 days, Linares amassed a record of 47-9, which includes 29 wins via KO, 6 of which were in world-title fights.
Jorge Linares' Boxing Career
Jorge Linares was born in Barinas, Venezuela on August 22, 1985. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on December 15, 2002 against Kyong-Soo Chung. Linares defeated Chung via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Linares got elevated as the WBC featherweight champion at the age of 22 after 25 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Gamaliel Díaz on December 15, 2007. He stopped Díaz in the 8th of the 12-round fight.
He then went on to successfully conquer the super-featherweight (WBA) and lightweight (WBC, WBA, The Ring) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.
Linares' last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Jack Catterall at age 38, on October 21, 2023.
Some of Jorge Linares' best fights have been against Anthony Crolla, Luke Campbell, Oscar Larios, Mercito Gesta, Héctor Velázquez, Jesús Chávez, and Rocky Juarez. For a complete list of Linares' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Jorge Linares".
Linares has 9 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Jorge Linares Losses".
Jorge Linares' Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 | Oct 21, 2023 | 38 | 
Jack Catterall 30 27-1  | loss | UD 12 |
55 | Dec 12, 2022 | 37 |  Jorya Amazaryan | loss | UD 10 |
54 | Feb 19, 2022 | 36 | 
Zaur Abdullaev 27 14-1 | loss | TKO 12 |
53 | May 29, 2021 | 35 | 
Devin Haney 22 25-0 | loss | UD 12 |
52 | Feb 14, 2020 | 34 | Carlos Morales | win | KO 4 |
51 | Sep 07, 2019 | 34 | Al Toyogon | win | UD 10 |
50 | Jan 18, 2019 | 33 | 
Pablo César Cano 29 31-7-1 | loss | TKO 1 |
49 | Sep 29, 2018 | 33 | Abner Cotto | win | KO 3 |
48 | May 12, 2018 | 32 | 
Vasyl Lomachenko 30 10-1 | loss | TKO 10 |
47 | Jan 27, 2018 | 32 | 
Mercito Gesta 30 31-1-2 | win | UD 12 |
46 | Sep 23, 2017 | 32 | 
Luke Campbell 29 17-1 | win | SD 12 |
45 | Mar 25, 2017 | 31 | 
Anthony Crolla 30 30-5-3 | win | UD 12 |
44 | Sep 24, 2016 | 31 |
Anthony Crolla 29 30-4-3 | win | UD 12 |
43 | Oct 10, 2015 | 30 | Ivan Cano | win | KO 4 |
42 | May 30, 2015 | 29 | Kevin Mitchell | win | TKO 10 |
41 | Dec 30, 2014 | 29 | Javier Prieto | win | KO 4 |
40 | Aug 16, 2014 | 28 | Ira Terry | win | KO 2 |
39 | Mar 08, 2014 | 28 | Nihito Arakawa | win | UD 10 |
38 | Nov 10, 2013 | 28 | Francisco Contreras | win | TKO 1 |
37 | Aug 25, 2013 | 28 | Berman Sanchez | win | TKO 3 |
36 | Mar 16, 2013 | 27 | David Rodela | win | TKO 8 |
35 | Oct 06, 2012 | 27 | 
Héctor Velázquez 37 52-17-3 | win | UD 10 |
34 | Mar 31, 2012 | 26 | Sergio Thompson | loss | TKO 2 |
33 | Oct 15, 2011 | 26 | 
Antonio DeMarco 25 25-2-1 | loss | TKO 11 |
32 | May 28, 2011 | 25 | Adrian Verdugo | win | TKO 7 |
31 | Oct 24, 2010 | 25 | 
Jesús Chávez 37 44-7 | win | RTD 4 |
30 | Jul 31, 2010 | 24 | 
Rocky Juarez 30 28-6-1 | win | UD 10 |
29 | Mar 27, 2010 | 24 | Francisco Lorenzo | win | MD 10 |
28 | Oct 10, 2009 | 24 | 
Juan Carlos Salgado 24 20-0-1 | loss | TKO 1 |
27 | Jun 27, 2009 | 23 | Josafat Perez | win | TKO 8 |
26 | Nov 28, 2008 | 23 | Whyber Garcia | win | TKO 5 |
25 | Dec 15, 2007 | 22 | Gamaliel Díaz | win | KO 8 |
24 | Jul 21, 2007 | 21 | 
Óscar Larios 30 59-5-1 | win | TKO 10 |
23 | Feb 03, 2007 | 21 | Ramiro Lara | win | TKO 3 |
22 | Oct 07, 2006 | 21 | Humberto Martinez | win | TKO 6 |
21 | Jun 03, 2006 | 20 | Pedro Navarrete | win | UD 10 |
20 | Apr 01, 2006 | 20 | Saohin Srithai Condo | win | UD 10 |
19 | Jan 07, 2006 | 20 | Jeffrey Onate | win | KO 1 |
18 | Nov 03, 2005 | 20 | Denchai Sor Tiebkoon | win | TKO 1 |
17 | Sep 25, 2005 | 20 | Ayon Naranjo | win | UD 6 |
16 | Aug 13, 2005 | 19 | Jesus Perez | win | RTD 4 |
15 | May 26, 2005 | 19 | Jean Javier Sotelo | win | TKO 2 |
14 | Apr 16, 2005 | 19 | Luis Perez Vicente | win | KO 4 |
13 | Feb 05, 2005 | 19 | Melvin Ayudtud | win | KO 1 |
12 | Dec 03, 2004 | 19 | Rafael Castillo | win | TKO 4 |
11 | Oct 02, 2004 | 19 | Sung-Hoon Park | win | KO 1 |
10 | Aug 07, 2004 | 18 | Renan Acosta | win | UD 10 |
9 | May 01, 2004 | 18 | Michael Domingo | win | UD 10 |
8 | Jan 31, 2004 | 18 | Hugo Rafael Soto | win | UD 10 |
7 | Oct 18, 2003 | 18 | Pederito Laurente | win | UD 10 |
6 | Sep 20, 2003 | 18 | Jung-Keun Woo | win | KO 2 |
5 | Jul 12, 2003 | 17 | Thunder Ito | win | TKO 3 |
4 | Apr 19, 2003 | 17 | Ariel Austria | win | UD 8 |
3 | Mar 15, 2003 | 17 | Singdam Monsaichon | win | KO 3 |
2 | Feb 15, 2003 | 17 | Chawal Sor Vorapin | win | UD 6 |
1 | Dec 15, 2002 | 17 | Kyong-Soo Chung | win | KO 1 |