On September 23, 2017, Jorge Linares (42-3, 27 KOs), the lightweight WBA and The Ring champion, defends his titles against British challenger, Luke Campbell (17-1, 14 KOs).
Jorge Linares is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Anthony Crolla, 5 months and 29 days ago. Luke Campbell is on a 5-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round TKO win over Darleys Pérez, 4 months and 25 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Jorge Linares at 99-1 winning odds. Luke Campbell really doesn't have much to present against Linares.
Jorge Linares defeated Luke Campbell via split decision and successfully defended his WBA and The Ring lightweight titles. Linares improves his record to 43-3, while Campbell adds a loss to his record at 17-2.