On February 19, 2022, Zaur Abdullaev (14-1, 8 KOs) and Jorge Linares (47-6, 29 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round lightweight bout.
Zaur Abdullaev is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Dejan Zlatičanin, 5 months and 8 days ago. Jorge Linares is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Devin Haney, 8 months and 21 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Zaur Abdullaev at 99-1 winning odds. Jorge Linares really doesn't have much to present against Abdullaev.
Zaur Abdullaev stopped Jorge Linares via TKO in the 12th round. Abdullaev improves his record to 15-1 (9 KOs), while Linares adds a loss to his record at 47-7.