Linares vs Lomachenko

Who won Linares vs Lomachenko?

Vasyl Lomachenko beat Jorge Linares by technical knockout in the 10th round on Saturday, May 12th, 2018, at Madison Square Garden, New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

This contest was for the unified lightweight championship of the world, with the WBA, and The Ring belts on the line.

Linares vs Lomachenko stats

Back in May 2018, Jorge Linares stepped into the ring with a record of 44 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws, 27 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Vasyl Lomachenko made his way to the ring with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Lomachenko had an advantage in power over Linares, with a 80% knockout percentage compared to Linares' 61%.

Jorge Linares was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Linares had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lomachenko. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Jorge Linares fought out of the orthodox stance, while Vasyl Lomachenko was a southpaw.

Linares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 36 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 10 years and 9 months earlier than Lomachenko, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 167 more professional rounds, totaling 366 compared to Lomachenko's 199.

Linares vs Lomachenko form

Linares had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mercito Gesta on January 27, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Luke Campbell on September 23, 2017, by split decision in their WBA World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Anthony Crolla on March 25, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Anthony Crolla on September 24, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

He had won against Ivan Cano on October 10, 2015, by knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Lightweight championship fight at El Poliedro, Caracas, Venezuela.

Vasyl Lomachenko had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Guillermo Rigondeaux on December 9, 2017, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Miguel Marriaga on August 5, 2017, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jason Sosa on April 8, 2017, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight and WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill.

Before that, he had won against Nicholas Walters on November 26, 2016, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Roman Martinez on June 11, 2016, by knockout in the 5th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Vasyl Lomachenko had been fighting more than Jorge Linares.

Going into this contest, Jorge Linares had last fought 3 months and 15 days ago, while Vasyl Lomachenko's last outing had been 5 months and 3 days ago.

Linares' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 2 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

Lomachenko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

What time did Linares vs Lomachenko start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Linares vs Lomachenko?

Linares vs Lomachenko was broadcast on ESPN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.

What were the odds on Linares vs Lomachenko?

Jorge Linares was a 13/2 (+650) underdog going into the contest, while Vasyl Lomachenko made his way into the ring at 2/25 (-1200) with oddsmakers.