Linares vs Cano

Who won Linares vs Cano?

Pablo Cesar Cano beat Jorge Linares by technical knockout in the 1st round on Friday, January 18th, 2019, at Madison Square Garden, New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 kg).

This contest was an eliminator for the vacant WBC super lightweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Demetrius Andrade beating Artur Akavov for the WBO World Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard TJ Doheny beat Ryohei Takahashi for the IBF World Junior Featherweight belt, and Chris Algieri defeated Daniel Gonzalez.

Linares vs Cano stats

Back in January 2019, Jorge Linares stepped into the ring with a record of 45 wins, 4 losses, and 0 draws, 28 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Pablo Cesar Cano made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 21 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Cano had a slight advantage in power over Linares, with a 68% knockout percentage compared to Linares' 62%.

Jorge Linares was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Linares had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cano. Despite this, Cano had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Jorge Linares and Pablo Cesar Cano fought out of an orthodox stance.

Linares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Cano, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 130 more professional rounds, totaling 366 compared to Cano's 236.

Jorge Linares went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBC, and 4 by the WBO at super lightweight.

Pablo Cesar Cano was ranked number 14 by the WBC in the 140lb division.

Linares vs Cano form

Linares had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Abner Cotto on September 29, 2018, by knockout in the 3rd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Vasyl Lomachenko on May 12, 2018, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mercito Gesta on January 27, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

Before 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.

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.

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Linares' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 24 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

Cano's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 2 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 27 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

What time did Linares vs Cano start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Linares vs Cano?

Linares vs Cano was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports Arena.

What were the odds on Linares vs Cano?

Jorge Linares was a 3/100 (-3300) favorite going into the contest, while Pablo Cesar Cano made his way into the ring at 12/1 (+1200) with oddsmakers.