VS
Feb 14 2020
Friday

Honda Center, California, United States

12 round contest @ Lightweight
Carlos Morales
Morales
Mexico flag
46-5-0
KO 4
KO 4
19-4-4

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The tape

34
Age
30
5' 8" / 173 cm
Height
5' 9" / 175 cm
68.9" / 175 cm
Reach
70.1" / 178 cm
Orthodox (R)
Stance
Orthodox (R)

Tape record

UDTKOKOTKOUD
Form
TDKOKOUDMD
46
Wins
19
28
By KO
8
61
KO%
42
5
Loses
4
0
Draws
4
2002
Debut
2012

Tape rankings @ Lightweight

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The Ring
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3
WBA
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9
WBC
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8
WBO
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IBF
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Jorge Linares vs Carlos Morales report


Who won Linares vs Morales?

Jorge Linares beat Carlos Morales by knockout in the 4th round on Friday 14th February 2020 at Honda Center in California.

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 fight appeared on the undercard of Ryan Garcia beating Francisco Fonseca. Also, on the undercard Blair Cobbs beat Samuel Kotey Neequaye and Alexis Rocha defeated Brad Solomon.

Linares vs Morales stats

Back in February 2020, Jorge Linares stepped into the ring with a record of 46 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 28 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Carlos Morales made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 4 loses and 4 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Linares had advantage in power over Morales, with a 61% knock out percentage over Morales' 42%.

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

Morales had a height advantage of 1 inch over Linares. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Jorge Linares & Carlos Morales fought out of an orthodox stance.

Linares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 9 years and 1 month earlier than Morales, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 209 more professional rounds, 366 to Morales' 157.

Jorge Linares went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBA, 9 by the WBC and 8 by the WBO at lightweight.

Linares vs Morales form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Al Toyogon on 7th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Pablo Cesar Cano on 18th January 2019 by technical knockout in the 1st round in their WBC World Super Lightweight eliminator fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Abner Cotto on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

Before that, he had lost to Vasyl Lomachenko on 12th May 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.

He had beat Mercito Gesta on 27th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

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Linares' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

Morales' last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.5 rounds on average.

What time did Linares vs Morales start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Honda Center, California, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Linares vs Morales?

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

What were the odds on Linares vs Morales?

Jorge Linares was a 3/25 (-830) favourite going into the contest, while Carlos Morales made his way into the ring at 5/1 (+500) with oddsmakers.

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