Linares vs Toyogon

Who won Linares vs Toyogon?

Jorge Linares beat Al Toyogon by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, September 7th, 2019, at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 100-89, 100-90, 99-90 in favor of winner Jorge Linares.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

Linares vs Toyogon stats

Back in September 2019, Jorge Linares stepped into the ring with a record of 45 wins, 5 losses, and 0 draws, 28 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Al Toyogon made his way to the ring with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, with 6 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Linares had a slight advantage in power over Toyogon, with a 62% knockout percentage compared to Toyogon's 60%.

Jorge Linares was the older man by 13 years, at 34 years old.

Linares had a height advantage of 4 inches over Toyogon.

Both Jorge Linares and Al Toyogon fought out of an orthodox stance.

Linares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 35 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 12 years and 8 months earlier than Toyogon, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 275 more professional rounds, totaling 366 compared to Toyogon's 91.

Linares vs Toyogon form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Pablo Cesar Cano on January 18, 2019, by technical knockout in the 1st round in their WBC World Super Lightweight eliminator fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Abner Cotto on September 29, 2018, by knockout in the 3rd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

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Linares' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 15 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Linares vs Toyogon start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Linares vs Toyogon?

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