Jorge Linares continues to challenge rivals and this time he assures that he does not need a lot of power to knock out R
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After challenging Ryan Garcia, now the Venezuelan and former world champion Jorge Linares sent a strong message against Rolly Romero.
The Venezuelan boxerJorge Linares wants to get a stellar fight at 37 years old and with a great career behind him, this time He launched a challenge to Rolly Romero, whom he assured he could easily knock out without having much power. The statements were made in an interview with BoxingScene.com, from there he confessed his desire to dispute the WBA world super lightweight title against the American.
“I don't need too much power to knock out Romero, if I have the time to catch him, I could surely finish him off,“ the former world champion from Venezuela said in the aforementioned interview. Linares has a record of 47 wins and eight losses, including 29 laurels by way of chloroform. For his part, Romero, who comes from being highly questioned for his last fight against Ismael Barroso, has a record of 15 wins and one loss, including 13 knockouts.
Jorge Linares said he was not at all surprised by Romero's latest performances and even stated that he is no longer the same as before and that his chin was very weak in his last fights, for example he cited the demolition of his compatriot Ismael Barroso, who managed to knock out Romero in the third round of their last fight.
Without a doubt Jorge Linares is looking for a great fight and now he has launched that warning and challenge Rolly Romero, days ago he challenged Ryan Garcia, a boxer he wants to face and constantly challenges him through of social networks or in any other public appearance that the Venezuelan makes.