Jorge Linares (El Niño de Oro) is a 39-year-old retired Venezuelan professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 4 world-title wins. In a career spanning 20 years, 10 months, and 6 days, Linares amassed a record of 47-9, which includes 29 wins via KO, 6 of which were in world-title fights.
Jorge Linares was born in Barinas, Venezuela on August 22, 1985. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on December 15, 2002 against Kyong-Soo Chung. Linares defeated Chung via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Linares got elevated as the WBC featherweight champion at the age of 22 after 25 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Gamaliel Díaz on December 15, 2007. He stopped Díaz in the 8th of the 12-round fight.
He then went on to successfully conquer the super-featherweight (WBA) and lightweight (WBC, WBA, The Ring) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.
Linares' last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Jack Catterall at age 38, on October 21, 2023.
Some of Jorge Linares' best fights have been against Anthony Crolla, Luke Campbell, Oscar Larios, Mercito Gesta, Héctor Velázquez, Jesús Chávez, and Rocky Juarez. For a complete list of Linares' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Jorge Linares".
Linares has 9 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Jorge Linares Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 | Oct 21, 2023 | 38 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
55 | Dec 12, 2022 | 37 | ![]() | loss | UD 10 |
54 | Feb 19, 2022 | 36 | ![]() | loss | TKO 12 |
53 | May 29, 2021 | 35 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
52 | Feb 14, 2020 | 34 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
51 | Sep 07, 2019 | 34 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
50 | Jan 18, 2019 | 33 | ![]() | loss | TKO 1 |
49 | Sep 29, 2018 | 33 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
48 | May 12, 2018 | 32 | ![]() | loss | TKO 10 |
47 | Jan 27, 2018 | 32 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
46 | Sep 23, 2017 | 32 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
45 | Mar 25, 2017 | 31 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
44 | Sep 24, 2016 | 31 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
43 | Oct 10, 2015 | 30 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
42 | May 30, 2015 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
41 | Dec 30, 2014 | 29 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
40 | Aug 16, 2014 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
39 | Mar 08, 2014 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
38 | Nov 10, 2013 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
37 | Aug 25, 2013 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
36 | Mar 16, 2013 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
35 | Oct 06, 2012 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
34 | Mar 31, 2012 | 26 | ![]() | loss | TKO 2 |
33 | Oct 15, 2011 | 26 | ![]() | loss | TKO 11 |
32 | May 28, 2011 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
31 | Oct 24, 2010 | 25 | ![]() | win | RTD 4 |
30 | Jul 31, 2010 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
29 | Mar 27, 2010 | 24 | ![]() | win | MD 10 |
28 | Oct 10, 2009 | 24 | ![]() | loss | TKO 1 |
27 | Jun 27, 2009 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
26 | Nov 28, 2008 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
25 | Dec 15, 2007 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 8 |
24 | Jul 21, 2007 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
23 | Feb 03, 2007 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
22 | Oct 07, 2006 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
21 | Jun 03, 2006 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
20 | Apr 01, 2006 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
19 | Jan 07, 2006 | 20 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
18 | Nov 03, 2005 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
17 | Sep 25, 2005 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 6 |
16 | Aug 13, 2005 | 19 | ![]() | win | RTD 4 |
15 | May 26, 2005 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
14 | Apr 16, 2005 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
13 | Feb 05, 2005 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
12 | Dec 03, 2004 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
11 | Oct 02, 2004 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
10 | Aug 07, 2004 | 18 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
9 | May 01, 2004 | 18 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
8 | Jan 31, 2004 | 18 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
7 | Oct 18, 2003 | 18 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
6 | Sep 20, 2003 | 18 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
5 | Jul 12, 2003 | 17 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
4 | Apr 19, 2003 | 17 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
3 | Mar 15, 2003 | 17 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
2 | Feb 15, 2003 | 17 | ![]() | win | UD 6 |
1 | Dec 15, 2002 | 17 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |