Linares Captures Super Featherweight Title
Friday, November 28, 2008
Panama City, Panama -- (Sports Network) - Venezuelan Jorge Linares captured the vacant WBA super featherweight title on Friday by scoring a fifth-round technical knockout of hometown favorite Whyber Garcia.Linares (26-0, 17 KOs), coming off an eighth-round KO of Gamaliel Diaz last December, powered his way to victory with the bout stopped at the 1:08 mark of round five. Garcia (20-6, 14 KOs) scored a fifth-round TKO of Armando Rojas in his last fight, in August.
Copyright 2008 Courtesy of The Sports Network.
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