Venezuelan Jorge “Golden Boy” Linares will face Dominican Javier Fortuna on August 28 in a knockout lightweight fight, in which the winner will face American Devin Haney, champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC) category. next year.
Linares, who won world titles in lightweight, junior lightweight and featherweight, jumped to junior welterweight last January and it turned out to be a huge mistake as he suffered a first-round knockout against Pablo César Cano.
However, the Barinese recovered and defeated rookie Al and American Carlos Morales on February 14.
The Baritinas native, who turns 35 on August 22, is 47-5, with 28KOs. The Creole needs to win this fight to relaunch his career and return to the elite of world boxing.
But in between he will have a tough rival who was a super featherweight world champion. Fortuna, 31, is fast and uncomfortable. The Quisqueyan has a record of 35 wins, 24 knockouts, 2 losses and a draw.
Linares is a man with a fragile jaw and the Dominican record indicates that he hits hard. So it won’t be an easy match for the native.
Fortuna knocked out Argentinean Jesús Cuéllar on November 2, 2019 in his last fight.
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn thinks the match will likely take place in Las Vegas.
