2023-10-24 07:33:58
The historic Venezuelan boxer, Jorge ‘Niño de Oro’ Linares, announced his formal retirement from the ring following 21 years of professional career.
The information was made known by the Creole boxer through a publication in the stories of his account on the social network Instagram, where he considered it was the perfect time to hang up his gloves.
In the message he thanked each of the people who supported him for all his years in boxing, where he became a four-time world champion.
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“21 years of career, 4-time world champion in 3 different categories and more than 50 fights. Thank you all for your support. “I say goodbye to the ring and fights, but not to boxing,” he expressed.
The words of the ‘Golden Boy’ Linares show that he will focus on a new stage as a coach or that he will be linked in some other way to boxing for the coming years.
Jorge Linares’ statements come just one day following the unanimous defeat he suffered once morest Jack Catterall in the city of London.
The Venezuelan boxer established himself as one of the best by leaving a mark of 47 wins, nine losses and 29 knockouts in his career in the super lightweight division..
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