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Pablo César Cano Destroys Jorge Linares In The First Round Of The Fight
Pablo César Cano put on a spectacular performance against Jorge Linares after the bout ended in the first round.
The 29-year-old Mexican boxer dropped Linares to the floor in the first 20 seconds and knocked him down again only a minute later.
Cano continued to dominate the fight against the 33-year-old Venezuelan boxer and dropped him for a third time with 40 seconds left on the clock.
While El Niño de Oro continued to fight on, the referee was called into action and stopped the bout with only ten seconds remaining in the round.
Check it out below.
OVER! :scream:Pablo Cesar Cano produces a shock by stopping @JorgeLinares in the first round! :boom: pic.twitter.com/bpMy4oXwMp
- Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) 19 January 2019
Talk about a serious upset from Cano, eh?
Following on from the fight, Linares said he was "surprised" by the punching power of El Demoledor.
"He surprised me with that big right hand," he told DAZN.
"He's got power, he can punch, so he surprised me in the first round.
"Five pounds is so different but before that, at 135, I was better and better. Now I've moved up to 140, it's hard for me, right now."
Round one between Jorge Linares & Pablo Cesar Cano:
Linares is dropped inside 20 seconds.
Linares is dropped again one minute later.
Linares is dropped for a third time with 40 seconds left.
Referee stops the fight with 10 seconds remaining.
An upset of the year contender. pic.twitter.com/UTE0oi9WDq
- bet365 (@bet365) 19 January 2019
Pablo Cesar Cano had won just five of his previous 12 fights before entering the ring with Jorge Linares.
Linares had lost just one of his previous 15 fights - a defeat to Vasyl Lomachenko.
It took Loma 11 rounds to KO the Venezuelan. Cano took just 170 seconds.
:astonished: pic.twitter.com/0AlNXhqCin
- bet365 (@bet365) 19 January 2019
Here it is, brutal. No shot resistance at super lightweight for @JorgeLinares. Great performance by Cano to smell blood and take the scalp of his career! #LinaresCano #AndradeAkavov https://t.co/KPaHHtaVEh
- Boxing Global (@boxingglobal1) 19 January 2019
Wow! Pablo Cesar Cano just knocked out Jorge Linares in the 1st round. Unbelievable.
- FightNights.com (@boxing) 19 January 2019
Oh my goodness. Pablo Cesar Cano just stopped Jorge Linares in the first round. It took 10 rounds for Lomachenko to get Linares out of there and Lomachenko went down in the 6th round.
- Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) 19 January 2019
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Featured Image Credit: Bet365
Topics: DAZN, Boxing News, Boxing, Venezuela, Mexico
