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By: Dan Horgan
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Issue: June/Junio 2007

Hot Japan based prospect, Venezuelan Jorge Linares, passed the toughest test of his career with a ten round stoppage of former 122 pound kingpin Oscar Larios.  The bout ended tragically as Larios suffered a minor subdural hematoma on his brain and will likely never fight again. 

The WBC featherweight title bout was the co-feature fight of the evening, and both Linares and Larios did their part in providing an entertaining scrap.

Linares (24-0), 21, was too much to handle for the 30 year old Larios (59-6-1), as he used both hands to pound the Mexican and eventually put him into submission with a left-right combination in round ten. 

With the victory, Linares established himself as one of the premier 126 pounders in the world.  Just a year earlier, Larios went the distance with superstar Manny Pacquiao; Linares had no trouble stopping the rough vet.

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