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Jason Litzau Eyes Yuriorkis Gamboa, Daniel Ponce De Leon

By Lem SatterfieldJan 10th 2011 – 2:08PM

In November, celebrated WBA super bantamweight (122 pounds) king Celestino Caballero (pictured above, at left) of Panama rose to super featherweight (130 pounds), where he suffered an upset loss to Jason Litzau (pictured above, at right), the NABF titlist from St. Paul, Minn. Litzau earned his fifth consecutive triumph,...

Sage: Jorge Linares Surpasses Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather

By Elie SeckbachDec 20th 2010 – 8:10AM

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. His credentials include having been involved in boxing for some 70 years, so, when Golden Boy Promotions and Hall of Fame promoter and matchmaker, Don Chargin, speaks, people tend to listen....

Richard Schaefer Pursues Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III

By Lem SatterfieldNov 29th 2010 – 6:42PM

The race, it appears, is on. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer (pictured at right) wants to make a third bout featuring the fighter he promotes in WBA and WBO lightweight (135 pounds) king Juan Manuel Marquez and southpaw eight-time titlist Manny Pacquiao, the current WBO welterweight (147 pounds) and WBC junior...

Jorge Linares Decisions Rocky Juarez

By FanHouse NewswireJul 31st 2010 – 11:03PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Jorge Linares of Venezuela earned a comfortable unanimous decision over American Rocky Juarez on Saturday on the undercard of Juan Manuel Marquez's lightweight title rematch with Juan Diaz at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Linares (29-1, 18 KOs) largely dominated his HBO pay per view televised...

Marquez vs. Diaz 2 Results: Live Updates of Undercard and Main Event

By Lem SatterfieldJul 31st 2010 – 8:00PM

FanHouse will have live results of Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz 2 fight card in Las Vegas on Saturday night. When the main event begins, around 11:30PM ET, check out our Marquez vs. Diaz live blog for live round-by-round updates. Prior to the main event, we'll have live updates and results on all the undercard...

Background on Jorge Linares

Jorge Linares (born August 22, 1985, in Barinas Venezuela) is a professional boxer from Venezuela. He is a former WBC featherweight champion and former WBA super featherweight champion.

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