Jorge Luis Linares Palencia, is a Venezuelan professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBC featherweight title from 2007 to 2008; the WBA super featherweight title from 2008 to 2009; and the WBA, WBC and Ring magazine lightweight titles between 2014 and 2018. Linares compiled an 89-5 record as an amateur, winning several national junior championships in Venezuela. At the age of 17, Linares moved to Japan at the suggestion of his countryman, WBA president Gilberto Mendoza. Linares wanted to turn pro as soon as possible and he would've had to wait until he turned 18 in Venezuela. Linares made his professional boxing debut managed by the Teiken Boxing Gym in December 2002. He was trained by Sendai Tanaka there, and Antonio Esparragoza who was trained by Tanaka's master Amílcar Bursa gave Linares the nickname of "El Niño de Oro" Boxing Record 52 fights 47 wins 5 losses.

JORGE LINARES VS:

Fight #
02 - Chawang Sorvorapin
03 - Sindam Montasaichoi
04 - Ariel Austria
05 - Thunder Ito
06 - Jong Keun Woo
07 - Pedrito Laurente
09 - Michael Domingo
10 - Renan Acosta
11 - Sung Hoon Park
13 - Melvin Ayudtod
14 - Luis Perez
17 - Ayon Naranjo
19 - Jeffrey Onate
20 - Saohin Condo
21 - Pedro Navarrete
22 - Humberto Martinez
23 - Ramiro Lara
24 - Oscar Larios
25 - Gamaliel Diaz
26 - Whyber Garcia
27 - Josafat Perez
28 - Juan Carlos Salgado
29 - Francisco Lorenzo
30 - Rocky Juarez
31 - Jesus Chavez

33 - Antonio DeMarco
34 - Sergio Thompson
38 - Francisco Contreras

39 - Nihito Akakawa 

40 - Ira Terry
42 - Kevin Mitchell
44 - Anthony Crolla I
45 - Anthony Crolla II
46 - Luke Campbell
47 - Mercito Gesta
48 - Vasyl Lomachenko
49 - Abner Cotto
50 - Pablo Cano

52 - Carlos Morales (new)