 Their fight took place on 30 May and got off to a cagey start, with neither fighter winning any rounds convincingly.In round five, Mitchell scored a hard knockdown, allowing him to build up a lead on the scorecards and box with increasing confidence.However, Linares scored a knockdown of his own in round ten, which quickly signalled the end of the fight as Mitchell's eye had been badly cut from a punch, forcing the referee to wave off the fight.