The right-hand injury that Jorge Linares suffered during the sixth round of his lightweight title-winning victory against Anthony Crolla on Sept. 24 will keep him out of the ring for an extended time, which led the WBC on Thursday to rule that its titleholder, Dejan Zlaticanin, would be allowed to have an optional defense before having to face Linares in a mandatory bout.Venezuelas Linares won the WBA version of the 135-pound world title by unanimous decision against Crolla in his hometown of Manchester, England, but he entered the bout also as the WBCs titleholder in recess, because he had been out of action for 11 months because of a previous right hand injury and stripped of the full belt.That allowed Zlaticanin, who was supposed to fight Linares in April, to win the vacant title by third-round knockout of Franklin Mamani on June 11.Linares injured his right hand in the sixth round of the ferocious battle versus Anthony Crolla, and after analyzing the situation and confirming with Dr. Jedediah Jones, it has been concluded that Linares will not be able to fight for some time, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said on Thursday. The WBC is hereby confirming that Dejan Zlaticanin is free to make a voluntary title defense of his WBC lightweight title.Sulaiman said the organization will review the lightweight division mandatory situation, as well as the other weight classes, during its annual convention, which is scheduled to take place in December in Hollywood, Florida.Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Robert Diaz, who is close to the 31-year-old Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) and accompanied him to Manchester, said he would be sidelined for six or seven weeks but that there was no break or fracture in Linares hand.Its still swollen, but thankfully there is no break, Diaz said. Linares injury is in a different spot on his right hand than the previous one that led to the 11-month layoff, Diaz said.Whether Linares eventually faces Zlaticanin (22-0, 15 KOs), a 32-year-old southpaw and first world titleholder from Montenegro, upon his return is up in the air because Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs), 29, has the contractual option for a rematch in his next fight if he wants one. Diaz said he would soon be in touch with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn to see what they have decided about doing a rematch.Right after the fight Eddie and Crolla were saying they want the rematch next but a couple of weeks have passed, and sometimes things change, Diaz said. So next week Ill send Eddie an email and see what they want to do and get it in writing. The most important thing is to see when Linares hand is ready to go. If Eddie and Crolla want the rematch, Jorge will be available for it. Air Force 1 Alte Hand Wash Cold . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. Air Force 1 Alte Liberty . The Croatian served 21 aces and hit 42 winners against Sijsling, who double-faulted to give Cilic a 4-3 lead in the deciding set. "All the players, they know me and they were really happy to see me and they were really happy that this is over for me," Cilic said. http://www.airforce1outletitalia.it/scontate-lunar-force-1.html .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Air Force 1 Doernbecher .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. Air Force 1 Scontate . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Nao Hibino is one match away from retaining her title at the Tashkent Open after beating Denisa Allertova 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals Friday.The fourth-seeded Japanese player can become the first woman to win the Tashkent title twice if she beats another Czech player, Kristyna Pliskova, in Saturdays final.Pliskova, the identical twin sister of sixxth-ranked Karolina Pliskova, beat Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine 7-6 (2), 6-0.ddddddddddddPliskova has won both of her previous matches against Hibino. However, those encounters were on grass rather than the hard-court surface used in Tashkent. ' ' '