Orlando Salido to fight Moises Gutierrez on 7/21, then Mikey Garcia in the fall

By Boxing News - 07/05/2012 - Comments

Image: Orlando Salido to fight Moises Gutierrez on 7/21, then Mikey Garcia in the fallBy Allan Fox: WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26 KO’s) will be fighting a stay busy fight against 33-year-old Moises Gutierrez (21-4, 8 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on July 21st, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. The fight will take place in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico.

Gutierrez is a replacement for Oscar Bravo, who suffered an injury recently and won’t be able to take the fight. Gutierrez is a step down from Bravo, as he was beaten by him last year in July.

Meanwhile, #1 WBO contender Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia (28-0, 24 KO’s) will be fighting on the undercard against an opponent still to be determined. If both Garcia and Salido win their fights, which is pretty much guaranteed, then the two of them will meet up in a fight in the fall.

Salido defeated Juan Manuel Lopez for the second time last March in a 10th round stoppage. It was the second time that Salido has stopped Lopez.

Garcia has good right hand power, but he doesn’t put his punches together, and has a bad habit of admiring his work. A big part of that is likely due to his poor opposition he’s been put in with his entire career. The competition has been so bad that they’ve crumbled almost immediately, giving the impression that Garcia is a bigger puncher than he actually is.

It’s also given him a bad habit of being too economical with his punches, because he’s always looking for that one big shot. Against Salido, Mikey Garcia is going to be in for a world of hurt because he won’t be able to take him out with his occasional big shots, and he’s going to find himself getting over and over again by shots that he’s not accustomed to getting hit with. This will be a good lesson for why it’s a bad idea to match fighters for too long of a time against weak opponents.

You get guys that can’t or won’t throw combinations and think that everyone will topple over from one big shot. When that doesn’t happen, they’re lost. That’s what I see happening with Garcia. He’ll start admiring his work after he lands a big shot and he’s get blasted out from the avalanche of punches from Salido.



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