Francisco Vargas vs. Orlando Salido Los Angeles press conference quotes

LOS ANGELES (March 31, 2016) – WBC Super Featherweight World Champion Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs) and fellow Mexican warrior and former three-time world champion Orlando “Siri” Salido (43-13-3, 30 KOs, 1 NC) today hosted a Los Angeles press conference to discuss their 12-round battle set for June 4 for Vargas’s title at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, Calif. and to be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®.

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Francisco Vargas vs. Orlando Salido on June 4 in Carson, CA

Image: Francisco Vargas vs. Orlando Salido on June 4 in Carson, CABy Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten WBC super featherweight champion Francisco Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs) will be defending his title on June 4 against former WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (43-13-3, 30 KOs) on HBO World Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The Vargas-Salido fight was made official on Friday for 6/4. It should be a great fight for as long as it lasts.

The 31-year-old Vargas captured the WBC 130lb title last November with an exciting 9th round knockout win over then WBC super featherweight champion Takashi Miura at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Orlando Salido vs. Francisco Vargas on June 4

Image: Orlando Salido vs. Francisco Vargas on June 4By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Orlando Salido (43-13-3, 30 KOs) will be back inside the ring on June 4 to challenge WBC World super featherweight champion Francisco Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs) for his title at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Salido, 35, fought to a 12 round draw against WBO World super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martin last September at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Salido fought well enough to deserve the decision, but instead the three judges scored the fight a draw, which meant that Martinez got to keep his WBO title.

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Linares-Zlaticanin purse bid cancelled

linares234By Dan Ambrose: Today’s purse bid for the Jorge Linares (40-3, 27 KOs) vs. Dejan Zlaticanin (21-0, 14 KOs) fight has reportedly been cancelled, according to the World Boxing Council. Linares’ promoters at Golden Boy and Zlaticanin’s promoters at Dibella Entertainment have reached an agreement to terms for the fight.

The information about when the Linares vs. Zlaticanin fight will take place and where will be announced shortly.

Zlaticanin, 31, is ranked #1 by the WBC, and he’s recently picked up three impressive victories over Ivan Redkach, Alex Bone and Ricky Burns in his last three fights to earn the No.1 spot in the WBC’s rankings.

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Salido-Martinez possible for March

Roman Martinez vs Orlando SalidoBy Dan Ambrose: A third fight between WBO super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) and 35-year-old Orlando Salido (42-13-3, 29 KOs) is still possible for March despite the fact that the World Boxing Organization has ordered Martinez to fight #1 WBO mandatory challenger Miguel Berchelt (28-1, 25 KOs) next.

According to Dan Rafael, Berchelt could step aside so that Martinez and Salido could fight each other once again.

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Rocky Martinez vs. Orlando Salido 3 on February 20th

Image: Rocky Martinez vs. Orlando Salido 3 on February 20thBy Dan Ambrose: WBO super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) will be defending his WBO title in a third fight against 35-year-old #2 WBO Orlando Salido (43-13-3, 30 KOs) on February 20th at a still to be determined venue.

Salido and Martinez fought to a highly controversial 12 round draw on September 12th of this year on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Andre Berto card from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Salido appeared to win the fight in the eyes of many boxing fans, but the three judges scored the fight 115-113 for Salido, 115-113 for Martinez, and 114-114.

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Roman Martinez to face Orlando Salido in early 2016

Roman Martinez vs Orlando SalidoBy Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Organization has approved a third fight between WBO World super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) and 34-year-old Orlando Salido (42-13-3, 29 KOs) for early 2016, according to Dan Rafael.

The WBO approved the fight at their recent convention a week ago in Orlando, Salido. The two fighters fought to a controversial 12 round draw on September 12th this year on the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto fight card on Showtime PPV from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Salido appeared to do more than enough to deserve the decision, but the judges’ scored the fight 115-113 for Salido, 115-113 for Martinez and 114-114 even.

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Mayweather vs. Berto to premier on Showtime this Saturday

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By Chris Williams: Boxing fans are in for a real treat this Saturday night with Floyd Mayweather Jr’s one-sided masterpiece victory over the hungry 32-year-old Andre Berto being replayed on Showtime on 9/18 starting at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. This is the last chance that fans will get to see their star Mayweather in action because he’s now retiring from the sport that he loves after 19 years as a pro.

Mayweather has made a fortune in the ring in bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars. Mayweather isn’t retiring because he’s a rich man like we see other fighters doing after they hit it big.

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Orlando Salido wants rematch with Roman Martinez

Roman Martinez vs Orlando SalidoBy Dan Ambrose: Former world champion Orlando Salido (42-13-3, 29 KOs) still is unhappy about his fight against WBO super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) being scored a 12 round draw last Saturday night in their rematch on Showtime pay-per-view at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 34-year-old Salido felt that he clearly won enough rounds against the 32-year-old Martinez, who took a terrible beating from Salido in this fight and yet was still given a 12 round draw by the judges.

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Martinez-Salido battle to controversial draw

In the second of two world title fights on the pay-per-view undercard, Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) retained his WBO Junior Lightweight title with a thrilling 12-round majority draw in a rematch against four-time world champion Orlando “Siri” Salido (42-13-3, 29 KOs).

Picking up where they left off when they fought in a Fight of the Year candidate last April, won by Martinez, both fighters exchanged punches for 36 minutes of ferocious action. Each went down in the third round. At the end of a slugfest, in which more than 1,700 punches were thrown, one judge scored it for Martinez (115-113), one had Salido (115-113) in front and the other called it even (114-114).

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