By Dan Ambrose: 31-year-old WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26 KO’s) will be facing little known Moises Gutierrez (21-4, 8 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round non-title fight this Saturday night at the Tepic, in Nerait, Mexico. This is another stay busy fight for Salido, his second in his last three fights.
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Orlando Salido to fight Moises Gutierrez on 7/21, then Mikey Garcia in the fall
By 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.
Broner cool to the idea of fighting Salido
By Jason Kim: WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26 KO’s) badly wants to fight WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner (23-0, 19 KO’s) and wants to move up to super featherweight to make the fight happen, according to boxing news from examiner.com. However, the 22-year-old Broner isn’t all that interested in taking the fight.
Broner: I’m in a different league than Orlando Salido
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner has no fear of WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido and sees himself as being above him in talent.
Salido wants Jhonny Gonzalez on 7/21; Broner, Russell Jr. and Caballero are backup plans
By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido told the Record.com.mx that he wants to fight a unification bout against WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (51-7m 45 KO’s) on July 21st, if Gonzalez is interested in taking the fight and if he can get past his April 28th opponent Elio Rojas (23-1, 14 KO’s) in Cancun, Mexico.
Salido wants Rafel Marquez, Chris John, Johnny Gonzalez or Caballero next
By Allan Fox: If WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26 KO’s) gets his way he’ll be fighting one of these guys next: Chris John, Rafael Marquez, Johnny Gonzalez or Celestino Caballero. Salido, 31, is coming off of his 2nd TKO win over Juan Manuel Lopez on March 10th and he wants to get a well known opponent next, preferably in a unification bout.
Salido’s trainer wants Donaire fight
By Chris Williams: Fernando Beltran, the President of Zanfer Promotions and the current promoter for WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26 KO’s), really likes the idea of matching his fighter Salido up against WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) when/if Donaire eventually moves up in weight to face the best fighters at featherweight.
Salido could face Rafael Marquez next
By Chris Williams: WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (38-11-1, 26 KO’s) could next face former two division world champion Rafael Marquez (40-7, 36 KO’s), according to RingTV. Fernando Beltran, the promoter for Salido, like the idea of matching Salido up against the 36-year-old Rafael, who is the younger brother of former three division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez.
Juanma could be suspended for one year by WBO for rant towards referee
By Dan Ambrose: The WBO has approved a resolution against former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-2, 28 KO’s) for his comments made against referee Roberto Ramirez Sr. for him stopping the fight last Saturday after a badly hurt Lopez had been knocked to the canvas in his 10th round TKO loss to WBO champion Orlando Salido. The referee stopped the fight because he judged Lopez to be too badly hurt to continue on.
Juan Manuel Lopez apologizes to referee for post-fight comments
By Dan Ambrose: It didn’t take long for ex-WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-2, 28 KO’s) to step up and give an apology for some of the ill-advised comments he made about referee Roberto Ramirez Sr. after the 28-year-old Lopez’s 10th round TKO stoppage loss against World Boxing Organization featherweight champion Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.