News - Orlando Salido

Many things went wrong when Juan Manuel Lopez lost to Orlando Salido last April 16. But Lopez’s problems began before he even set foot in the ring. The former featherweight champion usually adds about 10 pounds from the time he weighs in the previous day until the time his fights begin read more ...

Nothing worries Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25KOs). The WBO featherweight champion arrived to Puerto Rico on Tuesday in a confident mood, and he showed no fear when going face to face with hometown hero Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28KOs) at the post-fight press conference on Wednesday. Last April, Salido scored one of the biggest upsets of the year when he stopped an unbeaten Juanma in eight rounds to capture the title read more ...

Former champion Juan Manuel «Juanma» Lopez (31-1, 28KOs) is counting down the days until he gets his chance to avenge last April’s eight round TKO loss to Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25KOs). They clash for a second time, for the WBO featherweight title, on March 10 at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in Puerto Rico read more ...

According to WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25KOs), his proposed rematch with Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28KOs) will probably take place on March 10th in Puerto Rico. Salido had one of the biggest upset wins in 2011, when he stopped Lopez in eight rounds to capture the WBO crown. He followed up his victory with two stoppage wins, Kenichi Yamaguchi in July and Weng Haya in December. Lopez returned from the loss to stop Mike Oliver in two rounds read more ...

WBO featherweight champion Orlando «Siri» Salido (36-11-2, 24 KOs) battered outgunned challenger Kenichi «Machine Gun» Yamaguchi (17-2-2, 4 KOs) until referee Roberto Ramírez Jr. stopped the one-sided fight in round eleven on Saturday night at the CUM in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. Salido dropped Yamaguchi in round three and dominated all the way read more ...

A rematch between WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido and former champion Juan Manuel Lopez has been in negotiations for several weeks and all indications are that it will be August 20 or in September. “We are working on that and the date is uncertain. We’re trying to get it in Puerto Rico but September is when we celebrate the Independence of Mexico and that could be a very attractive fight for Top Rank to make in Las Vegas read more ...

Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez is learning from the first loss of his career. He feels the loss will make him a much better fighter. Last weekend in Nayamon, Puerto Rico, Lopez was stopped in eight rounds by Orlando Salido of Mexico. The biggest problem for Juanma in the fight was a lack of speed. He told his corner that his hands felt slow and he couldn’t get his legs going, but he’s not sure why that happened read more ...

The featherweight champion of the World Boxing Organization, Orlando Salido, is relaxing in his native Ciudad Obregon in Sonora, Mexico, and savoring the upset win over previously undefeated Juan Manuel Lopez. The fight took place on April 16 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and saw Salido stop Lopez in the eight round read more ...

BoxingScene.com has been advised that Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23KOs) is likely going to make the first defense of his WBO featherweight title in his hometown of Sonora, Mexico in July. Salido continued boxing’s run of upsets by stopping previously undefeated Juan Manuel Lopez in eight rounds on Saturday night in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. If successful in July, Salido is willing to rematch Lopez in the fall. Top Rank’s Bob Arum would like to stage Lopez-Salido II in November or December read more ...

Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, said that he will be working on staging a rematch between featherweights Orlando Salido and Juan Manuel Lopez for November or December and the rematch could be held at New York’s Madison Square Garden or the site of the first meeting, Puerto Rico. On Saturday night in Puerto Rico, Salido overcame some early trouble to drop Juanma hard and then follow it up by stopping him in the eight round to capture the WBO title read more ...