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Orlando Salido battered outgunned challenger Kenichi Yamaguchi © Rafael Soto/Top Rank

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. Time was 2:50. Former champion Juan Manuel Lopez was in attendance cheering for Salido to win. They are expected to meet in a rematch this October.

Featherweight Enrique “Duende” Bernache (17-2, 8 KOs) scored a fourth round KO of Alejandro “Alex” Valdez (25-5-2, 19 KOs). Time was 2:59.

Super bantamweight Ruben Tamyao (17-2-2, 13 KOs) scored a second round TKO over Jorge Cardenas (16-13-4, 10 KOs). Tamayo seemed to be the beneficiary of an early stoppage at 2:24.

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21 Mar 2012 22:22

Referee Ramirez Still Not Satisfied With Juanma’s Apology

Referee Roberto Ramirez is still not satisfied with the apology from former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez. In the opinion of Ramirez, the apology seemed sincere but fell short because the fighter failed to admit publicly that he had no evidence to support his allegations read more ...

21 Mar 2012 00:14

Juanma’s Presser To Apologize To Ref Ramirez

Juan Manuel «Juanma» Lopez, the former two-time world champion, appeared before the Puerto Rican media to apologize to the referee Roberto Ramirez for his post-fight comments that followed his TKO loss to Mexico’s Orlando Salido, the featherweight champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), on March 10th in San Juan read more ...

13 Mar 2012 09:45

Juanma Could Possibly Continue Career at Super Feather

Former WBO super bantamweight and featherweight champion Juan Manuel «Juanma» Lopez (31-2, 28KOs) is possibly going to continue his career at super featherweight. According to manager and trainer Orlando Pinero, Lopez has to work very hard to make the featherweight limit of 126-pounds. At nearly 29-years of age, Pinero believes it’s time for his boxer to consider a move to 130-pounds read more ...

13 Mar 2012 09:19

Caballero Rips Juanma: Wants Salido Bout Right Now

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12 Mar 2012 11:33

Ramirez Explains Rejection of Juanma’s Apology, Solution

Referee Robert Ramirez explained his reasoning for rejecting the public apology of Juan Manuel Lopez. After Lopez was stopped in the tenth round of Saturday’s rematch with WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido, which took place in San Juan — Lopez called Ramirez «a gambler» and claimed the referee had a "gambling problem read more ...

12 Mar 2012 11:11

Juanma Issues Public Apology To Referee Roberto Ramirez

Former champion Juan Manuel Lopez has issued a public apology to referee Roberto Ramirez. After Lopez was stopped in the tenth round of Saturday’s rematch with WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido, which took place in San Juan — Lopez called Ramirez «a gambler» and claimed the referee had a «gambling problem.» read more ...

11 Mar 2012 21:49

Salido vs. Lopez - CompuBox Stats

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11 Mar 2012 21:37

Salido: I Knew That I Had To Knock Juanma Out

WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26KOs) knew that a knockout victory was crucial on Saturday night. After going to Puerto Rico last April to stop hometown hero Juan Manuel Lopez (31-2, 28KOs) in eight rounds, Salido repeated his accomplishment with a tenth round stoppage of the Puerto Rican star. Although Salido appeared to be well ahead in the fight, he wasn’t surprised with the shocking scorecards read more ...

11 Mar 2012 11:26

Salido stops Juanma again

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9 Mar 2012 20:44

Weigh-In Results: Salido 126 lb, Lopez 125.75 Lb

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