WelshDevilRob Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Salido and Vargas Fight Their Hearts Out For Majority Draw; Lopez Hands Ramirez First Loss Ringside Report by Barbara Pinnella The StubHub! in Carson, California played host to the Golden Boy Promotion fight card this Saturday night. There had been a heat wave in the Los Angeles area, and at least in Carson it was quite a bit cooler, making for an even more enjoyable evening. Nine fighters would walk into the ring unbeaten, so it would prove interesting to see if their streaks continued. The main event promised to be one hell of a fight between the undefeated Francisco “El Bandito” Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) and the always ready Orlando Salido (43-13-4, 30 KOs). This fight was for the WBC World super featherweight title, and was scheduled for 12 rounds. The first round started off just the way a fight for the belt should. Both men connected with really hard shots and each rocked the other. The fans were already on their feet during this opening round. The second was the same. First Vargas would dominate, and then it would be Salido. And even though it was back-and-forth action, there was never a lull. In the third, the men were hitting each other as if they were heavyweights. It was kind of a surprise that neither man had been down yet, what with the leather they were throwing. In the fourth round they squared off like two rams; head to head and just pounding each other. One would have thought they were two young guns each trying to make a name for themselves. This was a great fight thus far. In the fifth, the fighters were throwing and landing jabs, hooks, body shots – whatever they threw, most were landing on their opponent. Moving into the sixth, one had to wonder just how good their conditioning was, since there had still been no slowing down in the fight. Vargas pinned Salido in the corner in the sixth round and just pummeled him. When Orlando rolled out of there, Francisco followed him on the ropes and landed more shots. But Salido found his way back to the center of the ring and landed some punches of his own. Salido and Vargas Fight Their Hearts Out For Majority Draw; Lopez Hands Ramirez First Loss - - Boxing News - Ring News24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrGooNer Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Re: Salido vs Vargas Report and Result - What did you make of the fight? Wow it was a hell of a scrap just like we were expecting and better. I couldn't split them at the end but for a second I did think Vargas might get a KO in the 11th I think it was when he had his back to the ropes and managed to catch him with an overhand right flush on the forehead but salido seemed to recover really well given how gassed they both must have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Re: Salido vs Vargas Report and Result - What did you make of the fight? Not really my cup of tea, as I prefer to see at least a small display of actual SKILL. Still, it was crazy entertaining. Well, I guess Vargas isn't completely caveman. His accuracy was pretty good at least, and both men blocked shots occasionally. - But I wouldn't show that fight to some casual in order to turn them on to boxing. Same goes for the infamous Rios vs Alvarado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creed Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Re: Salido vs Vargas Report and Result - What did you make of the fight? Vargas vs. Salido averaged 833K viewers on HBO - is that good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sould664 Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Re: Salido vs Vargas Report and Result - What did you make of the fight? Hell of a fight! Would like to a see a rematch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeboxing Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Re: Salido vs Vargas Report and Result - What did you make of the fight? fight of the year candidate. Had Salido edging it , but a draw is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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