According to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, the long-rumored match between super featherweights Francisco Vargas and Orlando Salido is "99 percent done." The bout, to be televised by HBO, will be staged on June 4 at the Stub Hub Center, a venue that sits approximately 10 miles from downtown Los Angeles.
Vargas' promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, and Salido's manager Sean Gibbons sealed the deal -- or 99 percent of it -- while attending Oscar's Feb. 19 show at the Belasco Theater in LA.
On paper, this will be a hugely entertaining match.
Francisco Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs) represented Mexico in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The 31-year-old scrapper from Mexico City won the WBA version of the super featherweight title in his last outing, a scintillating match with Japan's Takashi Miora. Vargas was trailing on two of the three scorecards when he stopped Miora in the ninth stanza.
Orlando Salido (43-13-3, 30 KOs) is a late bloomer. Fifteen fights into his pro career in his native Mexico, his record stood 8-6-1. Now based in Phoenix, the 35-year-old Salido is coming off a draw with Puerto Rico's Roman Martinez, a bout that cemented his reputation as one of the most fan-friendly fighters of his generation.
Vargas' promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, and Salido's manager Sean Gibbons sealed the deal -- or 99 percent of it -- while attending Oscar's Feb. 19 show at the Belasco Theater in LA.
On paper, this will be a hugely entertaining match.
Francisco Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs) represented Mexico in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The 31-year-old scrapper from Mexico City won the WBA version of the super featherweight title in his last outing, a scintillating match with Japan's Takashi Miora. Vargas was trailing on two of the three scorecards when he stopped Miora in the ninth stanza.
Orlando Salido (43-13-3, 30 KOs) is a late bloomer. Fifteen fights into his pro career in his native Mexico, his record stood 8-6-1. Now based in Phoenix, the 35-year-old Salido is coming off a draw with Puerto Rico's Roman Martinez, a bout that cemented his reputation as one of the most fan-friendly fighters of his generation.
Francisco Vargas vs. Orlando Salido Headed to the Stub Hub Center on HBO
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