By Steve Kim
After what many are calling the current leader for 2016 'Fight of the Year' between Francisco Vargas and Orlando Salido - who fought to a draw on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California - the head of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya, has visions of what could be future fights in this 130-pound class.
Vargas captured the title last November, in the HBO Pay-Per-View co-feature to Cotto-Canelo, with a come from behind knockout of champion Takashki Miura of Japan. That fight became the 2015 Fight of The Year.
Miura was ringside at the StubHub, watching his former rival go to war with Salido for twelve rounds.
The Golden Boy CEO felt Vargas-Salido lived up to the hype - which is motivating him to stage some more action-packed fights at the weight class.
"Fight of the year, fight of the year for the next three years in a row," stated De La Hoya.
"That's what you get when you have two warriors in the ring and all I was thinking about was a round-robin with Takashi Miura, Salido and Vargas, with those three alone we can do 'fight of the years' for the next five years."
As for a possible rematch between Vargas (who held onto his WBC title by virtue of the draw) and Salido, De La Hoya told BoxingScene.com:
"Will there be a rematch down the line? I think so. Will it be immediate? I don't think so because after a war like this you want to let these fighters rest and regroup but I believe there will be something down the road."
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.
