Orlando Salido: After the Big Win, He's Ready For More
By Cliff Rold - In the biggest win of his career, Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO) dropped undefeated Juan Manuel Lopez in the fifth, a punctuation mark on a cresting ass whipping that finally culminated in round eight. The 30-year old Mexican veteran, a professional since 1996 who began his paid tenure as a knockout victim, felt like he had finally arrived. Which, when one takes a closer look, is a little odd. After all, the Lopez win marked the third time a fight ended with someone handing Salido a major title belt at Featherweight for photo ops. It was the second time that he got to keep a belt after the post-fight drug test came back. And now we find out if he can keep a belt in the ring. Saturday night, while much of the sport’s attention will be focused on a unification contest in Las Vegas, Salido will be tending to business of his own. Winning a belt is great, even if they aren’t that rare an accomplishment anymore.