Miguel Roman: record, next fight and profile →
The four-time world champion in two divisions, ORLANDO "Siri" SALIDO, showed himself to be in a great physical form in a training session he conducted before the media in his native Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, where he set up his training camp in the wake of the expected war against the MIGUEL ¨Mikey¨ ROMAN - scheduled on December 9 next in the arena of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada and HBO will broadcast the fight.
Orlando Salido recently held an open media workout in his native Sonora and from there he promised that this December 9 he will demonstrate exactly why so many world champions have preferred to turn away from him, and assured that his experience will be a key factor against Miguel 'Micky' Roman. The fight will take place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel "Alacran" Berchelt (32-1, 28 KOs) will have the opportunity to make a voluntary defense of his 130 pound title, before facing the winner of the fight between Miguel "Micky" Roman and Orlando "Siri" Salido. This information was confirmed by the president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Mauricio Sulaiman, who stated that the fight between "Micky" and "Siri" - which takes placeon December 9 in Las Vegas, which is going to have the WBC's interim-super featherweight world title at stake.
The World Boxing Council has officially approved the the vacant WBC interim-super featherweight title for the expected Mexican war between Orlando 'Siri' Salido vs. Miguel 'Micky' Roman. The fight is scheduled for December 9th in La Vegas. However, there are a couple of things that are needed to make the stake of the interim-WBC belt official.
If figures to be a slugfest as Orlando Salido faces Mikey Roman from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on December 9th as the main event of an HBO televised card. The official announcement was made on Wednesday afternoon from the Palm Restaurant in Los Angeles.
Veteran warhorse Orlando Salido will face the tough Mikey Roman on December 9th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas in what will be the headliner of an HBO triple-header. Originally, Salido was slated to face WBC 130-pound belt-holder, Miguel Berchelt, who pulled out claiming a hand injury. As that occured, efforts were made to have Francisco Vargas step in his place to face Salido again.
Salido vs. Roman Photos Gallery - LAS VEGAS, NV - Las Vegas, Nevada, The Boxing Capital of the World, will host another in their long history of ‘Fight of the Year’ candidates as Four-Time World Champion in Two Weight Divisions, ORLANDO “Siri” SALIDO, (44-13-4, 31 KO’s), of Sonora, MX, battles fellow Mexican Warrior MIGUEL “Mikey” ROMAN, (57-12, 44 KO’s), of Chihuahua, MX, in a 10-round junior lightweight clash on Saturday, December 9, 2017 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center, it was announced today by Zanfer Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Tom Loeffler. Photos by ENRIQUE GUTIERREZ/Contragolpe
After weeks of opponents and fight dates falling through, Orlando Salido has finally secured a date to return to the ring. The junior lightweight contender will square off against Miguel 'Mickey' Roman on Dec. 9, Sean Gibbons confirmed to Boxingscene.com late Monday night. The 10 round bout will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The Salido-Roman bout will headline a three-bout HBO broadcast.
Miguel 'Mikey' Roman battered Nery Saguilan for 11-plus rounds, eventually getting the stoppage victory in round 12 late Saturday night at the Gimnasio Municipal 'Jose Neri Santos' in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Roman improves to 59-12, with 44 KOs, while Saguilan drops to 38-9-1, with 13 KOs.
Unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), who is visiting Kazakhstan, will support the construction of a children's playground in his hometown in Karaganda. After a meeting with the Governor of the Karaganda region Yerlan Koshanov, Gennady commented that the new park will be built in the 13th district as part of a social program.