Orlando Salido vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko

Orlando Salido vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko
DateMarch 1, 2014
VenueAlamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Title(s) on the linevacant WBO featherweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Orlando Salido Vasiliy Lomachenko
Nickname "Siri" "Hi-Tech"
Hometown Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
Pre-fight record 41–12–2 (1) (28 KO) 1–0 (1 KO)
Age 33 years, 3 months 26 years
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 128+1⁄4 lb (58 kg) 125+1⁄4 lb (57 kg)
Style Orthodox Southpaw
Recognition The Ring
No. 2 Ranked Featherweight
TBRB
No. 6 Ranked Featherweight
Former WBO featherweight champion		 WBO
No. 5 Ranked Featherweight
2-time Olympic gold medalist
Result
Salido wins via 12-round split decision (115-113, 113-115, 116-112)

Orlando Salido vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, was a professional boxing match contested on March 1, 2014, for the vacant WBO featherweight championship. The bout was in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The fight was televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing as the chief support to Julio César Chávez Jr.'s rematch with Brian Vera. Salido won by a controversial split decision.

Had Lomachenko won the bout, he would have broken the record set by Thailand's Saensak Muangsurin, who won a junior welterweight world title in his third pro fight in 1975.

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