The last time fight fans saw Orlando Salido (41-12-2, 28 KOs), he was limping to the finish line with just enough of a points lead to decision mega-Olympian Vasyl Lomachenko last March. Despite taking home the victory in the bout, the 31-year-old looked to be the loser in every other aspect. Not only did he look dead tired and desperate at the very end of the Lomachenko … [Read more...]
Four Shades of BS; Magno’s Monday Rant
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." -- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair Saturday, the first "major" boxing day of the year, featured several big fights spread out over the course of the day and in a small handful of countries … [Read more...]
The Sunday Brunch: Special Mailbag Edition
Bienvenidos amigos y familia to Panama City’s numero uno boxing themed, loosely food-centric weekend column, The Sunday Brunch. We stay crunchy, even in milk! For this special edition Sunday Brunch we’ve sorted through thousands of emails, tossing aside the long-winded, the obvious, the questioning and the pragmatic. What we were left with are all completely legitimate emails, … [Read more...]
Chavez Beats Vera (For Real), Salido Bests Lomachenko (And HBO)
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas-- On Saturday night in the main event of HBO's boxing double-header, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (48-1-1, 32 KOs) righted a wrong by dominating the tough but over-his-head Bryan Vera (23-8, 14 KOs) en route to a unanimous twelve-round decision. Unlike his sluggish performance against Vera last September, an in-shape Chavez Jr. was more active and … [Read more...]
Orlando Salido defends his title against Vasyl Lomachenko, Saturday, March 1
by Tim Harrison Tough veteran battler Orlando “Siri” Salido (40-12-2, 28 KOs) begins another featherweight title reign this Saturday night, when he puts his WBO belt on the line against Ukraine’s Olympic Legend Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (1-0, 1 KO) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Salido, now 33 and a three-time world titlist, will come into Saturday night’s HBO … [Read more...]