38 Facts About Orlando Salido

Orlando Salido is a multiple-time former world champion in two weight classes, having held the IBF featherweight title in 2010; the WBO featherweight title twice between 2011 and 2014; and the interim WBO junior lightweight title from 2014 to 2015.

Orlando Salido is highly regarded for his upset wins over Juan Manuel Lopez and Vasiliy Lomachenko, both of whom were considered to be among the best active boxers, pound for pound, during Orlando Salido's career.

Orlando Salido debuted as a professional in 1996, at the age of 15.

Orlando Salido was knocked out 5 times during this period, but he has not been stopped since March 2000.

Orlando Salido faced former WBO super featherweight world champion Regilio Tuur on 23 November 2001, defeating him via split decision after eight rounds.

Orlando Salido got a decisive unanimous decision win, which introduced him to the sanctioning bodies' rankings, making him a title contender.

Orlando Salido came into the fight very passive giving away many of the early and middle rounds, Marquez was successfully counter punching Orlando Salido and building a significant lead.

Orlando Salido closed strong and won the later rounds but that wasn't enough.

Orlando Salido rebounded with a win over Rogers Mtagwa in an IBF eliminator.

Orlando Salido stopped Mtagwa with a barrage of body punches, earning another title shot with the win.

Orlando Salido maintained his innocence and said he had a follow-up test at LabCorp two days after the positive result had came back.

Orlando Salido returned to the ring ten months later with an eighth round unanimous decision victory over journeyman Marty Robbins.

In late 2008, Orlando Salido had the opportunity to fight again for the IBF belt that he was forced to vacate due to his suspension, against Cristobal Cruz.

Orlando Salido got off to a good start winning the first and middle rounds.

Many observers though that Orlando Salido deserved the victory because of the big lead that he built in the first 2 thirds of the fight.

Orlando Salido knocked down Cruz twice in the 2nd round and pressed the action pounding Cruz for the entire fight.

The IBF title was only at stake for Gamboa as Orlando Salido was stripped of it prior to the fight due to weighing more than ten pounds over the weight limit at a second weigh-in on the morning of the event.

Orlando Salido launched an attack in round eight which made referee Roberto Ramirez Jr.

Orlando Salido did recuperate for the first minute, but he was slowing down.

In June, it was announced that Orlando Salido would make his first defence at the Centro de Usos Multiples in Ciudad Obregon on July 23,2011, against American contender Mike Oliver.

Orlando Salido knocked Yamaguchi down in round three and went on to dominate the fight before eventually stopping him in round eleven via TKO.

Orlando Salido then struggled to beat Weng Haya in a non-title bout in December 2011, as he went down in round 3 and round 4, before rallying, dropping and stopping Haya in round 8.

Early in the tenth round, Orlando Salido landed a hard three punch combination, knocking Lopez down.

Orlando Salido stopped Cruz in the seventh round to regain the WBO featherweight title.

Orlando Salido came in overweight, thus losing his title before the fight.

Many boxing analysts mentioned that the referee allowed Orlando Salido to deliver an inordinate number of low blows.

Orlando Salido was criticized for failing to make weight and some sources stipulated that he did so intentionally, as well as coming back much heavier than Lomachenko on the fight night.

In February 2015, it was announced that Orlando Salido would fight WBO full champion Roman Martinez on April 11 in Puerto Rico.

Orlando Salido came into this fight with a perfect record of against Puerto Rican fighters.

Orlando Salido lost a 12-round unanimous decision to Martinez, losing his title in the process.

Orlando Salido appeared upset in the post fight interview, re-iterating the fact that he thought he had done enough to win the fight based on his dedication to win.

Orlando Salido was due to fight a tune up in Mexico on May 27,2017, against Thailand boxer Pharanpetch Tor Buamas.

Orlando Salido was replaced by Colombian boxer Aristides Perez last minute due to Tor Buamas having visa issues.

Orlando Salido started the fight well hurting Roman on a few occasions in the opening round.

Immediately following the loss to Miguel Roman, Orlando Salido announced his retirement.

Orlando Salido served a six-month prison sentence after his loss to Marquez due to car theft.

In May 2018, Orlando Salido was arrested for allegedly stealing 16 cans of beer.

Orlando Salido was a candidate for local deputy for District XVI of Ciudad Obregon at the time.