Juan Manuel López vs Orlando Salido
On April 16, 2011, Juan Manuel López (30-0, 27 KOs), the featherweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KOs).
López vs Salido Stats
Juan Manuel López is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round RTD victory over Rafael Márquez, 5 months and 10 days ago. Orlando Salido is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Yuriorkis Gamboa, 7 months and 5 days ago.
López vs Salido Prediction & Odds
Although the odds are slightly in favor of Juan Manuel López at 51.4-48.6, it would be fair to consider this a 50-50 fight. López has a slightly better chance of winning, but Salido could also certainly pull it off.
López vs Salido Result
Orlando Salido stopped the champion via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO featherweight champion. Salido improves his record to 36-11-2 (24 KOs), while López adds a loss to his record at 30-1.