On January 19, 2013, Orlando Salido (40-11-2, 28 KOs), the featherweight WBO champion, defends his title against American challenger, Mikey Garcia (30-0, 26 KOs).
Orlando Salido is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round KO victory over Moises Gutierrez, 5 months and 22 days ago. Mikey Garcia is on a 30-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Jonathan Victor Barros, 2 months and 9 days ago.
The winning odds are at 92.9-7.1 in favor of Orlando Salido. It is going to be very difficult for Mikey Garcia to win this fight.
Mikey Garcia defeated Orlando Salido via technical decision and wins the WBO and The Ring titles — in his first world-title fight. Garcia improves his record to 31-0, while Salido adds a loss to his record at 40-12-2.