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Orlando Salido and Vasyl Lomachenko: Where Does Each Man Go Now?

On Saturday March 1, 2014, veteran former Featherweight Champion, Orlando Salido defeated Olympic phenom Vasyl Lomachenko via split-decision. Both men have clear paths they can take to remain successful.

The Loser

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Vasyl Lomachenko came out of the amateurs like a canon. Wanting and getting the opportunity to fight for a world title in just two fights.

Fortunately for him, after coming up short on making history, he still has viable options for contending again for a title or fighting big name fighters in the Featherweight division.

Lomachenko can take an interim fight against a low level contender like Lee Selby, Billy Dib or Rico Ramos. After gaining some much needed experience as a professional, he can challenge for another title, namely the winner of Nonito Doniare and Simpiwe Vetyea which takes place in the upcoming months.

Another possible championship match could be an all Eastern-European affair with Lomachenko taking on current IBF Featherweight Champion, Evgeny Gradovich.

There has already been talks of that fight taking place in Moscow or Berlin. It is something Bob Arum and all of Top Rank is very, very interested in.

What Lomachenko needs to do is stay far away from current Super Bantamweight king, Guillermo Rigondeaux.

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