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

By Gabriel Polanco

Posted on March 2, 2014

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 Winner

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Orlando Salido waved goodbye to the Featherweight division on Saturday night after defeating Vasyl Lomachenko. After not making weight for the bout and being stripped of his WBO title, he has said he will now campaign at the Jr. Lightweight limit.

A contender already, Salido is available for many fights that can definitely line his pockets with money.

He could go to the Top Rank base of Macau and take on the likes of Japanese fighters Takashi Uchiyama or Takashi Miura.

Or he can stay in the U.S. and fight Diego Magdaleno for Mikey Garcia‘s WBO title, as it’s being rumored that Garcia will likely vacate the title and move up in weight to fight Yuriorkis Gamboa.

Both fighters have a lot of options to stay in the public’s eye.