Roman Martinez vs. Orlando Salido
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Mike Burnell, Staff Writer
Roman “Rocky” Martinez meets Orlando Salido in a WBO Super Featherweight championship rematch. Martinez emerged victorious in their first meeting, dropping Salido twice on the way to a 12 round decision.
In a classic Puerto Rico vs. Mexico clash this should be an entertaining fight and occasionally stray outside of the rules.
Expect a similar fight with a similar result, Martinez by decision.
Prediction: Martinez
Tony Calcara, Staff Writer
I see this unfolding as the all action fight of the weekend. I can’t find a way, one that I would bet on with confidence, that Orlando Salido beats Rocky Martinez.
Martinez will repeat his performance of their first meeting and win again.
Prediction: Martinez
Kai Piercy, Staff Writer
It’s a rarity that a Floyd Mayweather undercard features an abundance of well-matched fights, and this rematch is another that should provide exciting viewing.
It’s said you learn more from your losses than wins, but Orlando Salido is a battle worn veteran, suffering five knockdowns in his last two bouts, and it’ll depend how much he has left in the tank as opposed to a significantly fresher Rocky Martinez.
Martinez knows how to beat, and knockdown his opponent. But to execute the exact same game plan is always high risk. But Salido only knows one way to fight, and that’s march his opponent down. If he can cut off the ring more effectively and quicker this time, he could snatch it.
However, I still prefer Martinez to do the double, winning by unanimous decision in another barn burner.
Prediction: Martinez
Sarah Gruber, Staff Writer
Should be a great fight as it is an action-packed rematch and a rivalry match of Mexican vs. Puerto Rican boxing.
I think the neutral location of Las Vegas in this rematch should help keep the fight even and it goes the distance to the judge’s scorecards.
I believe these two have a really close and highly offensive fight similar to Abner Mares vs. Leo Santa Cruz.
Prediction: Draw
Brandon Glass, Contributing Writer
Roman “Rocky” Martinez is an aggressive blood and guts type fighter that throws caution to the wind, grits his teeth, sinks into his footing and throws hard punches.
Orlando “Siri” Salido, although topically more experienced and crafty, is cut from the same cloth. Too bad for Salido that when he goes primal, he basically throws away all his advantages. Salido’s ego allows him to be goaded into a brawl every time; well, except against boxer punchers like Vasyl Lomanchenko.
Martinez is a slugger though.This time though the fight won’t be in Martinez’s backyard, which Salido (who is known for questionable tactics) felt the referee showed favoritism.
Martinez, while proving capable of beating Salido, has a lot flaws to be exploited, based on his honest approach. Truthfully this matchup will always be about how Salido fights more so than Martinez.
Salido is a bit more clever, so I expect him to fight a smarter fight this go around. He is determined to take back “his” title (since he felt it should have remained on his waist this entire time).
Prediction: Salido
Brent Herrin, Staff Writer
Romon “Rocky” Martinez will take on Orlando “Siri” Salido Saturday night. In their first encounter back on April 11, Martinez dropped Salido twice in the early going, and weathered a late surge from his Mexican opponent, to capture the WBO Super Featherweight title via unanimous decision.
I expect this rematch to go similar to their first encounter, with plenty of excitement and fireworks. Salido will try to correct the mistakes he made the first time around, but will still come up short.
Prediction: Martinez
Alex Burgos, Editor-in-Chief
This is a tough fight to call. Orlando Salido is 1,000 years old, so while he’s given us countless bad-ass fights to remember him by, he’s going to eventually get old in the ring, right?
We’ve started to see signs of aging and technical deterioration in Salido’s last few fights, so if he continues in that direction I’d expect to see some knockdowns and possibly a knockout.
Rocky Martinez is good enough to beat Salido at this point, but I really don’t expect the same type of action fight we saw the first time around.
Prediction: Martinez
