Martinez vs Salido

Who won Martinez vs Salido?

Roman Martinez drew with Orlando Salido by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, September 12th, 2015, at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 115-113, 114-114, meaning it was a split decision.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

This contest was for the WBO super featherweight championship of the world.

Martinez vs Salido stats

Back in September 2015, Roman Martinez stepped into the ring with a record of 29 wins, 2 losses, and 2  draws, 17 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Orlando Salido made his way to the ring with a record of 43 wins, 13 losses and 2 draws, with 30 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Salido had an advantage in power over Martinez, with a 70% knockout percentage compared to Martinez's 59%.

Roman Martinez was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Martinez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Salido. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Roman Martinez and Orlando Salido fought out of an orthodox stance.

Martinez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 25 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2001, 5 years and 9 months later than Salido, whose first professional fight was in 1996. He had fought 182 fewer professional rounds, totaling 253 compared to Salido's 435.

Martinez vs Salido form

Salido had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Roman Martinez on April 11, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Prior to that, he had defeated Terdsak Kokietgym on September 20, 2014, by knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Auditorio Municipal Fausto Gutiérrez Moreno, Tijuana, Mexico.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Vasyl Lomachenko on March 1, 2014, by split decision in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Alamodome, San Antonio, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Mikey Garcia on January 19, 2013, by technical decision in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had lost to Juan Manuel Marquez on September 18, 2004, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Martinez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 3 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

Salido's last 5 fights had come over a period of 10 years, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 55 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 rounds on average.

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