Salido vs Garcia

Who won Salido vs Garcia?

Mikey Garcia beat Orlando Salido by technical decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday, January 19th, 2013, at Madison Square Garden, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 79-69, 79-69, 79-70 in favor of winner Mikey Garcia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

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

Salido vs Garcia stats

Back in January 2013, Orlando Salido stepped into the ring with a record of 40 wins, 11 losses, and 2  draws, 28 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Mikey Garcia made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 30 wins and 0 draws, with 26 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Garcia had an advantage in power over Salido, with a 87% knockout percentage compared to Salido's 70%.

Orlando Salido was the older man by 8 years, at 33 years old.

Garcia had a height advantage of 1 inch over Salido. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Orlando Salido and Mikey Garcia fought out of an orthodox stance.

Salido was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 1996, 10 years and 4 months earlier than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 187 more professional rounds, totaling 435 compared to Garcia's 248.

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