Salido vs Garcia

Who won Salido vs Garcia?

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

The scorecards were announced as 69-79, 69-79, 70-79 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

Orlando Salido stepped into the ring with a record of 40 wins, 11 loses and 2  draws, 28 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

The stats suggested Garcia had advantage in power over Salido, with a 87% knock out percentage over Salido's 70%.

Orlando Salido was the older man by 7 years, at 42 years old.

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

Both Orlando Salido & 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, 435 to Garcia's 248.

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