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Salido Outworks Cordova on way to KO Victory
By Sean Stowell (February 23, 2003)
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ANAHEIM, Calif., Feb. 22 — Orlando Salido stayed persistent throughout his featherweight bout with Armando Cordova, but it was a wild left that got him the victory.
While most boxing fans were focused on Mike Tyson’s bout with Clifford Etienne in Memphis, 3,365 managed to show up at the Arrowhead Pond to see Salido’s fourth-round knockout of Cordova.
As Salido went on the attack in the fourth, Cordova stuck out his left elbow in hopes of quelling the attack. Salido spun away from the elbow and managed to land a wild roundhouse left that caught Cordova clean and sent him to the canvas.
While the punch seemed lucky to most observers, Salido, 16-8-1 with 10 KOs said he’s been working on the move in the gym.
“In the gym I’ve been trying it,” the Mexicali native said. “It actually works.”
In the first round Salido started slow as Cordova, 19-10-1 with 14 KOs, landed the better punches. The tide changed in the second as Salido began taking control, dropping Cordova late with two rights followed by a left and another right.
In the third both fighters took it to the inside and Salido was able to land several solid uppercuts.
“I think Cordova wanted an inside fight,” Salido said. “I thought the fight would be a long one. He was very strong.”
Cordova, who lives in Darien, Panama, had to get special permission to participate in this fight because of his full-time job in which he is a guard for Panama’s president Mireya Moscoso.
Salido is being considered as an opponent for Paulie Ayala on one of Top Rank Inc.’s "Latin Fury" cards this summer.
The World Boxing Organization’s no. 1 super flyweight contender Martin Castillo pounded out a lopsided eight-round decision against Valerio Sanchez.
Castillo, 23-1 with 14 KOs, worked the body and used his jab effectively to open up Sanchez for hard lefts. Castillo gave Sanchez, all he could handle, but the tough fighter out of Mexico City stood his ground and made it the
distance.
“He took a lot of punches,” Castillo said. “Some guys take everything.”
Castillo, has been prone to head clashes throughout his career, including a failed attempt at the International Boxing Federation title against Felix Machado last March that was stopped because of a cut caused by an accidental clash of heads.
He butted heads with Sanchez in the third and worked the cut with his left hand widening the gash over Sanchez’s right eye.
“Head butts have been my problem,” Castillo said.
Featherweight Steve Luevano of La Puente, Calif. remained undefeated at 16-0 with 8 KOs after dropping Marcos Badillo of Mexico City at 2:59 of the first. Badillo drops to 16-27-1 with 6 KOs.
Alberto Rossel improved to 9-5 with 3 KOs winning a four round unanimous
decision against featherweight Liborio Romero Tijuana, who falls 10-2 with 7 KOs.
Isidro Granados of Bellflower, Calif. upped his record to 5-0 with 3 KOs stopping Ronnie Longakit of Denver at 2:33 of the first. Longakit goes to 6-10-2 with 3 KOs.
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