No Salido vs Garcia

From Fat Dans scorecard:
Before the fight, Garcia talked about his hope that he would land a shot against the winner of the Orlando Salido-Lopez main event, which turned out to be Salido. It is a very easy fight to make because they are both with Top Rank, but there is also an even stronger possibility that Garcia could wind up challenging titleholder Celestino Caballero instead this summer. Either way, Garcia is going to get the shot he deserves.

Arum didn't allow Caballero near Lopez or Gamboa but is willing to make Garcia-Caballero? . I think Garcia would probably knock Caballero out. It would be a good fight.

Diego408 wrote:From Fat Dans scorecard:
Before the fight, Garcia talked about his hope that he would land a shot against the winner of the Orlando Salido-Lopez main event, which turned out to be Salido. It is a very easy fight to make because they are both with Top Rank, but there is also an even stronger possibility that Garcia could wind up challenging titleholder Celestino Caballero instead this summer. Either way, Garcia is going to get the shot he deserves.

Arum didn't allow Caballero near Lopez or Gamboa but is willing to make Garcia-Caballero? . I think Garcia would probably knock Caballero out. It would be a good fight.

I think the matchmaker for top rank is looking at garcia vs cab for a few reasons:

1-Garcia is a different style fighter than Lopez and Gamboa

Lopez loves to brawl and getting into a fight where you leave yourself open for Cab's long shots is not a great idea.
Gamboa is short and might have struggled to get into range with Cab.
Garcia-very technically sound, decent defense, and he won't get pulled out of his gameplan very easily.

2-Cab has not looked great the last few years. I'm assuming Top Rank thinks it is time to match one of their fighters with him as he might be ripe for the picking.

No need to rush him.

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:No need to rush him.

You would call that rushing him? hes 24 years old and already has 28 fights. Hes at that point in his career where hes ready for it. We are in America, we dont have promoters that wait till their fighters are 30 to get a title fight (ex: Warren). Pretty much, Showtime and HBO will give Arum the money he wants to make Salido-Garcia. Garcia is so much better than Lopez. I actually believe he will knock out Salido and Caballero if he gets fights with them.

diego i agree hes not being rushed..solido is very beatable.garcia is ready..

salido really isnt that good. i wouldnt even say he is better than lopez. they are probably more equal but styles make fights. so throwing garcia in there with him isnt like throwing him in there with pac or mayweather. remember when gamboa beat salido pretty easily? if garcia cant beat salido then he probably wont ever be that good.

powerpuncher wrote:salido really isnt that good. i wouldnt even say he is better than lopez. they are probably more equal but styles make fights. so throwing garcia in there with him isnt like throwing him in there with pac or mayweather. remember when gamboa beat salido pretty easily? if garcia cant beat salido then he probably wont ever be that good.

Well I will disagree with that statement. Salido is very good technically. Since his loss to Marquez years ago, his loss to Cruz was very questionable, He went the distance with Gamboa and actually won some rounds off him outside from the KD. He also dominated Guerrero and Lopez. Hes a really smart fighter. Hes a tough guy and knows how to slip a punch. He will give a lot of fighters problems, but I dont believe hes the best fighter in the division. Caballero, John and Garcia would be cable of beating him. Even though he has two KOs over Lopez, hes not a very big puncher.

Is Caballero considered taking it slowly? That's a tough fight for Garcia. Stylistically probably harder than Salido.

Diego408 wrote:

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:No need to rush him.

You would call that rushing him? hes 24 years old and already has 28 fights. Hes at that point in his career where hes ready for it. We are in America, we dont have promoters that wait till their fighters are 30 to get a title fight (ex: Warren). Pretty much, Showtime and HBO will give Arum the money he wants to make Salido-Garcia. Garcia is so much better than Lopez. I actually believe he will knock out Salido and Caballero if he gets fights with them.

Calzaghe, Hatton, Khan, Chisora, Burns were all in their 20's when they got title shots. Your ignorant views on boxing this side of the Atlantic really have become tiresome, broaden your horizons already.

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:

Diego408 wrote:

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:No need to rush him.

You would call that rushing him? hes 24 years old and already has 28 fights. Hes at that point in his career where hes ready for it. We are in America, we dont have promoters that wait till their fighters are 30 to get a title fight (ex: Warren). Pretty much, Showtime and HBO will give Arum the money he wants to make Salido-Garcia. Garcia is so much better than Lopez. I actually believe he will knock out Salido and Caballero if he gets fights with them.

Calzaghe, Hatton, Khan, Chisora, Burns were all in their 20's when they got title shots. Your ignorant views on boxing this side of the Atlantic really have become tiresome, broaden your horizons already.

It's called Sarcasm buddy but it isn't far from the truth.