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This 10 rounder tops the bill on Sky this weekend, Loma/Rigo will quite rightly be getting all the attention but this fight should be a more entertaining fight style wise it should be another Mexican war, both guys been around forever and fought some of the greats, Roman is bit more battleworn though and I see Salido grinding him down and knocking him out

Fvck me what a fight, Roman stops Salido in the 9th after putting him down for a 3rd time, just a war, no other word for it, a toe to toe slugfest, Roman for me looked as good as i'd seen him ever, Salido had his moments and showed some heart but was pretty much always second best in the fight. Roman had the look of a fighter who wouldn't be denied and wouldn't give ground, he had a good opener before Salido hurt him near the end of the round, Roman wasnt bothered though and kept pumping out the punches and outhustled Salido, put him down in the 4th, Salido kept trying and it was the complete tear up, Salido down again in the 8th and very nearly missed the count but he came back firing and even hurt Roman in the same round and finished on top

Roman finished Salido in the 9th put him through the ropes with combinations and the ref waved it off without a count, career best win and performance from Roman, Salido retires, what a send off though. defo contender for FOTY

Salido f*ckef up. Could have earned around $700k-$1m fighting Loma. Instead trying getting Berchelt. He got injured, then replaced by Roman. Could have been for WBC interim title but HBO done them over by not scheduling it 12 rounds. Then come fight night. He gets dropped and stopped.

I guess it was written that way. He's had a warrior-like career. Won world titles. Was unlucky a few times. But he can retire at the age of 37 and maybe not look back. Arum wouldn't offer him more than $500k now to fight Loma.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑10 Dec 2017, 13:16 Salido f*ckef up. Could have earned around $700k-$1m fighting Loma. Instead trying getting Berchelt. He got injured, then replaced by Roman. Could have been for WBC interim title but HBO done them over by not scheduling it 12 rounds. Then come fight night. He gets dropped and stopped.

I guess it was written that way. He's had a warrior-like career. Won world titles. Was unlucky a few times. But he can retire at the age of 37 and maybe not look back. Arum wouldn't offer him more than $500k now to fight Loma.

Yeah it was $780,000 last offer - pointless now he looks shot last night.

Well-chuffed for Miguel Roman.

That fight was almost too hard, though, difficult to watch in places.

Was some fight

Proper Mexican battle

orlando fought hard but from early on he had an 'gotten old' appearence

hes been old for some years but imo notably worse than even just a couple matches ago. good call to call a day. what a warror. roman all acton too. bless these mexican men.

Great fight, Roman a well deserved winner.

Salido said he is going to retire, and after the long career he has had, no one can blame him.

Datsue wrote: ↑11 Dec 2017, 06:54 Well-chuffed for Miguel Roman.

That fight was almost too hard, though, difficult to watch in places.

Not the first time that reality has been brought home, watching both Salido and Roman's previous fights.