Orlando Salido vs. Orlando Cruz
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Orlando Salido 126 lbs beat Orlando Cruz 125 lbs by KO at 1:05 in round 7 of 12
- Date: 2013-10-12
- Location: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Referee: Kenny Bayless
- Judge: Jerry Roth 59-55
- Judge: Glenn Trowbridge 58-56
- Judge: Ed Kugler 59-55
Orlando Salido versus Oralndo Cruz Vacant WBO World Featherweight Title
- Salido landed an overhand right followed by a left uppercut to knock out Cruz in the seventh.
- Salido wins the WBO World Featherweight title on his second try after losing to Mikey Garcia for this belt earlier in 2013.
- Cruz fails in his bid to become professional boxing's first noteworthy openly gay world champion but he had a fair chance to win.
- According to HBO's unofficial scales, Salido weighed 140 to Cruz's 135 lbs on the night of the fight.