Video Hype: Highlights of Orlando Salido's Upset of Juan Manuel Lopez

by Scott Christ on Apr 18, 2011 12:56 PM EDT in Boxing Video

Click the video above and you can either relive Saturday night's fight in Puerto Rico between Juan Manuel Lopez and Orlando Salido, or see highlights if you missed the fight the first time around and still haven't seen it. Plus it's a chance to see Al Bernstein post-flying bottle attack.

What's leading your race for Upset of the Year so far? A few candidates:

Salido TKO-8 Lopez
Hernan Marquez TKO-11 Luis Concepcion
Nobuhiro Ishida TKO-1 James Kirkland

They're all quality contenders that few if any saw coming. Kirkland might have the most shocking, I guess -- but I think that's largely because Concepcion has no name globally. Concepcion was white-hot and arguably could have been called the best flyweight in the world when also-ran Marquez outbrawled him, while Lopez was up at the top of the featherweight rankings. Kirkland was just mid-comeback. So while the most shocking, I suppose, especially in the manner it happened as Kirkland got his ass kicked and dropped three times in 1:52 before it was just called off, was it the biggest upset?

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Yeah, I would have to say the Ishida win over Kirkland due to it’s shocking nature. Rubio over Lemiuex was a pretty good upset which I believe was more surprising than Salido beating Lopez even though I kind of believed Rubio could do it if he took him into the later rounds which he started to do.

by JasonTryp on Apr 18, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions

Im going to say Kirkland was the biggest upset

James was supposed to win big.

Lopez was in trouble against guys like Mtagwa and knocked down by Concepcion, a loss was a possibility considering Salido did better than expected against Gamboa.

I would throw Victor Ortiz into this mix as well, moving up after the shady Peterson fight and coming out on top is something else.

by cyke on Apr 18, 2011 2:17 PM EDT reply actions

Easy…Kirkland. Was there anyone on the planet who gave Ishida a shot? I bet his family thought he’d lose.

by DPlainview on Apr 18, 2011 2:22 PM EDT reply actions

Immediately before the fight (no more than two minutes before the opening bell) I bet a friend that Ishida would last the distance. It was just a dollar bet, I didn’t really believe in it. Quickest dollar I ever won.

I did the same thing right before Lopez-Salido this past weekend. I’ve got powers, man.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 18, 2011 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions

If only you could use those powers to help you in the Pick’em…..

Oh man that was mean but you completely set yourself up for it

"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi

by Waldo Rastel on Apr 19, 2011 3:52 AM EDT up reply actions

Or turn those powers to saving humankind!

by Don From Prov on Apr 19, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions

eh, I prefer boxing to humankind

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by Scott Christ on Apr 19, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions

how was it mean?

I’m the fucking shits at pick’em.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 19, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Ishida over Kirkland

Salido was a legit top 10 guy; it was an upset, sure, but everyone knew that he was tough as nails and could give JuanMa Lopez a tough fight. Same with Rubio over Lemieux. Most people thought Lemieux was going to win, but everyone acknowledged that Rubio was a big step up for him, and that Rubio was a dangerous test.

Ishida was seen as a pillow-fisted regional-level fighter who had absolutely no shot. That he beat Kirkland was a huge upset. That he steamrolled Kirkland the way he did makes it the early favorite for upset of the year.

by Verklemptomaniac on Apr 18, 2011 2:37 PM EDT reply actions

yea, agree with all that.

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by lcollins1 on Apr 18, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on Apr 19, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

You guys must not have seen Kirkland's previous fight

I came away very unimpressed after I saw how Jhon Berrio hurt him.

by tacklerford on Apr 18, 2011 3:47 PM EDT reply actions

I saw it

It was not a good omen. But Ishida still wasn’t supposed to do anything close to that.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 18, 2011 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought Ishida would win the minute they started the round, but I didn’t think he’d KO James. But I was instantly sure he’d win at least on points. He just moved incredibly better, light yrs. better than James.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on Apr 18, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

also true, he’s looked like shit the whole comeback. But, he was supposed to kind of look like shit and win against those guys. He wasn’t supposed to….yea.

"You can't search me without probable cause Or that proper ammunition they call reasonable suspicion Listen while I bring friction to your whole jurisdiction" - Fugees

by lcollins1 on Apr 18, 2011 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions