Salido is no stranger to fighting in Puerto Rico. He had two memorable victories on the island against Juan Manuel Lopez. Salido also holds a knockout victory over Puerto Rico's Orlando Cruz. Although Martinez will undoubtedly have the crowd behind him, Salido's style of fighting has gained him quite a number of fans in Puerto Rico.

Various sources in Puerto Rico have advised BoxingScene.com that deal is close for WBO super featherweight champion Orlando "Siri" Salido (42-12-2, 29KOs) to defend his title for the first time against Roman "Rocky" Martinez (28-2-2, 17KOs) on April 11th in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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I've known Rocky since his amateur days. A really great humble kid, a true gentleman, no doubt. As for this fight, both have leaky defenses. Siri has been down a few times but seems to be the sturdier of the…

I think the veteran salido Ko's rocky late in the fight. At 130 salido has proven to be a more durable fighter, rocky has a chance though to outbox salido and most likely will early on but will get outlasted…

Man this has Fight Of The Year written all over it. It's anybody's fight really, Martinez is a warrior just like Salido. Whoever has more left in the tank in the late rounds will be the winner.

Salido will knock Martinez out in front of his fans. PR fighters need to grow some and start fighting outside the island more but they won't cause they need the crooked judges to save them.

siri by ko, the only way he can beat rocky in pr and still they'd probably try to declare it a no contest