It's a match that promptly goes onto the calendar as a can't-miss battle.
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Brilliant Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya said the printed material has been agreed upon.
"The battle is marked, fixed and conveyed," De La Hoya told ESPN.com. "This will be the battle of the year. I didn't care for it at first in light of the fact that Salido is a hazardous person for anyone, however Vargas demonstrated that he can tackle anyone. We as a whole talked about it and we as a whole offered it the go-ahead. It's a stunning battle, particularly at the StubHub Center, which is known for the greater part of the considerable battles that have been there. We're attempting to do the best battles we can from the most abnormal amount to the least level, and this is one of them."
Salido (43-13-3, 30 KOs) battled a couple of exemplary junior lightweight title sessions with Puerto Rico's Roman "Rough" Martinez a year ago. He lost his belt to Martinez by choice in April in Puerto Rico, and after that they battled to an attract September in Las Vegas that was impressive to the point that it stole the show from the uneven Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto headliner.
Salido, 35, and Martinez consented to terms for a third battle that should happen March 12, however the arrangement in the long run went into disrepair, because of a difference over the site. While Martinez proceeded onward and finished an arrangement to face obligatory challenger Miguel Berchelt on March 12 in Mexico, Salido was left without an important battle until Vargas developed as a plausibility.
Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs), who had been thumped down in the fourth round and was not able see as a result of a cut and seriously swollen right eye, energized for a remarkable rebound in a ninth-round knockout triumph against Japan's Takashi Miura to win a lesser lightweight world title on Nov. 21 on the Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez undercard in Las Vegas. It was named battle of the year by ESPN, the Boxing Writers Association of America and other media outlets.
Vargas, 31, a 2008 Olympian, endured unpleasant cuts against Miura and would not be accessible until in any event mid-April, but rather June functioned admirably for HBO and that approved of both camps.
"Exactly when you believe you're at your darkest minute, when we lost the arrangement for Salido-Martinez III, and you doubt your confidence in boxing for a minute, life works in interesting ways and we improved battle," Sean Gibbons, Salido's administrator, told ESPN.
"It's been Salido's deep rooted dream, the fantasy of each Mexican warrior, to win the green [WBC] belt. It's been held by the best warriors - [Julio Cesar] Chavez, Erik Morales, Salvador Sanchez thus numerous others. By the day's end, it was a battle that met up moderately simple. At the point when battles are intended to happen, all the stars adjust. It was a battle that when we began to discuss it, everyone I addressed lit up promptly. Each and every individual said, 'Stunning, how about we do it.'"
At the point when the likelihood of the battle was brought up in the media, fans reacted and HBO paid heed, Gibbons said.
"The wonderful thing is the vision of [HBO Sports official bad habit president] Peter Nelson. After the drum was pounded sufficiently noisy, he saw that, and surprisingly, he said, 'I'm going to make this battle. Convey it to me for the right arrangement and HBO will venture up,'" Gibbons said. "That is a person taking a gander at it and listening to the general population, listening to the fans and listening to the media who needed this battle. So I give all credit to Peter Nelson for making this battle conceivable and taking Orlando Salido back to HBO for what we believe will be the battle of the year."
"Salido has the experience and he is additionally helpless, however he continues approaching like nothing can stop him", De La Hoya said. "The way that Vargas additionally gets hit and continues approaching just means a spectacular battle. They're both warriors."
Salido, additionally a previous featherweight titleholder, is eager to get another title shot, however impacted Martinez for the third battle between them failing to work out.
"In the event that [Martinez] needs to see a genuine battle between genuine warriors, I welcome him to go the StubHub Center on June 4 and appreciate a battle between a genuine champion, Francisco Vargas, and myself, and he will see what a battle of the year looks and seems like," Salido said.
In the event that anybody recognizes what a battle of the year hopeful appears as though, it is Salido. He won two huge featherweight world title sessions by knockout against Juan Manuel Lopez in Puerto Rico and had an inconceivable seven-knockdown war in 2014 with Terdsak Kokietgym in the battle of the year runner-up, which Salido won by eleventh round knockout.
"I trust that Salido-Vargas will give the Morales-[Marco Antonio] Barrera and [Rafael] Marquez-[Israel] Vazquez battles a keep running for their cash," Gibbons said. "It ought to be an extraordinary activity battle that may likewise equal the immense [Diego] Corrales-[Jose Luis] Castillo first battle that is considered by numerous the best battle in the most recent 15 years."
De La Hoya said that welterweight Frankie Gomez would show up in the HBO co-highlight against an adversary to be resolved, saying "He'll be on in a genuine battle." Gomez (20-0, 13, KOs), 24, of East Los Angeles, should make his HBO make a big appearance keep going May on the Canelo Alvarez-James Kirkland card against previous two-division titleholder Humberto Soto. Be that as it may, the battle was wiped out at the say something when Gomez tipped the scales at 147½ pounds, 6½ more than the agreement weight of 141. Gomez has had a background marked by missing weight and being badly arranged, yet De La Hoya said "he's back on track."
