Junior lightweights Argenis Mendez (18-1, 9 KOs), a Dominican Republic native living in New York, and former titlist Juan Carlos Salgado (23-1-1, 16 KOs) of Mexico will meet Sept. 10 in Agua Caliente, Mexico, for a vacant title, according to Mendez promoter Lou DiBella. Sean Gibbons, who is with Salgado promoter Zanfer Promotions, told ESPN.com that the date was pushed back from the originally planned Aug. 20 date to accommodate Mexican television. DiBella said that he owns the American broadcast rights for the fight and that he would package it to run on tape delay on an edition of his "Broadway Boxing" series. _________________ Good fight. I don't think Mendez is ready for it just it, but we will see.
Why do you believe Mendez is not ready for this fight? What exactly do you see in Salgado that I don't? Perhaps, you are reading too much into what happened with the Jorge Linares fight. The only thing I don't like about this card is that it's in Mexico where if it's close Mendez will not get the decision. He better win clearly or otherwise it's back to the drawing board.
mendez will be fully prepared with lee beard and joan guzman. he has no excuses. he will be as ready as he ever is for this fight
Again, opinions without an explanation. I think that Mendez edges him in quite a few things. He is the better boxer. He is better in defense and has faster hands and I also think he is smarter in the ring. Salgado probably edges in him in power and that's about it. Again, if you are going to make an opinion try and back it with something.
