WBC super featherweight champion Francisco Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) retained his belt with a majority draw against former two-weight world champion Orlando Salido (43-13-4, 30 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
The judges scores were 14-114, 114-114 and 115-113 for Vargas.
The bout will be a fight of the year candidate as the two Mexicans exchanged punches from the start. Salido rocked Vargas with a hard right hand in the third round but the champion fired back with a…