Rod Salka

Francisco Vargas vs. Rod Salka on 4/12

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Two-time Fight of the Year winner and former WBC Super Featherweight World Champion Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas (24-1-2, 17 KOs) will continue his effort to regain a world title as he faces “Lightning” Rod Salka (24-4, 4 KOs) in a 10-round super featherweight fight in the main event of the April 12 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes will air the fights beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT, and stream live on ESPN3 starting at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.

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Salka Decisions Savi, Haney, Eberhardt and Karpency Deliver Wins

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WFC57 World Fighting Championships put on an exciting show for a packed house at The Meadows Casino in Washington PA located near Pittsburgh. This was a well run promotion with tough matched fights featuring some top young talent from Pennsylvania and Ohio.

In a somewhat lackluster Main Event Salka UD Justin Savi (8 rounds, Lightweights)80-70 x3. Salka’s original opponent southpaw (15-5) Wilberth Lopez was pulled from the card. In came (28-6) Justin Savi. Savi seemed to be tripping over his own feet early in the fight and suffered a Salka knockdown in the 2nd. Despite having to drop down to 136, Salka was the stronger man through out in the 8 round victory. Scores 80-70×3

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Rod Salka faces Wilberth Lopez on 8/27

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World Fighting Championships returns to Meadows Racetrack & Casino on Saturday, August 27, with a nine-bout card headlined by “Lightning” Rod Salka (22-4, 4KO) in a eight-round banger versus Arizona’s Wilberth Lopez (15-5, 10KO).

Rod Salka is a busy man. Having fought only three times since his most notable fight versus Danny Garcia in 2014, he has kept busy outside of the ring. “I sat around and waited for a call after the Garcia fight, but the right call never came,” said Salka. Not one to sit idle, he focused his energy elsewhere, opening his own 16,500 square foot gym in Pittsburgh, and founding a new workout called Crossfight.

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Iron Mike Productions To Webcast “The Pride Of Pittsburgh II”

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Pittsburgh, PA (November 13, 2014) In addition to telecasting the highly anticipated world class professional event, “The Pride of Pittsburgh II” Friday night on BeIn Sport and a host of other regional sports outlets, Iron Mike Productions announced this evening that the event will be webcast at www.IronMikeProductions.com starting at 9:00 p.m. E.T. FREE of charge.

“We’ve got most of the country blanketed with the Comcast Sports Networks, BeIN Sport and ROOT Sports but we wanted to ensure that all boxing fans across the country could enjoy the telecast LIVE and by webcasting it we’ve ensured that,” said Garry Jonas of Iron Mike Productions.

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Mike Tyson Pittsburgh Press Conference Erupts!

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Pittsburgh, PA (November 13, 2014) In front of a massive crowd of local media and fans, Boxing Legend and head of Iron Mike Productions, MIKE TYSON held court at the Final Press Conference for “The Pride of Pittsburgh II” set for Friday night, November 14 at CONSOL Energy Center.

In great spirits Tyson jokingly asked each fighter to stop thanking him during their time at the podium, “Get the knockout, trust me I’ll come over and thank you tomorrow night.”

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