ESPN/TwitterA professional American boxer who wore shorts showing Donald Trump’s border wall when fighting against a Mexican opponent got obliterated in the ring.
Rod Salka stepped into the ring attempting to make a political statement wearing his red, white, and blue brick patterned shorts with ‘America 1st’ written on his waistband.
The fight which took place at Golden Boy’s ESPN event in Indio, California, was a bloodbath with Mexican boxer, Francisco Vargas, literally wiping the floor with Salka, reports TMZ.
Rod Salka wore “America 1st” and a wall pattern on his trunks against Mexican fighter Francisco Vargas, and ended up getting his ass kicked #boxing pic.twitter.com/CmNfIeU6X1
— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) April 13, 2018
The fight came to an end after round six when Salka’s corner through the towel in, not wanting to see their American boy take any more punishment.
According to the folks on Twitter, Salka was truly and utterly devastated throughout the entirety of the fight. One tweet shows Salka stumbling around the ring before being dropped to the canvas by a powerful right hook to the head.
So last night Rod Salka wore “America 1st” and a wall pattern on his shorts against Mexican fighter Francisco Vargas. He then took a six round beating from Vargas and quit on his stool… pic.twitter.com/olby89z8SJ
— Against The Ropes (@ATRboxinguk) April 13, 2018
Rod Salka became the laughing stock of the combat sports world for a day. He rocked up to a televised boxing match, against a Mexican opponent, wearing red, white and blue shorts with brick wall patterns, and the words "America 1st" printed on them.
Then he got his ass beat. ? pic.twitter.com/LoffM95ikA
— Jordan Patu (@Jordan_Patu) April 13, 2018
Rod Salka just quit in the corner. Steve Bannon and the rest of the alt-right must be disappointed #boxing
— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) April 13, 2018
Congratulations Rod Salka. Ha pic.twitter.com/U4O0RzPg3b
— Espinoza Boxing (@EspinozaBoxing) April 13, 2018
Rod Salka just wore "America 1st" shorts with the design of a wall v. Mexico's Francisco Vargas.
Vargas beat Salka up, knocked him down & made him quit after six rounds. ? pic.twitter.com/wxv1ni8bsT
— Dean S (@DinoStraciatela) April 13, 2018
Rod Salka wore these Trump trunks tonight and then proceeded to get his ass beat by Mexico's Francisco Vargas. #karma #GBPonESPN pic.twitter.com/CII0GAFe6Y
— Erik Lipkin (@ErikLipkin) April 13, 2018
Rod Salka is literally wearing shorts with a brick wall design that have America 1st written across the waistband and he’s getting beat up by a Mexican
— Rian Scalia (@rian5ca) April 13, 2018
In one of the most racist symbols in boxing. American Rod Salka was wearing trunks with Donald Trump Wall pattern saying America first. As He got Knocked Out in 6 Rounds By Mexican Francisco Vargas ?♂️#NoroomforHate #TheWallmustfall #jcalderonboxingtalk pic.twitter.com/FRal3YOJCo
— JCalderonBoxingTalk (@Jcalderonboxing) April 13, 2018
Look. You guys need to show Rod Salka some respect. Like I hope none of you retweet this video of Salka getting sparked by another hispanic fighter. That would be rude. https://t.co/7g0d6RrwP9
— Dean S (@DinoStraciatela) April 13, 2018
Catching up with @GoldenBoyBoxing on @espn… Is this dude Rod Salka really wearing some "build a wall" themed trunks? SMDH
— caleb truax (@GoldenCalebT) April 13, 2018
Boxer Rod Salka wore trunks with a wall pattern and the inscription "America First." He got pummeled by Mexican fighter Francisco Vargas. PERFECT metaphor for Trump's failed wall negotiations with Congress and Mexico. So much winning! pic.twitter.com/tOKNfaZ4UZ
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) April 13, 2018
Francisco Vargas beating the living hell out of Rod Salka for wearing build the wall & America first trunks is mood for life ?????? https://t.co/XyF7XxqyB4
— Lil Romeo-Santos (@speakz) April 13, 2018
Rod Salka wore “America First” with Trump’s brick wall decorating his trunks… & a Mexican fighter just broke him down & made quit on his stool. Breaking Trumps wall. You can’t make this stuff up. Only in boxing ?? pic.twitter.com/rfIXyXvljm
— Anton Rubaclini (@AntonRubaclini) April 13, 2018
Absolutely howling at this Rod Salka stuff. Wears some brick wall textured, MAGA supporting trunks against Francisco Vargas, a Mexican, and gets fucking obliterated. pic.twitter.com/gle3E0ZBMa
— Maori X (@TeamStreamAlex) April 13, 2018
Sometimes actions speak much louder than words. Goodnight, Vienna. Game over.
In other news, the only update we have about the actual border wall that was a truly unfulfilled promise made by The Donald, is that he’s tweeted about it – and made a huge cock up.
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Tweeting about the border wall just a few weeks back, Trump claimed he had just enjoyed a ‘great briefing’ about the matter – accompanying his tweet with some photos.
Great briefing this afternoon on the start of our Southern Border WALL! pic.twitter.com/pmCNoxxlkH
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2018
This of course was a huge moment for the president, seeing that the border wall was something he campaigned on passionately during his campaign.
However, as several Twitter users have noticed, the images Trump shared in the tweet are not actually of the new wall.
In fact they are of ongoing repairs being made to a pre-existing part of a fence in California, maintenance work that has been happening since 2009.
That's a fence not a wall and it's a replacement of what was already there. You've done nothing but pat yourself on the back for things you haven't done.
— Denise Adams ? (@elevenstars) March 28, 2018
Although we don’t know whether Trump’s tweet was a straight up lie in the sense he was purporting the images to be the southern wall or just a huge mistake in image sourcing, it’s clear people are not impressed.
I can’t decide which is more embarrassing. Salka getting destroyed in the ring or Trump’s ridiculous mistake. I guess I’ll let you guys figure that out.
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