Froilan Saludar | |
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Born | Froilan Miranda Saludar April 17, 1989 Polomolok, South Cotabato, Philippines |
Nationality | Filipino |
Other names | The Sniper |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Flyweight Super Flyweight Bantamweight Super Bantamweight |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Reach | 170.18 cm (67 in) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 42 |
Wins | 34 |
Wins by KO | 24 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
Froilan Miranda Saludar (born April 17, 1989, in Palomok, Cotabato del Sur, Philippines) more known as Froilan Saludar was a Former WBO Flyweight title challenger.
WBO Asia Pacific Youth flyweight championship
After 8 wins and 1 draw, Saludar was faced against Remuel Obidos for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific youth flyweight title against Fellow Filipino boxer, Remuel Obidos, Saludar finished Obidos in the very 1st round of their match, earning him the WBO Asia Pacific Youth flyweight title. [1]
WBO Youth flyweight championship
After a successful defence of his WBO Asia Pacific youth flyweight title, Saludar was then booked against Liempetch Sor Veerapol for the WBO Youth flyweight title, like the match against Obidos, Saludar's foe was finished in the vet first round, making Saludar the new WBO Youth flyweight champion.
WBO Asia Pacific flyweight championship
On August 6, 2011, Saludar and Gabriel Pumar was both booked to face each other for the WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title, the fight lasted until the 10th round whereas he knocked downed Pumar in the late goings of the 10th round, Pumar was later stopped.
Saludar vs. Arroyo
Saludar made his first appearance outside of the Philippines in Puerto Rico where he faced the Hard-hitting Puerto Rican boxer, McWilliams Arroyo, Saludar's undefeated record was tainted as Arroyo stopped him in the 2nd Round of their match.
WBO Inter-continental flyweight championship
Suffering from a loss against Arroyo, Saludar still gets to win 2 more times before getting challenged against Ellias Nggenggo for the WBO Inter-continental flyweight title in Haikou, China, in the 5th round of their bout, Saludar knocks Nggenggo down, Nggenggo was unable to get back on his feet, leading to Saludar's victory and Saludar earning the WBO Inter-continental flyweight belt.
Saludar vs. Inoue
One fight after Saludar won the WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title, Saludar was challenged against, Naoya Inoue's brother, Takuma Inoue in Sky Arena, Zama, Japan, during the fight, Saludar gets to knock Inoue once in the first round, Saludar was later more unfortunate as Inoue gets his revenge and knocks Saludar down in the 8th and 9th round, Inoue seemed to be getting better and better every round after the first, due to the comeback, Inoue won via Unanimous decision.
WBO flyweight championship
Saludar was finally given a chance to fight for a world championship against a Japanese, Sho Kimura in Qingdao, China, Unfortunately for Saludar, he was unsuccessful as he gets downed in the 5th round and knocked out in the 6th round.[ citation needed ]
WBO Asia Pacific super flyweight championship
Moving back down to Super Flyweight, Saludar was booked to face against undefeated boxer, Tsubasa Murachi for the WBO Asia Pacific super flyweight title, Saludar was successful as he defeats Murachi via 8th round TKO, making this Murachi's first ever loss. [2]
WBO Oriental super flyweight championship
After losing the WBO Asia Pacific title, Saludar later fights fellow Filipino boxer, Reymark Taday, where Saludar won the match, granting him a match against Andrew Moloney for the WBO Oriental Super flyweight title, trough best efforts, Saludar failed to earn the victory as he loses via lop-sided decision with the scores of 99-91 two times and 98-92. [3]
Saludar vs. Nery
After Winning his first match in super bantamweight, Saludar was to face Luis Nery, Saludar being a very heavy underdog, still takes the challenge and fought Nery on July 8, 2023, at Mexico. [4] Unfortunately for Saludar, he didn't have the right condition for an opponent like Nery and he lost in the 2nd round of their match. [5]
OPBF bantamweight championship
Saludar moved down back to Bantamweight and faced OPBF champion, Keita Kurihara for the very own title that Kurihara holds, the match was set in Japan [6] and Saludar was initially declared the underdog, [7] on the match Saludar knocked Kurihara down twice in the first round and forces the referee to jump in on the 1st minute mark of their match, this surprises the crowd in Ariake Arena as Saludar was the underdog and stopped Kurihara the very first round of their match. [8]
43 fights | 34 wins | 8 losses |
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By knockout | 24 | 5 |
By decision | 10 | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, Time | Date | Age | Location | Notes |
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43 | Loss | 34–8–1 | ![]() | KO | 8 (12), 1:13 | 26 Jan 2024 | 34 years, 282 days | Nustar Resort and Casino, Cebu City, Philippiens | Lost OPBF bantamweight title; For vacant IBF Pan Pacific bantamweight title |
42 | Win | 34–7–1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (12) 1:00 | 12 Oct 2023 | 34 years, 176 days | ![]() | Won OPBF bantamweight title |
41 | Loss | 33–7–1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (12) 0:41 | 8 Jul 2023 | 34 years, 82 days | ![]() | |
40 | Win | 33–6–1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (6) 1:27 | 29 Oct 2022 | 33 years, 195 days | ![]() | |
39 | Loss | 32–6–1 | ![]() | SD | 8 | 13 Jul 2022 | 33 years, 86 days | ![]() | |
38 | Loss | 32–5–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 21 Dec 2021 | 32 years, 239 days | ![]() | For vacant WBO Oriental super flyweight title |
37 | Win | 32–4–1 | ![]() | UD | 8 | 17 Mar 2021 | 31 years, 334 days | ![]() | |
36 | Loss | 31–4–1 | ![]() | TKO | 7 (12) 1:40 | 14 Feb 2020 | 30 years, 303 days | ![]() | Lost WBO Asia Pacific super flyweight title |
35 | Win | 31–3–1 | ![]() | TKO | 8 (12) 0:54 | 21 Sep 2019 | 30 years, 157 days | ![]() | Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific super flyweight title |
34 | Win | 30–3–1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (8) 2:59 | 10 Feb 2019 | 29 years, 299 days | ![]() | |
33 | Win | 29–3–1 | ![]() | TKO | (8) 1:56 | 1 Dec 2018 | 29 years, 228 days | ![]() | |
32 | Loss | 28–3–1 | ![]() | KO | 6 (12) 0:54 | 27 Jul 2018 | 29 years, 101 days | ![]() | For WBO flyweight title |
31 | Win | 28–2–1 | ![]() | TKO | 5 (10) 1:29 | 3 Apr 2018 | 28 years, 351 days | ![]() | |
30 | Win | 27–2–1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (10) 1:45 | 23 Dec 2017 | 28 years, 250 days | ![]() | |
29 | Win | 26–2–1 | ![]() | KO | 4 (10) 2:12 | 30 Aug 2017 | 28 years, 135 days | ![]() | |
28 | Win | 25–2–1 | ![]() | TKO | 9 (10) 1:28 | 10 Jun 2017 | 28 years, 54 days | ![]() | Stoppage win for Saludar after Amit was declared unfit to continue from a swollen left eye caused by punches |
27 | Win | 24–2–1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (10) 2:25 | 1 Mar 2017 | 27 years, 318 days | ![]() | |
26 | Loss | 23–2–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 4 Sep 2016 | 27 years, 140 days | ![]() | |
25 | Win | 23–1–1 | ![]() | TD | 6 (10) 2:35 | 9 Sep 2015 | 26 years, 145 days | ![]() | Escobia suffered a severe cut as a result of a punch, Escobia expressed to the referee and ring physician that he can not see and he doesn't want to continue to fight, thus the fight ends in a TKO win |
24 | Win | 22–1–1 | ![]() | TKO | 5 (12) | 25 Apr 2015 | 26 years, 8 days | ![]() | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental flyweight title |
23 | Win | 21–1–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 14 Feb 2015 | 25 years, 303 days | ![]() | |
22 | Win | 20–1–1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (10) 1:02 | 4 Oct 2014 | 25 years, 170 days | ![]() | |
21 | Loss | 19–1–1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (12) 2:25 | 19 Jun 2014 | 25 years, 63 days | ![]() | |
20 | Win | 19–0–1 | ![]() | RTD | 2 (10) | 12 Apr 2014 | 24 years, 360 days | ![]() | |
19 | Win | 18–0–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 26 Oct 2013 | 24 years, 192 days | ![]() | |
18 | Win | 17–0–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 7 Sep 2013 | 24 years, 143 days | ![]() | |
17 | Win | 16–0–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 21 Sep 2012 | 23 years, 157 days | ![]() | |
16 | Win | 15–0–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 17 Mar 2012 | 22 years, 335 days | ![]() | Retained WBO Youth and WBO Asia Pacific flyweight titles |
15 | Win | 14–0–1 | ![]() | KO | 1 (10) 2:57 | 23 Dec 2011 | 22 years, 250 days | ![]() | |
14 | Win | 13–0–1 | ![]() | TKO | 10 (12) 2:54 | 6 Aug 2011 | 22 years, 111 days | ![]() | Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title |
13 | Win | 12–0–1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (10) 1:46 | 28 May 2011 | 22 years, 41 days | ![]() | |
12 | Win | 11-0-1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (12) 1:24 | 19 Feb 2011 | 21 years, 308 days | ![]() | Won vacant WBO Youth flyweight title |
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | ![]() | KO | 2 (10) 2:59 | 22 Dec 2010 | 21 years, 249 days | ![]() | Retained WBO Asia Pacific Youth flyweight title |
10 | Win | 9–0–1 | ![]() | KO | 1 (10) 2:26 | 20 Nov 2010 | 21 years, 217 days | ![]() | Won (acant WBO Asia Pacific Youth flyweight title |
9 | Win | 8–0–1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (8) 1:57 | 26 Sep 2010 | 21 years, 162 days | ![]() | |
8 | Win | 7–0–1 | ![]() | KO | 4 (6) 2:12 | 7 Aug 2010 | 21 years, 112 days | ![]() | |
7 | Draw | 6–0–1 | ![]() | TD | 1 (6) | 26 Jun 2010 | 21 years, 70 days | ![]() | Fight stopped due to a cut on Diano's eyelid caused by an accidental headbutt in Round 1 |
6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() | UD | 6 | 15 May 2010 | 21 years, 28 days | ![]() | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() | UD | 4 | 14 Feb 2010 | 20 years, 303 days | ![]() | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() | UD | 4 | 31 Oct 2009 | 20 years, 197 days | ![]() | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() | KO | 1 (4) 1:36 | 9 Oct 2009 | 20 years, 175 days | ![]() | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() | RTD | 1 (4) | 3 Sep 2009 | 20 years, 139 days | ![]() | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (4) 2:03 | 27 Jul 2009 | 20 years, 101 days | ![]() |
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