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 before forcing the referee to halt the contest on the first minute mark of their match, surprising the crowd in Ariake Arena as the bet was Kurihara.[8]
Not long after however, Saludar was scheduled to defend his OPBF belt whilst the vacant IBF Pan Pacific belt was also put at stake on a rematch against Keita Kurihara on one of the first cards of Philippine boxing during the Year of the Wood Dragon, specifically on January 26, 2024, being the co-main event of the Kumbati 16 card taking place at the Nustar Resort and Casino, Philippines.[9] Saludar lost his OPBF belt to Kurihara via 8th round KO. [10]
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