Froilan Miranda Saludar (born April 17, 1989, in Palomok, Cotabato del Sur, Philippines) was a former WBO Flyweight title challenger.

Professional career 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.

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.

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.

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, through 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.

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. 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.

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 and Saludar was initially declared the underdog, 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.

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. Saludar lost his OPBF belt to Kurihara via 8th-round KO.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes48LossYuta SakaiTKO7 (8), 10 Jun 202647Loss37–9–1Charlton MalajikaTKO4 (8)4 Oct 202546Win37–8–1Jeny Boy BocaKO4 (6), 11 Jul 202545Win36–8–1Williams FloresUD1015 Nov 202444Win35–8–1Reymark TadayKO2 (6), 30 Aug 202443Loss34–8–1Keita KuriharaKO8 (12), 26 Jan 202442Win34–7–1Keita KuriharaTKO1 (12) 12 Oct 202341Loss33–7–1Luis NeryTKO2 (12) 8 Jul 202340Win33–6–1Crison OmayaoTKO1 (6) 29 Oct 202239Loss32–6–1Daigo HigaSD813 Jul 202238Loss32–5–1Andrew MoloneyUD1021 Dec 202137Win32–4–1Reymark TadayUD817 Mar 202136Loss31–4–1Ryoji FukunagaTKO7 (12) 14 Feb 202035Win31–3–1Tsubasa MurachiTKO8 (12) 21 Sep 201934Win30–3–1Jonathan FranciscoTKO2 (8) 10 Feb 201933Win29–3–1Donny MabaoTKO8 (8) 1 Dec 201832Loss28–3–1Sho KimuraKO6 (12) 27 Jul 201831Win28–2–1Jonathan FranciscoTKO5 (10) 3 Apr 201830Win27–2–1Rogen FloresTKO1 (10) 23 Dec 201729Win26–2–1John Rey LauzaKO4 (10) 30 Aug 201728Win25–2–1Salatiel AmitTKO9 (10) 10 Jun 201727Win24–2–1Roque LauroTKO1 (10) 1 Mar 201726Loss23–2–1Takuma InoueUD104 Sep 201625Win23–1–1Michael EscobiaTD6 (10) 9 Sep 201524Win22–1–1Ellias NggenggoTKO5 (12)25 Apr 201523Win21–1–1Michael EscobiaUD1014 Feb 201522Win20–1–1Juan PurisimaTKO2 (10) 4 Oct 201421Loss19–1–1McWilliams ArroyoTKO2 (12) 19 Jun 201420Win19–0–1Rogen FloresRTD2 (10)12 Apr 201419Win18–0–1Eaktwan BTU RuavikingUD1026 Oct 201318Win17–0–1Julius AlcosUD107 Sep 201317Win16–0–1José Alfredo TiradoUD1221 Sep 202116Win15–0–1Alejandro MoralesUD1017 Mar 201215Win14–0–1Nelson LlanosKO1 (10) 23 Dec 201114Win13–0–1Gabriel PumarTKO10 (12) 6 Aug 201113Win12–0–1Jack AmisaTKO1 (10) 28 May 201112Win11–0–1Liempetch Sor VeerapolTKO1 (12) 19 Feb 201111Win10–0–1Jecker BuhaweKO2 (10) 22 Dec 201010Win9–0–1Remuel ObidosKO1 (10) 20 Nov 20109Win8–0–1Michael RomuloTKO3 (8) 26 Sep 20108Win7–0–1Salvador LaysonKO4 (6) 7 Aug 20107Draw6–0–1Brian DianoTD1 (6), 26 Jun 20106Win6–0Ryan IllustrisimoUD615 May 20105Win5–0Ryan Rey PonterasUD414 Feb 20104Win4–0Elbert GuardarioUD431 Oct 20093Win3–0Jhon GeminoKO1 (4) 9 Oct 20092Win2–0Ramie GaabonRTD1 (4)3 Sep 20091Win1–0Roland GamoloTKO3 (4) 27 Jul 2009

Personal life Saludar has two brothers consisting of Vic Saludar who was the former WBO light-flyweight champion and also former WBA (Regular) light-flyweight champion and the other one being Rey Saludar who is a gold medalist in the Asian games.

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