Froilan Miranda Saludar (born April 17, 1989, in Palomok,

Cotabato del Sur South Cotabato ( hil, Bagatnan Cotabato; ceb, Habagatang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: ''Pagabagatan Kutawatu'', Jawi: ڤاڬابڬتن كوتاواتو; tl, Timog Cotabato), officially the Province of South Cotabato, is a province in the Philippine ...

, Philippines) more known as Froilan Miranda 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)

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Asia Pacific youth flyweight title against Fellow Filipino boxer, Remuel Obidos, In the 1st round Obidos was down once, fortunately for Saludar, Obidos didn't get to get back up, Winning him the

Asia Pacific Youth Flyweight title. WBO Youth Flyweight Championship After a successful defence for his

Asia Pacific youth flyweight title, Saludar was then booked against Phaiboon Chumthong for the

Youth Flyweight title, like the match against Obidos, Saludar's foe goes down once in the first round and never gets back up again, Earning him the

Youth Flyweight title. WBO Asia Pacific Flyweight Championship On August 6, 2011, Saludar and Gabriel Pumar was both booked to face each other for the

Asia Pacific Flyweight title, unlike the Two Past Title Challenges for Saludar, this actually lasted until the 10th Round whereas he knocked downed Pumar in late goings of the 10th Round, Fortunately Pumar didn't get Back up, This led to Saludar's earning the

Asia Pacific Flyweight title. Froilan Saludar vs McWilliams Arroyo Due to Saludar's Winnings Streak, he was finally recognized by the International World, In Puerto Rico, Saludar was to face against a Hard-hitting Puerto Rican

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, this fight serves as Saludar's first fight outside of Philippines, Unfortunately for Saludar, this fight also serves as his First ever Loss in his whole career, losing against

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in just the 2nd Round via TKO. WBO Inter-continental Flyweight Championship Suffering from a loss against

, Saludar still gets to win 2 more times before getting Challenged against the Indonesian, Ellias Nggenggo for the

Inter-continental Flyweight title in Haikou, China, in the 5th Round, Saludar knocks Nggenggo down, Nggenggo was unable to get back on his feet, leading to Saludar's Victory and Saludar earning the

Inter-continental Flyweight title. Froilan Saludar vs Takuma Inoue 1 fight after Saludar won the

Asia Pacific flyweight title, Saludar was challenged against, Naoya Inoue's brother,

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in Sky Arena, Zama of Japan, during the fight, Saludar gets to knock down Inoue once in the first round, Unfortunately for Saludar, Inoue was getting better and better as the fight goes, even getting knocked down by

in the 8th and 9th Round, though it ended to the scorecards, where as

won via Unanimous Decision with scores of:97–90(×2) and 96–91. WBO Flyweight Championship Saludar was finally given a chance to fight for a world championship against a Japanese,

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, China, Unfortunately, Saludar was unsuccessful at earning the title after getting Knock downed in the 5th Round and even KO'd in the 6th Round of the Fight. WBO Asia Pacific Super Flyweight Championship Moving back down in

Super Flyweight Super flyweight, also referred to as junior bantamweight, is a boxing weight classes, weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to . History The first title match in this division was in 1980, when the World Boxing Council respond ...

, Saludar was booked to face against Tsubasa Murachi for the

Asia Pacific Super Flyweight title, this time Saludar finally ends his losing streak against Japanese and was successful at earning the title by Earning the Victory in 8th Round via TKO, this also served as Murachi's one and only (yet) loss. WBO Oriental Super Flyweight Championship Losing the

Asia Pacific title, Saludar later fights a fellow Filipino, Reymark Taday, whereas he won the match, Granting him a match against

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for the

Oriental Super Flyweight title, trough best efforts, Saludar didn't earn the Victory and lost by a Lopsided Decision, with scores of 98-92 and 99-91(×2) all in favor for

. Froilan Saludar vs Luis Nery After Winning his first match in Super Bantamweight, Saludar was given a chance to fight Luis Nery, Saludar being the underdog, still takes the challenge and will be fighting Nery on July 8, 2023, in Mexico. Luis Nery vs Froilan Saludarw

(Luis Nery vs Froilan Saludar Poster) Despite Saludar being on a match against Nery, He doesn't appear in the poster, the reasoning may be:because of the match being in Mexico(where Luis Nery is born) and since Froilan Saludar is a heavy underdog.

Professional boxing record

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