Jesus Salud (born 3 May 1963) is a Filipino-born American former professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight title from 1989 to 1990. Salud also captured the NABF title four times, as well as the WBO & IBC titles. Originally from Sinait in the Philippines, he resides in Honolulu, Hawaii After moving there at the age of 7. He grew up in the small community of Nānākuli on the leeward coastline of Oahu.

Professional career Salud began his career in Honolulu, Hawaii fighting out of the Waipahu gym under coach Al Silva. At a young age he fought in the local PAL boxing league, Golden Gloves and would go on to fight in the Junior Olympics. After fighting over 100 amateur fights, he made his pro boxing debut in 1983. Salud started his professional boxing career with a 20-0 record and eventually relocate with his family to San Diego at the beginning of 1989. In the year alone he fought 7 times, going undefeated while capturing the NABF title and eventually landing a world title fight for the WBA title.

He won the WBA super bantamweight title by disqualification on December 11, 1989, in a bout against Juan Jose Estrada. Salud was dominating the fight sending Estrada to the canvas multiple times when a string of intentional low blows from Estrada out of frustration was the cause for the disqualification. Salud was later stripped of his title by the World Boxing Association in April 1990. The WBA took Salud’s belt away for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza. The controversial situation was due to the political climate in Colombia, where at the time it was unsafe due to the social involvement of the Colombian cartel that was led by Pablo Escobar. The U.S. government advised Salud's team that it was unsafe leading them to ultimately make the decision to refuse the bout and attempt to push for the fight in at a neutral location.

After being stripped of the WBA title, Salud would bounce back, becoming a 4 time NABF champion and winning the IBC & WBO titles along the way throughout his career fighting around the world. He would fight his 76th professional bout in 2002 before eventually retiring that year. Throughout the years, Salud fought the best fighters from the Bantamweight and featherweight division in that era from the likes of Marco Antonio Barrera, Kevin Kelly and Kennedy McKinney to name a few. During his career, Salud fought bouts under iconic boxing promoter Don King and the late Dr. Jerry Buss. Salud was once courted by Sylvester Stallone to be under his management early in his boxing career during the height of Stallones's "Rocky" fame run. Salud was a part of many boxing camps in southern California that included other world boxing champions like The Norris Brothers(Orlin & Terry), Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather and Lennox Lewis.

A short time after retirement in late 2002, Salud was contacted by world renowned Boxing trainer Freddy Roach for an exhibition bout in Honolulu with his up and coming fighter and then-two division champion Manny Pacquiao. The two fighters exchanged punches in front of a full house at the Stan Sheriff arena for three rounds to the fans delight.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes76Loss63–13William AbelyanUD10Apr 27, 200275Loss63–12Juan Carlos RamírezUD10Feb 15, 200274Win63–11Frangky MamuayaTKO5 (10), Dec 12, 200173Loss62–11Fernando Orlando VelárdezTKO8 (10), May 15, 200172Loss62–10Marco Antonio BarreraRTD6 (12), Dec 1, 200071Win62–9Jorge MunozUD8Nov 5, 200070Win61–9Kasmana SilehuTKO3 (10), May 25, 200069Win60–9Amador VasquezUD10Apr 26, 199968Win59–9Frangky MamuayaTKO5 (10), Dec 8, 199867Win58–9David VazquezTKO2 (10), Sep 14, 199866Win57–9Kris WuritimurKO5 (12), Feb 24, 199865Win56–9Sairung SuwansilTKO2 (10), Nov 6, 199764Win55–9Manuel ArellanoTKO2 (?)Sep 1, 199763Loss54–9Kevin KelleyUD12Mar 14, 199762Win54–8Guty Espadas Jr.UD10Dec 3, 199661Loss53–8Vuyani BunguUD12Aug 20 199660Win53–7Michael GallattiTKO4 (10), May 31, 199659Win52–7Jose Luis MontesTKO8 (10), Apr 9, 199658Win51–7Jose Luis MezaKO3 (?)Feb 26, 199657Loss50–7Antonio CermeñoUD12Nov 26, 199556Win50–6Benito RodriguezTKO10 (10), Apr 1, 199555Win49–6Cesar DecenaTKO6 (10), Nov 17, 199454Win48–6Juan ValenciaRTD10 (12)May 19, 199453Win47–6Juan Francisco SotoUD10Apr 21, 199452Win46–6Max GomezUD12Feb 18, 199451Loss45–6Kennedy McKinneyUD12Oct 16, 199350Win45–5Troy FletcherTKO1 (10), Jul 17, 199349Win44–5Miguel MolinaTKO1 (12), Mar 30, 199348Win43–5Jesus PollTKO10 (10), Nov 11, 199247Win42–5Rudy ZavalaTKO8 (12), Jul 23, 199246Loss41–5Welcome NcitaUD12Apr 18, 199245Win41–4Pablo ValenzuelaTKO5 (10), Dec 17, 199144Win40–4Darryl PinckneyUD12Sep 14, 199143Win39–4Vicente GonzalezUD10Jul 5, 199142Win38–4Diego AvilaUD10May 31, 199141Win37–4Idelfonso BernalKO2 (10), Feb 21, 199140Win36–4Hector DiazTKO7 (10), Dec 10, 199039Win35–4Francisco ValdezTKO6 (10), Oct 22, 199038Win34–4Martin OrtegonTKO11 (12)Jun 7, 199037Loss33–4Jesse BenavidesMD10Mar 25, 199036Win33–3Roberto GranciosaUD10Feb 2, 199035Win32–3Juan José EstradaDQ9 (12), Dec 11, 198934Win31–3Hector DiazUD10Nov 8, 198933Win30–3Eduardo LopezUD10Oct 19, 198932Win29–3Freddie SantosUD10Jul 20, 198931Win28–3Gilberto ContrerasKO2 (12), May 25, 198930Win27–3Carlos SalinasTKO1 (10), Apr 20, 198929Win26–3Ramiro AdamesKO2 (12), Feb 28, 198928Win25–3Carlos CastroTKO3 (10)Jan 19, 198927Loss24–3Carlos RomeroSD10Jul 27, 198826Win24–2Yong Woon ParkUD10Jun 16, 198825Win23–2Kirk HarrisKO8 (10), Apr 21, 198824Loss22–2Mario GomezTKO5 (10), Sep 3, 198723Win22–1Allan MakitokiUD10Feb 24, 198722Win21–1Edel GeronimoUD10Nov 18, 198621Loss20–1Frankie DuarteRTD9 (12)Jul 10, 198620Win20–0Kenny MitchellSD10Apr 21, 198619Win19–0Mike PhelpsTKO10 (10), Feb 10, 198618Win18–0Hugo PartidaTKO1 (10), Dec 10, 198517Win17–0Roberto RamirezTKO8 (10), Jul 23, 198516Win16–0Joe HiyasUD10Jun 11, 198515Win15–0Pedro RodriguezTKO8 (10), May 1, 198514Win14–0Jeff HannaTKO7 (10), Mar 19, 198513Win13–0Jose SalasTKO4 (10), Feb 12, 198512Win12–0Alfred RangelSD10Jan 22, 198511Win11–0Troy TownsendUD8Nov 20, 198410Win10–0Adolfo LopezUD6Oct 16, 19849Win9–0Gerald IssackTKO4 (8)Sep 4, 19848Win8–0Donny BrooksUD8Aug 14, 19847Win7–0John NormanTKO5 (6), May 22, 19846Win6–0Kali MuhammadUD6 Apr 17, 19845Win5–0Anthony HenryTKO3 (6)Feb 15, 19844Win4–0Randy DudoitUD6Nov 22, 19833Win3–0Robert NunezPTS5Oct 4, 19832Win2–0Juan RodriguezKO3 (4)Aug 23, 19831Win1–0Cesar ZuluetaKO2 (4), Jun 28, 1983

Exhibition boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes1Loss0–1 Manny PacquiaoPTS3Aug 20, 2002

See also List of Filipino boxing world champions List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions

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