José Enrique Salgado Fernández (born June 10, 1989) is a Mexican professional boxer and the current North American Boxing Association Super Flyweight Champion.
[1] Salgado began boxing from an early age, his father and uncles were boxers and as a result he grew up with a gym in his family home on the island of Cozumel.
Joining the paid ranks at super flyweight he won his first fight by way of knockout with victory over Freddy Sierra which he followed the next month in similar fashion with a stoppage defeat of Jose Luis Chul.
Showing the first evidence of his impressive power in the lower weight classes Salgado followed these initial victories with six more and by compiled a perfect record of 8-0 with all wins coming by way of knockout before being matched against Jeremias Segovia for the vacant WBC Youth World super flyweight title on 27 October 2007 where he continued his winning streak by stopping his opponent in the eighth round to earn his first championship.
[6] On December 10, 2011 Salgado faced Liborio Solís for the interim WBA super flyweight title at Bicentennial Park in Nayarit, Mexico however was ultimately defeated by twelve round split decision with judges Luis Pabon and Jose Roberto Torres scoring the fight 117-11 for Solís whilst judge Jason Garcia scored it 117-111 for Salgado.