On October 21, 1973, a 30-year-old Vicente Saldívar (37-2, 26 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBC title held by 37-year-old Brazilian boxer Éder Jofre (64-2-4, 46 KOs).
Saldívar came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 years, 3 months, and 6 days. Jofre was on a 17-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 26 days.
Éder Jofre stopped Vicente Saldivar via KO in the 4th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC featherweight title. Jofre improves his record to 65-2-4 (47 KOs), while Saldívar adds a loss to his record at 37-3.
On December 11, 1970, the 27-year-old WBC and The Ring featherweight world champion, Vicente Saldívar (36-1, 26 KOs), faced a 23-year-old Japanese boxer Kuniaki Shibata (31-2-2, 20 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Saldívar came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 2 days. Shibata was on a 1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 2 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 12th round, and Kuniaki Shibata is crowned the new WBC and The Ring featherweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Shibata improves his record to 32-2-2 (21 KOs), while Saldívar adds a loss to his record at 36-2.
On December 29, 1962, a 19-year-old Vicente Saldívar (16-0, 13 KOs) and Baby Luis met in the ring.
Saldívar came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 13 days.
Vicente Saldívar lost to Baby Luis via TKO in the 7th round, and adds a loss to his record at 16-1.