On May 27, 2023, the 29-year-old WBO strawweight world champion, Melvin Jerusalem (20-2, 12 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Oscar Collazo (6-0, 4 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Jerusalem came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 21 days. Collazo was on a 6-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 29 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Oscar Collazo is crowned the new WBO strawweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Collazo improves his record to 7-0 (5 KOs), while Jerusalem adds a loss to his record at 20-3.
On July 8, 2017, a 23-year-old Melvin Jerusalem (11-1, 7 KOs) and Joey Canoy met in the ring.
Jerusalem came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 13 days.
Melvin Jerusalem lost to Joey Canoy via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 11-2.
On January 25, 2017, a 22-year-old Melvin Jerusalem (11-0, 7 KOs) got a shot at the strawweight WBC title held by 31-year-old Thai boxer Wanheng Menayothin (44-0, 17 KOs).
Jerusalem came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 30 days. Menayothin was on a 44-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 11 days.
Wanheng Menayothin defeated Melvin Jerusalem via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC strawweight title. Menayothin improves his record to 45-0, while Jerusalem adds a loss to his record at 11-1.