On August 24, 2019, Vic Saludar (19-3, 10 KOs), the strawweight WBO champion, defends his title against Puerto Rican challenger, Wilfredo Méndez (13-1, 5 KOs).
Vic Saludar is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Masataka Taniguchi, 5 months and 29 days ago. Wilfredo Méndez is on a 4-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Janiel Rivera, 3 months ago.
The winning odds are at 78.2-21.8 in favor of Wilfredo Méndez. It is going to be a competitive fight and Vic Saludar will put up a very good fight, but Méndez will prevail.
Wilfredo Méndez defeated Vic Saludar via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Méndez improves his record to 14-1, while Saludar adds a loss to his record at 19-4.