 On March 27, 1944, Salica fought his last professional bout with Harry Jeffra, losing in a ten round unanimous decision in Baltimore.The bout was important as Jeffra had held both the NYSAC World Featherweight Championship in 1937 and the NYSAC World Bantamweight Championship in 1940.Salica won only one round in the bout that was described as "a cautious, cagey battle between ex-champions that afforded little excitement and no knockdowns."