 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 8-0-0 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.Going on to fight 10 more times at super flyweight Salgado defended his WBC Youth World super flyweight title on six occasions and in the process triumphed over the likes of Miguel Tique and former two-time world title holder Melchor Cob Castro, defeating the latter to add the WBC Youth World Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) super flyweight title to his collection with a decision victory.His 18 fight winning streak at super flyweight came to an end with a knockout defeat to Juan Jose Montes where he was stopped in the second round.