 Salgado began boxing from an early age, his father and uncles were boxers and as a result he grew up with a gym in his family home on the island of Cozumel.Growing up the young Salgado admired Mexican legend Erik Morales and began his professional boxing career in February 2007 at the age of 17.Joining the paid ranks at super flyweight he won his first fight by way of knockout with victory over Freddy Sierra which he followed the next month in similar fashion with a stoppage defeat of Jose Luis Chul.