Daniel Ponce de León
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Name: Daniel Ponce De Leon
Hometown: Huntington Park, California, USA
Birthplace: Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 170cm
Reach: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Trainer: Joe Hernandez, Ramon Morales
Manager: Joel De La Hoya
Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions
Olympic Results
Competed at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. His results were:
- Lost to Wladimir Sidorenko (Ukrane) 8-16
Other Amateur Highlights
- 1997 International Junior Olympics (15-16 year olds) Gold medalist at light flyweight, in Mexico City, Mexico
- Defeated Artur Akhmetchanov (Russia) RSC 2
- Defeated Carlos Valcarcel (Puerto Rico) 14-7
- 1999 Pan American Games Bronze medalist at flyweight, in Winnipeg, Canada
- Defeated Eudy Mendez (Dominican Republic) 15-4
- Lost to Jose Navarro (United States) 8-12
- 1999 World Championships participant at flyweight, in Houston, United States
- Lost to Pramuansak Posuwan (Thailand) 7-15
- 2000 America´s Olympic Qualifier Gold medalist at flyweight, in Tampa, United States.
- Defeated Antonio Cruz De Jesus (Brazil) 14-2
- Defeated Alexander Espinoza (Venezuela) 13-8
- Defeated Omar Andres Narvaez (Argentina) 11-8
- Defeated Jose Navarro (United States) 23-14
Career Factoids
- Has a record of 8-2 (4 KO) in World Title fights.
- Has a record of 3-6 (1 KO) against former or current world titleists.
- Won against Francisco Tejedor, Gerry Penalosa, Jhonny Gonzalez.
- Lost against Celestino Caballero, Juan Manuel Lopez (twice), Adrien Broner, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Abner Mares.
Regional & Minor Titles
- WBC Latino Featherweight Title (2010)
- NABF Featherweight Title (2009)
- IBA Super Bantamweight Title (2006)
- WBO NABO Super Bantamweight Title (2004, 2005)
- WBC Youth World Bantamweight Title (2002)
World Titles
Preceded by: Joan Guzman Vacated |
WBO Super Bantamweight Champion 2005 Oct 29 – 2008 Jun 7 |
Succeeded by: Juan Manuel Lopez |
Preceded by: Jhonny Gonzalez |
WBC Featherweight Champion 2012 Sep 15 – 2013 May 4 |
Succeeded by: Abner Mares |