Daniel Ponce de León

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

• WBC Featherweight Title (2012-13)
• WBO Super Bantamweight Title (2005-07)

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