Daniel Santos
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Name: Daniel Santos
Alias: El Pillin
Birth Name: Daniel Santos Peña
Hometown: Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 182cm
Reach: 188cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Amateur Highlights
- Won a Bronze Medal at the 1990 World Junior championships
- Won a Bronze Medal at the 1992 World Junior championships
- Won a Silver Medal at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Representing Puerto Rico, won the Bronze Medal at 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. His results were:
- Defeated Ernest Atangana Mboa (Cameroon) RSC 1 (2:54)
- Defeated Kabil Lahsen (Morocco) 16-4
- Defeated Nariman Atayev (Uzbekistan) 28-15
- Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) 11-13
| Preceded by: Ahmed Kotiev |
WBO Welterweight Champion 2000 May 6 – 2002 Mar Vacated |
Succeeded by: Antonio Margarito |
| Preceded by: Harry Simon Vacated |
WBO Light Middleweight Champion 2002 Mar 16 – 2005 Dec 3 |
Succeeded by: Sergei Dzindziruk |
| Preceded by: Joachim Alcine |
WBA Light Middleweight Champion 2008 Jul 11 – 2009 Nov 14 |
Succeeded by: Yuri Foreman |