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Total Fights | 52 |
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Wins | 45 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 7 |
Title-Fight KOs | 5 |
KO Wins | 35 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and two months, Daniel Ponce de León fought 52 times with 45 wins and 7 losses.
León retired from professional boxing with a record of 45-7, which included two world-title wins and seven successful title defense fights at the super-bantamweight weight division. He had a 67.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 35 of his total 52 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. León suffered four knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 9th round TKO defeat to Miguel Roman on June 7, 2014.
Some of León's best fights and notable victories include wins over Jhonny González, Reynaldo Lopez, Rey Bautista, Sod Kokietgym, Gerson Guerrero, Gerry Peñalosa, and Al Seeger.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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52 | Jun 7, 2014 | 33 | Miguel Roman | Loss | TKO9 |
51 | Mar 15, 2014 | 33 | Juan Manuel López | Loss | TKO2 |
50 | Nov 16, 2013 | 33 | Joksan Hernandez | Win | UD |
49 | May 4, 2013 | 32 | Abner Mares | Loss * | TKO9 |
48 | Sep 15, 2012 | 32 | Jhonny González | Win * | TD |
47 | May 4, 2012 | 31 | Eduardo Lazcano | Win | UD |
46 | Jan 21, 2012 | 31 | Omar Estrella | Win | KO6 |
45 | Sep 10, 2011 | 31 | Yuriorkis Gamboa | Loss | TD |
44 | Mar 5, 2011 | 30 | Adrien Broner | Loss | UD |
43 | Dec 4, 2010 | 30 | Sergio Manuel Medina | Win | TKO7 |
42 | Sep 18, 2010 | 30 | Antonio Escalante | Win | KO3 |
41 | May 1, 2010 | 29 | Cornelius Lock | Win | UD |
40 | Feb 20, 2010 | 29 | Orlando Cruz | Win | KO3 |
39 | Sep 5, 2009 | 29 | Roinet Caballero | Win | UD |
38 | Apr 25, 2009 | 28 | Marlon Aguilar | Win | UD |
37 | Nov 1, 2008 | 28 | Damian Marchiano | Win | KO4 |
36 | Jun 7, 2008 | 27 | Juan Manuel López | Loss * | TKO1 |
35 | Dec 8, 2007 | 27 | Eduardo Escobedo | Win * | UD |
34 | Sep 28, 2007 | 27 | Reynaldo Lopez | Win * | KO5 |
33 | Aug 11, 2007 | 27 | Rey Bautista | Win * | TKO1 |
32 | Mar 17, 2007 | 26 | Gerry Peñalosa | Win * | UD |
31 | Oct 21, 2006 | 26 | Al Seeger | Win * | TKO8 |
30 | Jul 15, 2006 | 25 | Sod Kokietgym | Win * | KO1 |
29 | May 27, 2006 | 25 | Gerson Guerrero | Win * | KO2 |
28 | Oct 29, 2005 | 25 | Sod Kokietgym | Win * | UD |
27 | Jun 24, 2005 | 24 | Phillip Payne | Win | TKO7 |
26 | Apr 29, 2005 | 24 | Ricardo Barajas | Win | KO2 |
25 | Feb 17, 2005 | 24 | Celestino Caballero | Loss | UD |
24 | Nov 19, 2004 | 24 | Julio Gamboa | Win | KO4 |
23 | Oct 22, 2004 | 24 | Emmanuel Lucero | Win | KO3 |
22 | Jun 11, 2004 | 23 | Carlos Contreras | Win | UD |
21 | Apr 17, 2004 | 23 | Anthony Martinez | Win | TKO7 |
20 | Mar 19, 2004 | 23 | Ivan Alvarez | Win | TKO5 |
19 | Feb 26, 2004 | 23 | Cesar Figueroa | Win | TKO6 |
18 | Jan 16, 2004 | 23 | Jesus Salvador Perez | Win | TKO1 |
17 | Nov 20, 2003 | 23 | Carlos Duran | Win | TKO3 |
16 | Sep 18, 2003 | 23 | Marcos Badillo | Win | KO3 |
15 | Aug 28, 2003 | 23 | Francisco Tejedor | Win | TKO1 |
14 | Jul 19, 2003 | 22 | Missael Nunez | Win | TKO4 |
13 | Feb 22, 2003 | 22 | Trinidad Mendoza | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Aug 17, 2002 | 22 | Idelfonso Martinez | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Aug 2, 2002 | 22 | Manuel Castro | Win | KO1 |
10 | Jun 29, 2002 | 21 | Julio Cesar Avila | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Feb 23, 2002 | 21 | Miguel Ramirez | Win | KO1 |
8 | Dec 15, 2001 | 21 | Terry Evans | Win | KO2 |
7 | Nov 23, 2001 | 21 | Victor Manuel Barreto | Win | KO1 |
6 | Nov 2, 2001 | 21 | Diego Andrade | Win | KO4 |
5 | Sep 1, 2001 | 21 | Julio Luna | Win | TKO5 |
4 | Jul 21, 2001 | 20 | Jesus Jimenez | Win | TKO1 |
3 | May 18, 2001 | 20 | Ernesto Rivera | Win | TKO3 |
2 | May 1, 2001 | 20 | Victor Rodriguez | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Mar 31, 2001 | 20 | Servando Solis | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Daniel Ponce de León (El León) is a 43-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico on July 27, 1980. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 2001 to 2014.
León made his professional boxing debut against Servando Solis at the age of 20 on March 31, 2001, defeating Solis via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 23 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 22 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on October 29, 2005 after 27 professional fights, against Sod Kokietgym for the super-bantamweight WBO (vacant) title. He defeated Kokietgym via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-bantamweight champion of the world.
León has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about León's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
León had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Miguel Roman on June 7, 2014. León lost the fight via 9th round TKO. It's been 9 years, 9 months, and 21 days since this fight.
León had a total of 11 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and seven successful title defenses. He won nine of these fights and lost two.
Daniel Ponce de León fought for world titles in two fights and won both the times. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 15, 2012 | Jhonny González | Featherweight | WBC | TD |
Oct 29, 2005 | Sod Kokietgym | Super-bantamweight | WBO* | UD |
Daniel Ponce de León had nine world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-bantamweight (x8) and featherweight. He won seven of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Dec 8, 2007 | Eduardo Escobedo | Super-bantamweight | WBO | UD |
Sep 28, 2007 | Reynaldo Lopez | Super-bantamweight | WBO | KO |
Aug 11, 2007 | Rey Bautista | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Mar 17, 2007 | Gerry Peñalosa | Super-bantamweight | WBO | UD |
Oct 21, 2006 | Al Seeger | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Jul 15, 2006 | Sod Kokietgym | Super-bantamweight | WBO | KO |
May 27, 2006 | Gerson Guerrero | Super-bantamweight | WBO | KO |
Daniel Ponce de León lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 4, 2013 | Abner Mares | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Jun 7, 2008 | Juan Manuel López | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
León fought a total of 52 times during his professional career, which includes 11 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He put on some great performances in these fights. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
October 29, 2005: León wins his first world title by defeating Sod Kokietgym via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBO super-bantamweight world champion.
May 27, 2006: León successfully defends the WBO super-bantamweight title against Gerson Guerrero, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
July 15, 2006: León successfully defends the WBO super-bantamweight title against Sod Kokietgym, winning the fight via 1st round KO.
March 17, 2007: León successfully defends the WBO super-bantamweight title against Gerry Peñalosa, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
August 11, 2007: León successfully defends the WBO super-bantamweight title against Rey Bautista, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.
September 28, 2007: León successfully defends the WBO super-bantamweight title against Reynaldo Lopez, winning the fight via 5th round KO.
September 15, 2012: León wins the WBC featherweight title from Jhonny González, by beating González via 8 round technical decision.
León knocked out 35 of his 52 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 67.3%. Of his total 45 wins, 35 of them were via KO (77.8%).
León's first world-title win was the WBO (vacant) belt at super-bantamweight. He defeated Sod Kokietgym via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
León won two world titles at two weight classes.
León had a total of nine title defense fights. He was successful seven times and lost two times.