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Total Fights | 66 |
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Wins | 55 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 3 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 4 |
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Title Defenses | 11 |
Title-Fight KOs | 5 |
KO Wins | 28 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 16 years and 10 months, Daniel Zaragoza fought 66 times with 55 wins, 8 losses, and 3 draws.
Zaragoza retired from professional boxing with a record of 55-8-3, which included four world-title wins and 11 successful title defense fights at the super-bantamweight weight division. He had a 42.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 28 of his total 66 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. Zaragoza lost twice via knockout, both of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Érik Morales on September 6, 1997. Zaragoza lost the super-bantamweight WBC title to Morales in this fight.
Some of Zaragoza's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Carlos Zárate Serna, Valerio Nati, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Park Chan-yong, Kiyoshi Hatanaka, Hector Acero Sánchez, Frankie Duarte, and Joon Huh.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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66 | Sep 6, 1997 | 39 | Érik Morales | Loss * | UD |
65 | Apr 14, 1997 | 39 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | Win * | UD |
64 | Jan 11, 1997 | 39 | Wayne McCullough | Win * | SD |
63 | Jul 20, 1996 | 38 | Tsuyoshi Harada | Win * | TKO7 |
62 | Mar 3, 1996 | 38 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | Win * | TKO11 |
61 | Nov 6, 1995 | 37 | Hector Acero Sánchez | Win * | SD |
60 | Jun 2, 1995 | 37 | Hector Acero Sánchez | Draw * | MD |
59 | Feb 11, 1995 | 37 | José Sanabria | Win | UD |
58 | Oct 22, 1994 | 36 | Wilfredo Vargas | Win | KO7 |
57 | Aug 11, 1994 | 36 | Nino Ruiz | Win | TKO4 |
56 | Jul 1, 1994 | 36 | Wilfredo Urbina | Win | TKO5 |
55 | Jun 11, 1994 | 36 | Juan Francisco Soto | Win | UD |
54 | Dec 4, 1993 | 35 | Alejandro Batista | Win | RTD2 |
53 | Sep 25, 1993 | 35 | Tracy Harris Patterson | Loss * | TKO7 |
52 | Dec 5, 1992 | 34 | Tracy Harris Patterson | Draw * | SD |
51 | Mar 20, 1992 | 34 | Thierry Jacob | Loss * | UD |
50 | Dec 9, 1991 | 33 | Paul Banke | Win * | UD |
49 | Aug 24, 1991 | 33 | Joon Huh | Win * | UD |
48 | Jun 14, 1991 | 33 | Kiyoshi Hatanaka | Win * | SD |
47 | Apr 5, 1991 | 33 | Moi Hernandez | Win | PTS |
46 | Apr 23, 1990 | 32 | Paul Banke | Loss * | TKO9 |
45 | Dec 3, 1989 | 31 | Park Chan-yong | Win * | SD |
44 | Aug 31, 1989 | 31 | Frankie Duarte | Win * | TKO10 |
43 | Jun 22, 1989 | 31 | Paul Banke | Win * | SD |
42 | Nov 26, 1988 | 30 | Valerio Nati | Win * | KO5 |
41 | May 29, 1988 | 30 | Seung Hoon Lee | Draw * | SD |
40 | Feb 29, 1988 | 30 | Carlos Zárate Serna | Win * | TKO10 |
39 | Dec 17, 1987 | 30 | Noe Gonzalez | Win | KO7 |
38 | Jul 31, 1987 | 29 | Darryl Thigpen | Win | PTS |
37 | Jun 28, 1987 | 29 | Ramiro Adames | Win | TKO5 |
36 | Apr 3, 1987 | 29 | Aaron Lopez | Win | UD |
35 | Dec 6, 1986 | 28 | Mike Ayala | Win | KO7 |
34 | Aug 29, 1986 | 28 | Raul Negrete | Win | TKO7 |
33 | Jul 4, 1986 | 28 | Antonio Gonzalez | Win | PTS |
32 | Apr 11, 1986 | 28 | Jeff Fenech | Loss | UD |
31 | Aug 9, 1985 | 27 | Miguel Lora | Loss * | UD |
30 | May 4, 1985 | 27 | Jorge Ramirez | Win * | DQ |
29 | Nov 30, 1984 | 26 | Jorge Ramirez | Win | PTS |
28 | Sep 21, 1984 | 26 | Jorge Ramirez | Win | DQ |
27 | May 21, 1984 | 26 | Mario Gomez | Win | TKO3 |
26 | Mar 16, 1984 | 26 | Patrick Young | Win | TKO4 |
25 | Feb 18, 1984 | 26 | Javier Marquez | Win | TKO5 |
24 | Dec 16, 1983 | 26 | Rigoberto Estrada | Win | PTS |
23 | Oct 29, 1983 | 25 | Rodolfo MartĂnez | Win | TKO11 |
22 | Sep 26, 1983 | 25 | Martin Torres | Win | TKO5 |
21 | Aug 8, 1983 | 25 | Harold Petty | Loss | UD |
20 | May 27, 1983 | 25 | Jesus Lopez | Win | PTS |
19 | Mar 18, 1983 | 25 | Rigoberto Estrada | Win | PTS |
18 | Jan 29, 1983 | 25 | Lorenzo Ramirez | Win | PTS |
17 | Nov 29, 1982 | 24 | Jesus Lopez | Win | PTS |
16 | Sep 4, 1982 | 24 | Jorge Ramirez | Win | PTS |
15 | Jul 29, 1982 | 24 | Harold Petty | Loss | UD |
14 | Apr 23, 1982 | 24 | Ramon Concha | Win | TKO2 |
13 | Mar 5, 1982 | 24 | Francisco Paco Mayo | Win | TKO5 |
12 | Feb 12, 1982 | 24 | Miguel Juarez | Win | PTS |
11 | Nov 21, 1981 | 23 | Mario Chavez | Win | PTS |
10 | Oct 30, 1981 | 23 | Julio Avendano | Win | KO4 |
9 | Sep 16, 1981 | 23 | Javier Marquez | Win | TKO8 |
8 | Aug 28, 1981 | 23 | Rayito Gonzalez | Win | TKO4 |
7 | Jul 22, 1981 | 23 | Alonzo Gonzalez | Win | PTS |
6 | Jun 27, 1981 | 23 | Roque Guillen | Win | TKO3 |
5 | May 15, 1981 | 23 | Jose Zapata | Win | PTS |
4 | Mar 29, 1981 | 23 | Jesus Maravilla | Win | KO2 |
3 | Feb 21, 1981 | 23 | Joel Segura | Win | KO10 |
2 | Dec 19, 1980 | 23 | Porfirio Urrutia | Win | TKO3 |
1 | Oct 17, 1980 | 22 | Mario Ernesto Gutierrez | Win | KO4 |
* World-title fight
Daniel Zaragoza (El Zurdo de Tacubaya) is a 66-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico on December 11, 1957. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Zaragoza was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2004. His professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years — from 1980 to 1997.
Zaragoza made his professional boxing debut against Mario Ernesto Gutierrez at the age of 22 on October 17, 1980, defeating Gutierrez via 4th round KO. He went on to win 13 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 27 on May 4, 1985 after 29 professional fights, against Jorge Ramirez for the bantamweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated Ramirez via 7 round undefined to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Zaragoza has won four world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Zaragoza's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Zaragoza had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a super-bantamweight title defense bout against fellow Mexican boxer Érik Morales on September 6, 1997. Zaragoza lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision — and lost his WBC title. It's been 26 years, 6 months, and 22 days since this fight.
Zaragoza had a total of 22 world-title fights, which includes winning four world titles and 11 successful title defenses. He won 14 of these fights, lost five, and drew in three.
Daniel Zaragoza fought for world titles in seven fights and won four of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won four belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Nov 6, 1995 | Hector Acero Sánchez | Super-bantamweight | WBC | SD |
Jun 14, 1991 | Kiyoshi Hatanaka | Super-bantamweight | WBC | SD |
Feb 29, 1988 | Carlos Zárate Serna | Super-bantamweight | WBC* | TKO |
May 4, 1985 | Jorge Ramirez | Bantamweight | WBC* | DQ |
Daniel Zaragoza had 15 world-title defense fights across two weight classes — bantamweight and super-bantamweight (x14). He won 11 of them and lost four 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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Apr 14, 1997 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Jan 11, 1997 | Wayne McCullough | Super-bantamweight | WBC | SD |
Jul 20, 1996 | Tsuyoshi Harada | Super-bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Mar 3, 1996 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | Super-bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Dec 9, 1991 | Paul Banke | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Aug 24, 1991 | Joon Huh | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Dec 3, 1989 | Park Chan-yong | Super-bantamweight | WBC | SD |
Aug 31, 1989 | Frankie Duarte | Super-bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Jun 22, 1989 | Paul Banke | Super-bantamweight | WBC | SD |
Nov 26, 1988 | Valerio Nati | Super-bantamweight | WBC | KO |
May 29, 1988 | Seung Hoon Lee | Super-bantamweight | WBC | SD (draw) |
Daniel Zaragoza lost four world-title defense fights, and lost a total of four titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Sep 6, 1997 | Érik Morales | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Mar 20, 1992 | Thierry Jacob | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Apr 23, 1990 | Paul Banke | Super-bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Aug 9, 1985 | Miguel Lora | Bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Zaragoza fought a total of 66 times during his professional career, which includes 22 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
May 4, 1985: Zaragoza wins his first world title by defeating Jorge Ramirez via 7 round disqualification. He is now the WBC bantamweight world champion.
November 26, 1988: Zaragoza successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Valerio Nati, winning the fight via 5th round KO.
Zaragoza knocked out 28 of his 66 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 42.4%. Of his total 55 wins, 28 of them were via KO (50.9%).
Zaragoza's first world-title win was the WBC (vacant) belt at bantamweight. He defeated Jorge Ramirez via 7 round disqualification to win the title.
Zaragoza won four world titles at two weight classes.
Zaragoza had a total of 15 title defense fights. He was successful 11 times and lost four times.