Daniel Santos (Boxer)
Daniel Santos ( born October 10, 1975 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) is a retired Puerto Rican boxer. Santos was silver medalist at the Pan American Games 1995 and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games 1996. As a professional, he was world champion of the WBO welterweight ( -67 kg ) and in the Light Middleweight ( -69.9 kg ).
Career
Amateur
In the youth level ( U19) Santos was bronze medalist of the World Championships in 1990 and 1992, respectively in the light welterweight ( -63.5 kg ).
In 1993, Santos at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Ponce, but resigned in the first fight against the eventual champions Héctor Vinent, Cuba ( 18:5 ), from. Something similar happened to him at the Goodwill Games in 1994 when he welterweight ( -67 kg ) against Juan Hernández, Cuba (RSC 3 ) lost. At the Pan American Games in 1995 he reached the final, which he, however, extremely scarce against David Reid, United States ( 9:9 ) lost.
1995 difference Santos at the World Championships in the first fight again against Juan Hernández, Cuba ( 16:1 ), from, but he was able to in 1996 after winning the North American Olympic qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games qualifying in which he claimed victories over the second of the Pan-African Games Ernest Atangana Mboa, Cameroon (RSC 1 ) Kabil Lahsen, Morocco ( 16:4 ), and the gold medalist of the Asian Championships Nariman Atayev, Uzbekistan ( 28:15 ), reached the semi-finals, which he against the eventual Olympic champion Oleg Saitow, Russia ( 13:11), lost and thus won the Olympic bronze medal.
Professional
After winning a medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta Santos debuted in the same year as a professional and was able to 1999 21 times victoriously left the ring. In 21 he won the fight with a victory over Ray Lovato, USA ( TKO 2 ) the IBA Continental Welterweight title. However, his 22 Kapf he lost in the light middleweight against Kofi Jantuah, Ghana ( TKO 5 ). Another victory later in the same year he got his first shot at a world title, but just could not use it. He lost by split decision on points ( 115:113, 113:115, 117:111 ) against Akhmed Kotiev, Russia. Due to the fact that one of the judges had scored the fight for a rematch Santos was negotiated in 2000, which of these decided by a knockout in the fifth round for themselves. Santos was therefore in his 24th fight world champion of the WBO welterweight.
Santos defended his title against Giovanni Parisi, Italy ( KO 4 ) and Neil Sinclair, Northern Ireland (KO 2 ). Another title defense against Antonio Margarito, Mexico, was stopped in the first round by the ring doctor, as had opened after a collision a cut over the right eye Margaritos.
2002 Santos climbed to the light middleweight and won the vacant WBO world title with a TKO victory in the 11th round of Luis Ramon Campas, Mexico. This title he defended in the same year against Mehrdud Takaloo, Iran, with a win on points, where he also won the title of WBU rather insignificant, which, however, he immediately put down again.
Three more title defenses against Fulgencio Zúñiga, Colombia, Michael Lerma, USA, and afterwards Antonio Margarito (after points ) later, he met in 2005 in his 34th fight on the undefeated Serhiy Dsindsiruk, Ukraine, which he claimed points ( 115:112, was defeated 115:112 ), 115:112.
2006 and 2007 were followed for two construction Santos fights before he in his 37th fight won the third World Cup title in 2008. In the fight for the WBA light middleweight title he defeated the previously unbeaten Joachim Alcine, Canada (KO 6 ). A defense of the title he was no longer possible: On November 14, 2009 Santos lost on points ( 117:109, 117:109, 116:110 ) against Yuri Foreman, Israel, and finished after his career after 38 fights with 32 wins (23 KO), 4 losses ( 1 KO), 1 draw.
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- Boxer (Puerto Rico)
- Olympian (Puerto Rico)
- World Champion (boxes)
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