Daniel Zaragoza

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Daniel Zaragoza (born December 11, 1957, in Mexico City, Mexico) was a professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the super bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

[edit] Professional career

Zaragoza turned pro in 1980 and in 1985 captured the vacant WBC bantamweight title with a disqualification victory over Freddie Jackson. He lost the title in his first defense to Miguel "Happy" Lora.

The following year he moved up to super bantamweight and in 1988 captured the vacant WBC super bantamweight title with a knockout win over Carlos Zarate. After five successful defenses, he lost the belt to Paul Banke in 1990.

The following year, Zaragoza regaind the belt with a split decision win over Kiyoshi Hatanaka. He went on to defend the belt twice before losing to Thierry Jacob. In his next two fights he battled newly crowned WBC super bantamweight titleholder Tracy Harris Patterson, drawing with Patterson in the first bout and losing by knockout in the second bout when the fight was stopped due to a cut.

In 1995 he would yet again get another crack at the title, taking on Hector Acero Sanchez for the WBC super bantamweight title. The bout was ruled a draw, but Zaragoza fought a rematch with Sanchez later in the year and won the belt via split decision. He was able to defend the title four times before losing to then-undefeated Erik Morales in 1997, who knocked out Zaragoza in the 11th round. Zaragoza retired after the bout with a record of 55-8-3.

He was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004.

Preceded by Alberto Davila Vacated	WBC Bantamweight Champion 4 May 1985–9 Aug 1985	Succeeded by Miguel "Happy" Lora
Preceded by Jeff Fenech Vacated	WBC Super Bantamweight Champion 29 Feb 1988–23 Apr 1990	Succeeded by Paul Banke
Preceded by Kiyoshi Hatanaka	WBC Super Bantamweight Champion 14 Jun 1991–20 Mar 1992	Succeeded by Thierry Jacob
Preceded by Hector Acero-Sanchez	WBC Super Bantamweight Champion 2 Jun 1995–6 Sep 1997	Succeeded by Erik Morales

[edit] Amateur career

• 1979 Represented Mexico as a bantamweight at the Pan-American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Results were:
  • Defeated Alfonso Abata (Ecuador)
  • Lost to Jackie Beard (United States) points
• Represented Mexico as a bantamweight at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Results were:
  • Defeated Philip Sutcliffe (Ireland) points
  • Defeated Ray Gilbody (Great Britain) points
  • Lost to Michael Parris (Guyana) TKO by 2

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Daniel Zaragoza from Boxrec
• International Boxing Hall of Fame biography