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 1980's and 1990's. December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ... Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Reigning boxing champions Categories: | ...

Profesional 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 Lora. Freddie Jackson Freddie Jackson (born October 12, 1957, Harlem, New York City, NY) is an African-American soul singer. ...

The following year he moved up to super bantamweight and in 1988 captured the Vacant WBC Super Bantamweight Title with a TKO win over Carlos Zarate. After five successful defenses, he lost the belt to Paul Banke in 1990. Carlos Zarate Serna (born May 23, 1951) in Tepito, Distrito Federal, Mexico, and better known in the world of boxing plainly as Carlos Zarate, has the distinction of being the only boxer in history to put together two streaks of 20 or more knockout wins in a row. ...

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 Title holder Tracy Harris Patterson, drawing with Patterson in the first bout and losing by TKO 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 rematched 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 boxing legend Erik Morales in 1997, who KO'd Zaragoza in the 11th roung of a close fight. Zaragoza retired after the bout with a record of 55-8-3. Erik Isaac Morales (born September 1, 1976 in Tijuana, Mexico) is a professional boxer, six time WBC and IBF world champion and future hall-of-famer. ...

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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

External link

• Boxing Record