Daniel Jiménez Román (born November 21, 1969) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2002. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior featherweight title from 1993 to 1995 and the WBO bantamweight title from 1995 to 1996.
Professional career Jimenez, known as "La Cobra", turned pro in 1988, losing his first fight to Wilfredo Vargas. In 1993, he captured the WBO super bantamweight title with a win over Duke McKenzie. He later defended it four times before losing it to Marco Antonio Barrera in 1995. He moved down in weight after the loss and defeated WBO bantamweight title holder Alfred Kotey by decision. He defended the belt once before losing it to Robbie Regan the following year. He retired in 2002 after several losses late in his career.
On September 3, 1994, Daniel Jiménez established a world record for the quickest knockout in a championship fight, defeating Harald Geier in 17 seconds.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes45Win31–12–1 Edelmiro MartinezTKO5 (10)Aug 30, 2002 44Win30–12–1 Israel CortizTKO8 (12)Aug 17, 2001 43Loss29–12–1 Jose QuintanaTD12 (12)Apr 27, 2001 42Loss29–11–1 Augie SanchezTKO8 (10)Mar 11, 2001 41Win29–10–1 Jose QuintanaPTS12Feb 17, 2001 40Loss28–10–1 Daniel SedaTKO9 (12)Nov 11, 2000 39Loss28–9–1 Juan Manuel MarquezRTD7 (10), Aug 27, 2000 38Win28–8–1 Benjamin AragonPTS10Apr 29, 2000 37Loss27–8–1 Augie SanchezTKO6 (10), Oct 23, 1999 36Loss27–7–1 Antonio DiazUD10Sep 27, 1999 35Win27–6–1 Martin GonzalezTKO9 (10)Mar 27, 1999 34Loss26–6–1 Jorge Eliécer JulioTKO9 (12), Apr 3, 1998 33Win26–5–1 Jose Guadalupe RangelTKO2 (8), Nov 22, 1997 32Win25–5–1 Nelson Ramon MedinaKO7 (?)Jun 14, 1997 31Win24–5–1 Rodrigo ValenzuelaPTS8Dec 2, 1996 30Win23–5–1 Pedro Angel RodriguezUD12Jun 22, 1996 29Loss22–5–1 Robbie ReganUD12Apr 26, 1996 28Win22–4–1 Alejandro SanabriaKO5 (?)Mar 23, 1996 27Win21–4–1 Drew DochertyUD12Jan 20, 1996 26Win20–4–1 Alfred KoteyUD12Oct 21, 1995 25Loss19–4–1 Marco Antonio BarreraUD12Mar 31, 1995 24Win19–3–1 Abigail ContrerasTKO6 (?)Nov 1, 1994 23Win18–3–1 Harald GeierKO1 (12), Sep 3, 1994 22Win17–3–1 Cristobal PascualUD12Jun 25, 1994 21Win16–3–1 Felix Garcia LosadaUD12Jan 7, 1994 20Win15–3–1 Juan Diego PerezTKO1 (?)Dec 22, 1993 19Win14–3–1 Felix Garcia LosadaTKO5 (12)Oct 29, 1993 18Win13–3–1 Manuel SantiagoTKO2 (?)Oct 1, 1993 17Win12–3–1 Duke McKenzieMD12Jun 9, 1993 16Draw11–3–1 Miguel RodriguezPTS10Mar 24, 1993 15Win11–3 Dominick MonacoTKO6 (?)Oct 3, 1992 14Win10–3 Tyrone JacksonKO1 (?)Jul 18, 1992 13Win9–3 Hector MedinaKO3 (?)Feb 28, 1992 128–3 Hector MedinaNC2 (8)Dec 14, 1991 11Win8–3Angel VargasPTS10Oct 4, 1991 10Win7–3 Jose RodriguezPTS10Jun 15, 1991 9Win6–3 Angel VargasPTS10May 21, 1991 8Win5–3 Jose RodriguezTKO3 (?)Dec 15, 1990 7Win4–3 Miguel RodriguezSD6Jun 2, 1989 6Loss3–3 Pedro ArroyoPTS6Apr 6, 1989 5Loss3–2 Jose Luis De JesusPTS4Dec 2, 1988 4Win3–1 Evy VasquezTKO1 (?)Nov 3, 1988 3Win2–1Nelson MatosPTS4Oct 6, 1988 2Win1–1 Julian GonzalezPTS4Aug 27, 1988 1Loss0–1 Wilfredo VargasKO3 (4)Jun 6, 1988
See also List of Puerto Ricans List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions List of bantamweight boxing champions List of super-bantamweight boxing champions
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