Daniel Gregorio "Danny" Romero Jr. (born July 12, 1974) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1992 and 2006. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the IBF flyweight title from 1995 to 1996 and the IBF junior bantamweight title from 1996 to 1997.

Professional career Romero's first fight as a professional was on September 14, 1992, when he knocked out Raul Hernandez in the first round at Phoenix, Arizona. His first eight bouts all took place in the Phoenix area, and he won all, seven by knockout. His first fight outside Phoenix was on April 13, 1993, when he knocked out Alberto Cantu in three rounds at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. On May 22 of that year, he had his first professional fight in his hometown, Albuquerque New Mexico USA, knocking out Silverio Porras in two rounds.

Romero won five more bouts in a row, including a victory over former Alex Sanchez world title challenger Orlando Malone, before having his first chance to fight for a belt: On May 5, 1994, he knocked out Brian Lonon in two rounds to win the NABF regional Flyweight title. He retained the title four times, and added three non-title victories, before challenging for a world championship for the first time. On April 22, 1995, he became the IBF's world Flyweight champion with a twelve round unanimous decision over Francisco Tejedor, at the MGM Grand Arena, in Las Vegas. He defended the title once, then faced the unheralded Willy Salazar in a non-title bout, on September 8. Romero suffered a 7th round TKO loss to Salazar, in what Ring Magazine heralded as the "upset of the year" for 1995. In that fight he was ahead on all score cards before having the fight stopped due to an eye injury. He bounced back with a first round knockout victory over former WBO world Flyweight champion Jose Quirino.

Romero then decided to move up in weight division, to the Super Flyweight division. After one win in that division, he was given a chance at his second world championship. On August 24, 1996, Romero knocked out Colombian Harold Grey in two rounds to conquer his second world title. Even as he had lost to Salazar previously, interest in a fight between Romero and Johnny Tapia began to increase.

After winning two more fights, both times Romero retaining his world title by knockout, Romero and Tapia met to unify the IBF and WBO world Super Flyweight championships. On July 18, 1997, the long-awaited bout finally took place, with Tapia winning a close twelve round unanimous decision.

Romero won three fights in a row, then lost, on Halloween night, 1998 to Vuyani Bungu by a twelve round decision in an attempt to win a title in a third division, this time the IBF Super-Bantamweight title.

Romero would go on to win ten of his next twelve bouts, including a first round knockout over former world champion Rodolfo Blanco and a sixth round knockout over the respected Famosito Gomez. On September 27, 2002, Danny fought Cruz Carbajal but the fight was stopped by Romero's trainer, former world champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad after round four due to an injury suffered in the first round.

On May 23, 2003, in front of his hometown crowd following a twelve round unanimous decision win over Trinidad Mendoza gave him his third world title in three different weight classes, winning the IBA's Super-Bantamweight title.

Other achievements Romero does occasional television jobs, specifically for the Showtime boxing network as well as commercials and movies. Developed his own promotional company called "Danny Romero Productions." The company promotes shows of any kind and currently has professional fighters signed to the company. A private boxing gym was purchased to provide his fighters with elite training. The gym prepares Danny as well as his pro fighters for possible upcoming events.

Comeback Romero Jr.'s father was stricken with a rare liver disorder, a form of cirrhosis that would kill him without a transplant. Inspired by his father's battle, Romero Jr. returned to the ring and, fighting for the first time in two years, was held to a majority draw by Alex Ali Baba (21-7-1) in an eight-round junior featherweight fight.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes53Win Edgar PedrazaTKO4 (8), Jul 1, 2006 52Draw44–5–2 Alex BabaMD8May 14, 2005 50Win44–5–1 Trinidad MendozaUD12May 23, 2003 49Loss43–5–1Cruz CarbajalRTD4 (12), Sep 27, 2002 48Win43–4–1Domingo GuillenKO1 (12)Jul 19, 2002 47Win42–4–1 Cuauhtemoc GomezTKO7 (12)Jun 1, 2002 46Loss41–4–1Ratanachai Sor VorapinMD10Sep 29, 2001 45Win41–3–1Arman PedemonteTKO4 (?)Nov 25, 2000 44Win40–3–1 Jorge Alberto ReyesRTD2 (10), Oct 7, 2000 43Win39–3–1 Jorge MunozUD12 May 6, 2000 42Win38–3–1 Adarryl JohnsonTKO5 (10), Mar 4, 2000 41Win37–3–1 Rodolfo BlancoKO1 (10), Jan 8, 2000 40Win36–3–1 Richard DinkinsTKO1 (8), Dec 4, 1999 39Win35–3–1 Leonardo GutierrezKO6 (10), Aug 14, 1999 38Draw34–3–1 Enrique JupiterSD10Jun 11, 1999 37Win34–3David VazquezUD10May 8, 1999 36Loss33–3Vuyani BunguMD12Oct 31, 1998 35Win33–2Tomas CordobaKO1 (10), Jul 19, 1998 34Win32–2 Joe ManzaniUD10Feb 24, 1998 33Win31–2Roberto LopezKO5 (10), Nov 25, 1997 32Loss30–2Johnny TapiaUD12Jul 18, 1997 31Win30–1 Jaji SibaliKO6 (12), Mar 8, 1997 30Win29–1 Hipolito SaucedoTKO12 (12), Nov 1, 1996 29Win28–1 Harold GreyKO2 (12), Aug 24, 1996 28Win27–1 Esteban AyalaTKO3 (10), May 30, 1996 27Win26–1 José QuirinoKO1 (10)Feb 27, 1996 26Loss25–1 Willy SalazarRTD7 (10), Sep 8, 1995 25Win25–0 Miguel MartinezKO6 (12), Jul 29, 1995 24Win24–0 Francisco TejedorUD12Apr 22, 1995 23Win23–0 Javier CintronKO3 (10), Feb 10, 1995 22Win22–0 Andres CazaresKO1 (10), Dec 8, 1994 21Win21–0 Domingo SosaTKO1 (12), Nov 18, 1994 20Win20–0 Marcos PechcoRTD6 (12), Oct 12, 1994 19Win19–0 Manuel Jesus HerreraTKO12 (12), Sep 9, 1994 18Win18–0 Facundo RodriguezTKO1 (10), Aug 3, 1994 17Win17–0 Hugo TorresTKO6 (12), May 27, 1994 16Win16–0Brian LononTKO2 (12), May 5, 1994 15Win15–0Elidio DominguezKO3 (10), Feb 9, 1994 14Win14–0 Armando DiazTKO9 (10), Jan 9, 1994 13Win13–0Juan Gabriel CortesTKO1 (8)Nov 30, 1993 12Win12–0Orlando MaloneTKO5 (10), Aug 9, 1993 11Win11–0 Manuel RoblesUD6 Jun 19, 1993 10Win10–0 Silverio PorrasTKO2 (12), May 22, 1993 9Win9–0 Alberto CantuTKO3 (6), Apr 13, 1993 8Win8–0 Aureo DominguezTKO5 (6)Feb 16, 1993 7Win7–0 Oscar JimenezKO1 (4)Jan 15, 1993 6Win6–0 Andres AguilarUD4Oct 27, 1992 5Win5–0 Ruben LuzaniaclaTKO2 (4)Oct 2, 1992 4Win4–0 Eduardo AvalosKO1 (4), Sep 16, 1992 3Win3–0 Alfredo TorrezTKO1 (4), Aug 29, 1992 2Win2–0 Mauro BetancourtTKO1 (4), Aug 18, 1992 1Win1–0 Raul Hernandez1 (4), Aug 14, 1992

See also List of flyweight boxing champions List of super-flyweight boxing champions

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