Edwin De Los Santos is a Dominican professional boxer who currently competes at lightweight. De Los Santos is also well known for his punching power, possessing an 88% KO-to-win ratio. He possesses a notable knockout win over future light-welterweight world champion José Valenzuela.
Amateur career According to De Los Santos, he only lost 12 times in over 100 fights. He also said he traveled the world as part of the Dominican Republican national team.
Professional career After winning the first 13 fights of his career all in his native Dominican Republic, De Los Santos made his U.S. debut at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. He faced unbeaten American William Foster III. Despite starting off strong, Foster turned the fight around and hurt De Los Santos in the final round. Two judges scored the fight in Foster's favor, handing De Los Santos his first defeat by split decision. De Los Santos rebounded with a second-round stoppage against unbeaten Luis Acosta. He then faced highly touted unbeaten José Valenzuela on the undercard of Andy Ruiz vs. Luis Ortiz. De Los Santos recovered from a first-round knockdown to knock Valenzuela down in the second and third rounds for a shock third-round stoppage win.
De Los Santos vs Stevenson After Devin Haney announced he was vacating his belts, De Los Santos faced two-weight world champion Shakur Stevenson for the WBC lightweight title on November 16, 2023. In what was a remarkably inactive fight, De Los Santos lost by unanimous decision, resulting in Stevenson becoming a three-weight world champion.
Canceled Bout vs. Keyshawn Davis After more than a year of inactivity, De Los Santos was scheduled to face WBO lightweight champion Keyshawn Davis at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, on June 7, 2025. After failing to make the correct weight limit, Davis was stripped of the title, meaning only De Los Santos was eligible to win it. Subsequently, the two sides entered a lengthy negotiation in an effort to keep the main event intact. The fight was ultimately canceled after the two sides couldn't come to an agreement.
Zuffa Boxing De Los Santos was scheduled to face José Valenzuela in a 10-round lightweight rematch at Zuffa Boxing 8 at the The Cosmopolitan in Paradise, Nevada, on June 28, 2026. He lost by knockout in the second round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes20Loss17–3José ValenzuelaKO2 (10), 28 Jun 202619Win17–2Eliot ChavezTKO1 (8), 13 Dec 202518Loss16–2Shakur StevensonUD1216 Nov 202317Win16–1Joseph AdornoUD108 Jul 202316Win15–1José ValenzuelaKO3 (10), 4 Sep 202215Win14–1Luis AcostaKO2 (8), Mar 11 2022 14Loss13–1William Foster IIISD87 Jan 202213Win13–0Marco AcevedoTKO3 (8), 15 May 202112Win12–0Luis Montana AlvarezTKO1 (10), 13 Mar 202111Win11–0Pedro VerduKO2 (8), 16 Dec 202010Win10–0Juan Alberto Garcia PerezTKO1 (9), 22 Feb 20209Win9–0Andres Bens ZapataTKO1 (8), 12 Oct 20198Win8–0Antoni ArmasTKO1 (9), 25 May 20197Win7–0Jonatan MarianoKO1 (6), 27 Apr 20196Win6–0Francisco Contreras LopezUD616 Mar 20195Win5–0Manuel BotisKO1 (6), 30 Nov 20184Win4–0Hector NivarKO2 (4), 9 Nov 20183Win3–0Ray Acosta OliveroTKO2 (4), 6 Oct 20182Win2–0Carlos AntiguaTKO2 (4), 30 Aug 20181Win1–0Jose Vidal SanchezKO2 (4), 25 Aug 2018
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