Daniel Jiménez Román (born 1969-11-21 in
Camuy, Puerto RicoCamuy is a municipality in Puerto Rico located on the Valley of Quebradillas, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Lares; east of Quebradillas; and west of Hatillo. Camuy is spread over 12 wards and Camuy Pueblo...
) is a former
Puerto RicanPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands...
bantamweight boxerBoxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...
best known for winning the WBO title as a pro.
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 decision win over
Duke McKenzieDuke McKenzie is one of the best British former professional boxers, now a boxing commentator for UK broadcaster ITV.He previously commentated on boxing for BBC Radio Five Live and BBC television with John Rawling. He joined ITV with Rawling when boxing returned to the network in September 2005...
and defended it four times before losing it to
Marco Antonio BarreraMarco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He is a seven time world champion in three different weight classes; he is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight , IBO / WBC Featherweight , WBC Super Featherweight and IBF Junior Lightweight divisions...
in 1995. He moved down in weight after the loss and defeated WBO bantamweight title holder
Alfred KoteyAlfred Kotey is a Ghanaian boxer. Born in Bukom, Kotey represented Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics and held the WBO Bantamweight Championship.-Amateur career:Kotey represented Ghana as a Flyweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...
by decision.
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Daniel Jiménez Román (born 1969-11-21 in
Camuy, Puerto RicoCamuy is a municipality in Puerto Rico located on the Valley of Quebradillas, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Lares; east of Quebradillas; and west of Hatillo. Camuy is spread over 12 wards and Camuy Pueblo...
) is a former
Puerto RicanPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands...
bantamweight boxerBoxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...
best known for winning the WBO title as a pro.
Pro
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 decision win over
Duke McKenzieDuke McKenzie is one of the best British former professional boxers, now a boxing commentator for UK broadcaster ITV.He previously commentated on boxing for BBC Radio Five Live and BBC television with John Rawling. He joined ITV with Rawling when boxing returned to the network in September 2005...
and defended it four times before losing it to
Marco Antonio BarreraMarco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He is a seven time world champion in three different weight classes; he is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight , IBO / WBC Featherweight , WBC Super Featherweight and IBF Junior Lightweight divisions...
in 1995. He moved down in weight after the loss and defeated WBO bantamweight title holder
Alfred KoteyAlfred Kotey is a Ghanaian boxer. Born in Bukom, Kotey represented Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics and held the WBO Bantamweight Championship.-Amateur career:Kotey represented Ghana as a Flyweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...
by decision. He defended the belt once before losing it to
Robbie ReganRobbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan (born 1968-08-30 in Caerphilly, Wales is a Welsh former professional boxer.-Pro career:Regan is a former WBO World Bantamweight champion and former interim IBF World Flyweight champion. In 1995 he captured the interim IBF flyweight title with a KO win over...
the following year. He retired in 2002 after several losses late in his career.
Professional career