Daniel Ponce De Leon just forty-eight days after an impressive 1st round TKO over Rey Bautista dropped Reynaldo Lopez with a devastating straight left at 2:39 in round five at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, California. It was the first fight of a multi-fight deal between Oscar De la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and the Morongo Casino. Ponce De Leon had his WBO super bantamweight title defense bout against Eduardo Escobedo on the undercard of Mayweather-Hatton on December 8, 2007 winning by a twelve round unanimous decision. Next Ponce De Leon will fight Puerto Rican Juan Manuel Lopez on June 7th in a WBO super bantamweight title fight on the Pavlik vs Lockett undercard at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ.
| Fight | Location | Date | Boxing Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponce De Leon vs Lopez | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ |
June 7, 2008 Saturday 7:00 PM |
Pavlik vs Lockett Tickets |
| Note: Tickets for the Ponce De Leon vs Lopez fight sold as Kelly Pavlik vs Gary Lockett. | |||
Daniel Ponce De Leon
Daniel Ponce De Leon, former member of the 2000 Mexican Olympic Team most notable fights have been his two with Sod Looknongyangtoy.
On October 29, 2005 Ponce De Leon won the vacant WBO Super Bantamweight title by a 12-round unanimous decision in an extremely hard fought fight against Sod Looknongyangtoy. Ponce De Leon was down in round two but the Mexican fighter has a lot of heart and went on to win the bout.
Daniel Ponce De Leon-Sod Looknongyangtoy II
Ringside Las Vegas: In a rematch on July 15, 2006 on the Mosley-Vargas II undercard Ponce De Leon knocked out Sod Looknongyangtoy in only 52 seconds of round one. Ponce De Leon hit Looknongyangtoy with a straight left to the jaw that sent Sod face down on the canvas out cold. Ponce De Leon won special recognition as KO Artist for his Sod Looknongyangtoy knockout at the WBO 2006 Awards.
On October 21, 2006 the aggressive hard punching southpaw brawler Daniel Ponce De Leon relentlessly attacked his opponent Al Seeger. Ponce De Leon beat Seeger down for eight rounds until Seeger's corner threw in the towel. Seeger was down in the 4th round and penalized for holding in the 8th. Ponce De Leon walked out of the ring a winner holding both the WBO & IBA Super Bantamweight titles.
In a competitive fight on March 17, 2007 on the Barrera-Marquez undercard, Ponce De Leon won an unpopular 12-round unanimous decision over Gerry Penalosa. The busier fighter, Ponce De Leon threw three times as many punches as Penalosa, but landed only 18% to the more accurate puncher, Penalosa's 36%.
Ponce De Leon banged out an impressive 1st round TKO over Rey Bautista at the Mexico vs Philippines World Cup of Boxing in Sacramento, California on August 11, 2007. Ponce De Leon sent Bautista, who was coming off a unanimous decision win over Sergio Manuel Medina, down with a hard left that wobbled Bautista who made it up after a long count only to be finished off seconds later at 2:30 of round one.