Danny Romero (boxer)

Template:Short description Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox boxer 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
53	Template:Yes2Win	Template:Nowrap	Edgar Pedraza	TKO	4 (8), Template:Small	Jul 1, 2006	Template:Small
52	Template:DrawDraw	44–5–2	Alex Baba	MD	8	May 14, 2005	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	44–5–1	Trinidad Mendoza	UD	12	May 23, 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
49	Template:No2Loss	43–5–1	Cruz Carbajal	RTD	4 (12), Template:Small	Sep 27, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	43–4–1	Domingo Guillen	KO	1 (12)	Jul 19, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	42–4–1	Cuauhtemoc Gomez	TKO	7 (12)	Jun 1, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
46	Template:No2Loss	41–4–1	Ratanachai Sor Vorapin	MD	10	Sep 29, 2001	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	41–3–1	Arman Pedemonte	TKO	4 (?)	Nov 25, 2000	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	40–3–1	Jorge Alberto Reyes	RTD	2 (10), Template:Small	Oct 7, 2000	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	39–3–1	Jorge Munoz	UD	12	May 6, 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	38–3–1	Adarryl Johnson	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Mar 4, 2000	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	37–3–1	Rodolfo Blanco	KO	1 (10), Template:Small	Jan 8, 2000	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	36–3–1	Richard Dinkins	TKO	1 (8), Template:Small	Dec 4, 1999	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	35–3–1	Leonardo Gutierrez	KO	6 (10), Template:Small	Aug 14, 1999	Template:Small
38	Template:DrawDraw	34–3–1	Enrique Jupiter	SD	10	Jun 11, 1999	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	34–3	David Vazquez	UD	10	May 8, 1999	Template:Small
36	Template:No2Loss	33–3	Vuyani Bungu	MD	12	Oct 31, 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	33–2	Tomas Cordoba	KO	1 (10), Template:Small	Jul 19, 1998	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	32–2	Joe Manzani	UD	10	Feb 24, 1998	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	31–2	Roberto Lopez	KO	5 (10), Template:Small	Nov 25, 1997	Template:Small
32	Template:No2Loss	30–2	Johnny Tapia	UD	12	Jul 18, 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	30–1	Jaji Sibali	KO	6 (12), Template:Small	Mar 8, 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	29–1	Hipolito Saucedo	TKO	12 (12), Template:Small	Nov 1, 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	28–1	Harold Grey	KO	2 (12), Template:Small	Aug 24, 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	27–1	Esteban Ayala	TKO	3 (10), Template:Small	May 30, 1996	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	26–1	José Quirino	KO	1 (10)	Feb 27, 1996	Template:Small
26	Template:No2Loss	25–1	Willy Salazar	RTD	7 (10), Template:Small	Sep 8, 1995	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	25–0	Miguel Martinez	KO	6 (12), Template:Small	Jul 29, 1995	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	24–0	Francisco Tejedor	UD	12	Apr 22, 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	23–0	Javier Cintron	KO	3 (10), Template:Small	Feb 10, 1995	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	22–0	Andres Cazares	KO	1 (10), Template:Small	Dec 8, 1994	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	21–0	Domingo Sosa	TKO	1 (12), Template:Small	Nov 18, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	20–0	Marcos Pechco	RTD	6 (12), Template:Small	Oct 12, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	19–0	Manuel Jesus Herrera	TKO	12 (12), Template:Small	Sep 9, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	18–0	Facundo Rodriguez	TKO	1 (10), Template:Small	Aug 3, 1994	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	17–0	Hugo Torres	TKO	6 (12), Template:Small	May 27, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	16–0	Brian Lonon	TKO	2 (12), Template:Small	May 5, 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	15–0	Elidio Dominguez	KO	3 (10), Template:Small	Feb 9, 1994	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	14–0	Armando Diaz	TKO	9 (10), Template:Small	Jan 9, 1994	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	13–0	Juan Gabriel Cortes	TKO	1 (8)	Nov 30, 1993	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	12–0	Orlando Malone	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Aug 9, 1993	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	11–0	Manuel Robles	UD	6	Jun 19, 1993	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	10–0	Silverio Porras	TKO	2 (12), Template:Small	May 22, 1993	Template:Small	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	9–0	Alberto Cantu	TKO	3 (6), Template:Small	Apr 13, 1993	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Aureo Dominguez	TKO	5 (6)	Feb 16, 1993	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Oscar Jimenez	KO	1 (4)	Jan 15, 1993	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Andres Aguilar	UD	4	Oct 27, 1992	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Ruben Luzaniacla	TKO	2 (4)	Oct 2, 1992	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Eduardo Avalos	KO	1 (4), Template:Small	Sep 16, 1992	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Alfredo Torrez	TKO	1 (4), Template:Small	Aug 29, 1992	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Mauro Betancourt	TKO	1 (4), Template:Small	Aug 18, 1992	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Raul Hernandez	Template:Abbr	1 (4), Template:Small	Aug 14, 1992	Template:Small

See also

• List of flyweight boxing champions
• List of super-flyweight boxing champions

External links

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