Daniel Ponce De Leon Boxing News

By Jim Dower: Former WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (42-4, 35 KO’s) was much too good for Omar Estrella (15-4-2, 10 KO’s), stopping him in the 6th round on Saturday night to win the vacant WBC USNBC featherweight title at the Bodega Del Boxeo, in Ensanda, Baja, California, Mexico.

DANIEL PONCE DE LEON “I trained really hard physically and mentally for this fight. Losing is not an option. I see myself winning, but I also know that my opponent has trained really hard and it’s going to be a very competitive fight.”

LOS ANGELES, January 12 – Former World Champion Daniel Ponce de Leon heads back home to Mexico to begin his 2012 campaign for a second divisional title when he meets countryman Omar Estrella in a 12 round bout for the vacant WBC USNBC Featherweight title on Saturday, January 21 at The Boxing Warehouse in Ensenada [...]

In an unprecedented turn of events, the Daniel Ponce de Leon versus Omar Estrella ten round featherweight bout is now scheduled for Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico, on Saturday, January 21st. Originally the contest was set for Mexico City but now it will be set for the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium with the full support of [...]

Tijuana featherweight Omar “Dinamita” Estrella (15-3-2, 10KOs) has a big opportunity in his near future when on Saturday, January 21st, he is scheduled to face the former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (41-4, 34KOs) in Mexico City at a venue to be determined. The ten round bout will be presented by Golden Boy Promotions [...]

By Jason Kim: Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) says he’s done with the featherweight division and will be moving up in weight to chase Manny Pacquiao after Gamboa’s listless 8th round technical decision last Saturday night against Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-4, 34 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Cuban superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa won a one-sided technical decision over former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon in front of 2,000 fans at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall Saturday night. It was Gamboa’s 21st win in as many pro-fights while Ponce de Leon suffered his fourth loss in his 45th bout. At the same time Ponce [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a very unimpressive performance former two-time featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) kept his undefeated record intact with an eight round technical decision victory over Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-4, 34 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Terence Crawford UD 8 Angel Rios Miguel Cartagena TKO 2 Christian Cruz Jorge Diaz KO 6 Rafael Lora

Award winning boxing commentator Dave Bontempo will host full post fight coverage this Saturday, Sept.10 of the Yuriorkis Gamboa-Daniel Ponce De Leon featherweight title match on The Boxing Channel. All the coverage can be found by logging on to www.boxingchannel.tv.

At the official weigh-in for Saturday’s showdown against former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon, ARENA’s Cuban featherweight superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa had to get rid off his underwear in order to make the contractual weight of 127 lbs. The Mexican weighed in exactly in the limit as well.

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) is in action this Saturday night against Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) in a fight that has a lot riding on it for the 29-year-old Gamboa.

HBO’s flagship boxing series presents an intriguing international heavyweight title showdown when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: VITALI KLITSCHKO VS. TOMASZ ADAMEK is seen live SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 (4:45 p.m. ET/1:45 p.m. PT) from Wroclaw Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland, exclusively on HBO. Later that same day, at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT), HBO will present a replay of the [...]

By Chip Mitchell : As early as 2008, a winner-takes-all showdown between undefeated featherweights Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa seemed inevitable. It was a 50/50 fight if there ever was one, and Bob Arum proclaimed that it could be built to be the “biggest featherweight fight of all time”.

Undefeated bantamweight sensation, Miguel Cartagena is set to once again take Atlantic City, New Jersey by storm on Saturday night, when he faces Dominican knockout artist Christian Cruz (3-2. 3KO’s) in a four round contest on the Yuriorkis Gamboa-Daniel Ponce de Leon undercard at the famed Boardwalk Hall.

After hurricane “Irene” hit the East Coast last week, Atlantic City is getting ready for another thunderstorm on September 10th when Cuban featherweight phenomenon Yuriorkis “El Ciclon” Gamboa steps into the ring to blow away former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon.

ATLANTIC CITY (August 29, 2011) — Undefeated former World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight World Champion YURIORKIS GAMBOA and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Featherweight World Champion DANIEL PONCE DE LEON, along with their respective promoters, Bob Arum and Ahmet Öner for Gamboa, and for De Leon, Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions, hosted a [...]

By Chris Williams: Former two-time featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) will square off on September 10th in a non-title fight at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Bradley Pearson: September 17th all eyes will be on boxing’s current superstar attraction Floyd Mayweather Jr, as he makes his long awaited ring return against Victor Ortiz. But precisely one week prior to this, attentions will turn to a champion who hopes to one day emulate Mayweather’s mainstream appeal- one of the sports future [...]

By Eric Thomas: With Juan Manuel Lopez’s defeats removing any chances of a fight between Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) for the time being, Gamboa will instead turn his attention to former World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) for a fight on September 10th at [...]

ATLANTIC CITY (July 22, 2011) — Undefeated former World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight World Champion YURIORKIS GAMBOA and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Featherweight World Champion DANIEL PONCE DE LEON will collide in one of the season’s hottest fight, Saturday, September 10, in the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The 12-round [...]

ATLANTIC CITY (July 21, 2011) — Undefeated former World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight World Champion YURIORKIS GAMBOA and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Featherweight World Champion DANIEL PONCE DE LEON will collide in one of the season’s hottest fight, Saturday, September 10, in the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The 12-round [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) will be facing former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) on September 10th in an HBO non-title bout in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

LOS ANGELES, May 25 – The Classics are back on “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” this Friday, May 27, as Golden Boy Promotions has teamed up with TeleFutura to kick off the 2011 Memorial Day weekend with two memorable battles Golden Boy’s boxing archives.

Saturday March 5th at the Honda Center in Anaheim California CINCINNATI, OHIO was represented with style and swagger. Adrien “The Problem” Broner, dressed in Samurai armor, was escorted to the ring by Cincinnati’s own Hall of Famer Aaron “The Hawk” Pryor as well as R&R Promotions staff all donned in red gear topped off with [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Several weeks ago I wrote an article pointing out how Daniel Ponce de Leon was being set up to be the stepping stone for Golden Boy Promotions new hype job Adrien Broner. Daniel Ponce de Leon was supposed to lose this fight no matter what. It is not surprising then that despite [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions might want to cut their losses while they still can with undefeated super featherweight Adrien Broner (20-0, 16 KO’s) because he doesn’t appear to have the talent to be a future champion and may have a hard time getting television air time unless he changes his style of fighting. [...]

By Eric Thomas: Undefeated super featherweight contender Adrien Broner (20-0, 16 KO’s) stepped up against the best opponent of his young three year pro career against former WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) and won a close 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night on the undercard of the Saul [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise continues to roll with an action-packed doubleheader when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: SAUL ALVAREZ VS. MATTHEW HATTON AND DANIEL PONCE DE LEON VS. ADRIEN BRONER is seen SATURDAY, MARCH 5 at 10:30 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Cal., exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team [...]

LOS ANGELES, February 8 – Former World Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon and undefeated prospect Adrien “The Problem” Broner are set for battle in an intriguing ten round junior lightweight showdown in the co-featured bout on Saturday, March 5, live from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The event is headlined by Mexican phenom Saul “Canelo” [...]