Daniel Reyes (boxer)
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Daniel Antonio Reyes Torres (born 5 May 1972) is a Colombian former
professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
who competed from 1996 to 2009. He held the IBF
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title from 2003 to 2004. As an amateur, he competed at the
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.


Amateur career

Reyes represented Colombia as a Flyweight at the 1996
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in
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. His results were: *Defeated Tebebu Behonebn (Ethiopia) 16-2 *Defeated Khaled Falah (Syria) 15-13 *Lost to Albert Pakeyev (Russia) 13-13


Professional career

Reyes turned professional in 1996 and won the IBF World
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Championship by a TKO over Edgar Cárdenas in 2003. He lost his belt in 2004 by split decision to Muhammad Rachman.


Professional boxing record


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* 1972 births Living people Mini-flyweight boxers World mini-flyweight boxing champions International Boxing Federation champions Boxers at the 1995 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Colombia Pan American Games competitors for Colombia Colombian male boxers People from Caquetá Department 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-boxing-bio-stub