| Danny Santiago | |
| Nickname: | The Bronx Bomber |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5feet |
| Reach: | 65.50NaN0 |
| Birth Date: | February 21, 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Bronx, New York, United States |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 42 |
| Wins: | 34 |
| Ko: | 20 |
| Losses: | 7 |
| Draws: | 1 |
Danny Santiago (born February 21, 1973) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2016. He challenged three times for a light heavyweight world title: the WBO title in January 2007, the IBO title in December 2007, and the WBA/IBA titles in 2011.
Santiago had a strong amateur career, including the following highlights:
In 1997, Danny made his professional debut with a first round knockout of Michael Watkins. Between 1997 and 2002, Danny built a record of 22-0 and earned a shot at the WBA Fedelatin Light Heavyweight Title, where he suffered his first loss against Rocky Torres. By 2004, Danny defeated the highly ranked Elvir Muriqi in Madison Square Gardens with a devastating first round knockout.
Continually rated as a top light heavy-weight, Danny has faced some of best boxers of this millennium in world title fights, including: Zsolt Erdei (WBO World Light Heavyweight Champion and WBC Cruiserweight Champion), Antonio Tarver, (WBC, WBA, IBF, and The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion and IBO World Light Heavyweight Champion), Beibut Shumenov (WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion), and Danny Green (WBA Super Middleweight Champion and Light Heavyweight World Champion and IBO World Cruiserweight Champion).
In 2010, Santiago was scheduled to fight Roy Jones, Jr, but the fight was cancelled due to an injury to Jones.
Santiago was a contestant on ESPN’s very popular television series The Contender in 2007. Santiago owned and operated a successful boxing gym which served as a popular training ground world champions, including Tavoris Cloud, Ricardo Mayorga, and Jermain Taylor.
After his retirement from the ring, Santiago relocated to Colombia where he is a successful trainer and promoter.
In 2021, Santiago was inducted into the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Win | 34–7–1 | Galen Brown | TKO | 3 (6), | Feb 13, 2016 | |||
| 41 | Loss | 33–7–1 | Victor Emilio Ramírez | TKO | 4 (10), | Jan 31, 2014 | |||
| 40 | Win | 33–6–1 | Rubin Williams | UD | 8 | Nov 22, 2013 | |||
| 39 | Win | 32–6–1 | Miguel Hernandez | UD | 8 | Aug 31, 2013 | |||
| 38 | Loss | 31–6–1 | Danny Green | TKO | 5 (10), | Jul 25, 2012 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 31–5–1 | Beibut Shumenov | TKO | 9 (12), | Jul 29, 2011 | |||
| 36 | Win | 31–4–1 | Billy Bailey | 8 | May 21, 2010 | ||||
| 35 | Win | 30–4–1 | Paul Jennette | UD | 8 | May 16, 2009 | |||
| 34 | Loss | 29–4–1 | Antonio Tarver | TKO | 4 (12), | Dec 1, 2007 | |||
| 33 | Loss | 29–3–1 | Zsolt Erdei | TKO | 8 (12), | Jan 27, 2007 | |||
| 32 | Win | 29–2–1 | Marlon Hayes | UD | 8 | Dec 14, 2006 | |||
| 31 | Win | 28–2–1 | Mike Bonislawski | TKO | 1 (8), | Jun 29, 2006 | |||
| 30 | Draw | 27–2–1 | Rayco Saunders | PTS | 6 | Feb 10, 2006 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | Rico Cason | TKO | 8 (12) | Aug 12, 2005 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Ronald Boddie | UD | 8 | Dec 16, 2004 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | James Brock | KO | 1 (8), | Dec 4, 2004 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–2 | Elvir Muriqi | TKO | 4 (10), | Oct 2, 2004 | |||
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Robert Muhammad | TKO | 5 (8) | Mar 14, 2003 | |||
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 | Orlando Rivera | TKO | 9 (10), | Aug 29, 2002 | |||
| 23 | Loss | 22–1 | Rocky Torres | TKO | 11 (12), | May 11, 2002 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Tyrus Armstead | UD | 10 | Mar 30, 2002 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Antonio Garcia | TKO | 1 (8), | Jun 8, 2001 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Gerald Coleman | TKO | 7 (8) | Dec 15, 2000 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Roosevelt Booth | TKO | 2 (8), | Aug 18, 2000 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | David McCluskey | TKO | 2 (4), | Jun 24, 2000 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Anthony Spain | TKO | 10 (12), | May 20, 2000 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Andre Sherrod | TKO | 5 (6), | Apr 15, 2000 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Tyrone Wallace | TKO | 3 | Oct 28, 1999 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | James Stokes | KO | 3 (8), | Oct 9, 1999 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Shannon Miller | UD | 6 | Jun 18, 1999 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Johnny Walker | TKO | 1 | May 15, 1999 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Gregg Floyd | KO | 2 (6), | Apr 17, 1999 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Mack Willis | 6 | Mar 19, 1999 | ||||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Larry McFadden | 1 | Feb 27, 1999 | ||||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Eric Rhinehart | TKO | 2 | Jan 14, 1999 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Anthony DeBardaladin | UD | 4 | Nov 20, 1998 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Ralph Monday | UD | 4 | Aug 22, 1998 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Forrest McFarland | UD | 4 | Nov 7, 1998 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Calvin Smith | TKO | 2 (4), | May 6, 1998 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Cleveland Issacs | UD | 4 | Feb 13, 1998 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | James Mullins | 4 | Nov 25, 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Michael Watkins | 1 (5), | Jun 9, 1997 |
Danny has been training fighters beginning with his Ocala gym that opened in 1991 and as a trainer since 2010. In 2017 He then moved to Tulua, Colombia where he opened boxeo y Mas Gym. He has trained multiple highly ranked fighters. He is the trainer for former WBC fecabox champion and current WBA N.A.B.A title holder Alexander Castro. Danny now has 2 gyms in Colombia. The original Boxeo Y Mas in Tulua, and his 2nd Boxeo Y Mas gym in Santa Marta, Colombia where he has an exclusive private training camp with all the amenities that athletes need to focus on becoming world champions. He currently is training some of Colombia's top boxing talent.