| José Antonio Jiménez Jiménez | |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Sport: | Boxing |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Oviedo, Spain |
| Death Place: | Oviedo, Spain |
José Antonio Jiménez Jiménez (11 November 1952 – 19 January 2024), better known as Gitano Jiménez, was a Spanish boxer of the featherweight category.
In a 60-fight professional career, he won 41 (14 by knockout), lost 12 (5 by knockout) and had 7 draws (ties).[1] Among others, he faced Tommy Glencross, whom he beat by a 15-round unanimous decision on Saturday, 12 May 1973 to win the EBU featherweight title which was vacant prior to this contest,[2] Svein Erik Paulsen[3] José Bisbal (father of international singer David Bisbal, an eight-round decision win for Jiménez on Saturday, 6 December 1975) [4] and hard-hitting, two-division world champion and International Boxing Hall of Fame member Éder Jofre, to whom Jimenez lost by a ten-round unanimous decision on Friday, 2 July 1976 at São Paulo, Brazil.[5]
He was born in Pumarín, Oviedo on 11 November 1952,[6] and died in Oviedo on 19 January 2024, at the age of 71.[7]