On September 6, 1997, the 39-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Daniel Zaragoza (55-7-3, 28 KOs), faced a 21-year-old fellow Mexican boxer Érik Morales (26-0, 20 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Zaragoza came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 23 days. Morales was on a 26-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 2 days.
Érik Morales stopped the champion via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC super-bantamweight champion. Morales improves his record to 27-0 (21 KOs), while Zaragoza adds a loss to his record at 55-8-3.
On September 25, 1993, Daniel Zaragoza and Tracy Harris Patterson met again in an immediate rematch.
Zaragoza came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 20 days.
Daniel Zaragoza was defending his super-bantamweight titles and, fighting for the super-bantamweight WBC titles against Tracy Harris Patterson and lost via TKO in the 7th round, and adds an loss to his record at 44-7-2.
On March 20, 1992, the 34-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Daniel Zaragoza (44-5-1, 22 KOs), faced Thierry Jacob, in a title defense fight.
Zaragoza came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 11 days.
Daniel Zaragoza was defending his super-bantamweight WBC titles against Thierry Jacob and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-bantamweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 44-6-1.
On April 23, 1990, Daniel Zaragoza and Paul Banke met again in a rematch.
Zaragoza came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 20 days.
Daniel Zaragoza was defending his super-bantamweight WBC titles against Paul Banke and lost via TKO in the 9th round, and adds an loss to his record at 40-5-1.
On April 11, 1986, a 28-year-old Daniel Zaragoza (28-3, 15 KOs) and a 21-year-old Australian boxer Jeff Fenech (12-0, 11 KOs) met in the ring.
Zaragoza came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 2 days. Fenech was on a 12-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 9 days.
Jeff Fenech defeated Daniel Zaragoza via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Fenech improves his record to 13-0, while Zaragoza adds a loss to his record at 28-4.
On August 9, 1985, the 27-year-old WBC bantamweight world champion, Daniel Zaragoza (28-2, 15 KOs), faced Miguel Lora, in a title defense fight.
Zaragoza came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 5 days.
Daniel Zaragoza was defending his bantamweight WBC titles against Miguel Lora and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round bantamweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 28-3.
On August 8, 1983, a 25-year-old Daniel Zaragoza (19-1, 10 KOs) and Harold Petty met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a bantamweight bout.
Zaragoza came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 12 days.
Daniel Zaragoza lost to Harold Petty via unanimous decision in the 12-round bantamweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 19-2.
On July 29, 1982, a 24-year-old Daniel Zaragoza (14-0, 10 KOs) and Harold Petty met in the ring.
Zaragoza came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days.
Daniel Zaragoza lost to Harold Petty via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 14-1.