Things you didn’t know about rising lightweight star Edwin De Los Santos
Fast-rising Dominican prospect Edwin De Los Santos (14-1, 13KOs) has already made a name for himself in his homeland and also gained fame in countries like Thailand. Now he looks to take over the United States next.
So BBN decided to find out some interesting facts about the young southpaw smashing his way through the lightweight division:
Aged 22, Edwin De Los Santos Feliz is from Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic, which is the capital of the country and one of the oldest Caribbean cities.
He started boxing young, at the age of eight, and went on to win numerous national amateur championships in his homeland.
Aged 14, he joined the Dominican’s prestigious National Boxing Team, turning pro at 18.
He has also taken part in a few Muay Thai boxing fights, as well as cage fights.
The lightweight is managed by Antonio Tineo Sr and promoted by Sampson Lewkowicz, who is credited for discovering Manny Pacquiao and bringing the Filipino star to America.
He signed alongside Luis Reynaldo Nunez (16-0, 12KOs), who is also the same age as stablemate De Los Santos, but operating at super-bantamweight. They were on the same National Boxing Team together in the amateurs.
He participated in an MMA fight at flyweight, winning by KO in the first round (3:28) against Jon Adams at Bellator 226 in San Jose, California. Surprisingly, it was actually a body kick that put his opponent down prior to the stoppage.
His boxing alias is “La Granada”, as well as “Smash Fighter”.
He has already won two professional boxing titles. In his eighth pro fight he won the WBA Fedecaribe super-featherweight title within just 62 seconds! A former holder of that title was Jezzrel Corrales, who went on to become a world champion shortly afterwards. He also won the WBC Latino super-featherweight title in the 50th contest in the belt’s history, with a first-round KO, in just 163 seconds!
He has been beaten just once during his four-year pro career to undefeated American William Foster III (14-0, 9KOs) in his U.S. debut. All three scorecards were returned as 77-74, with just one in favour of Santos, the other two reversed against him.
In fight no.15, the first one back from defeat, he took just 228 seconds to secure victory with a second-round TKO of 12-0 Texan, Luis Acosta.
At least 10 of his KOs have come in the first and second rounds. Two knockout wins on his professional record were not recorded properly and, as a result, they are listed as question marks instead of indicating the exact round instead.
He said ahead of his stateside debut, “The greater the opponent, the better I perform in the ring.”
He describes his younger self as “just a kid from east San Jose with no goals.”
He is a big believer in cryotherapy and incorporates cold recovery sessions into all of his training camps.
Stats
Bouts: 15
Won: 14
Lost: 1
Drawn: 0
KOs: 13
KO Ratio: 86.67%
Debut: 25/08/2018
Height: 5’ 8”
Reach: 70”
BoxRec Ranking: #66
Stance: Southpaw