Diego Armando Magdaleno (born October 28, 1986, in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

) is an undefeated Mexican-American boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 division and is the current NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 Champion. He's also the brother of undefeated boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 Jesús Magdaleno

Jesus Magdaleno

Jesús Gabriel Magdaleno is an undefeated Mexican-American boxer in the Super Bantamweight division. He's also the brother of undefeated boxer Diego Magdaleno.-Amateur Career:...

. Diego has been featured in the top ten in Ring Magazine's ratings for junior lightweight.

Early life

He was named after Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...

 and is the brother of undefeated boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 Jesús Magdaleno

Jesus Magdaleno

Jesús Gabriel Magdaleno is an undefeated Mexican-American boxer in the Super Bantamweight division. He's also the brother of undefeated boxer Diego Magdaleno.-Amateur Career:...

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Professional career

He is signed to Bob Arum

Bob Arum

Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....

's Top Rank

Top Rank

Top Rank may refer to:*Top Rank, Las Vegas based boxing promotion company formed in 1973* Top Rank Records, 1950s subsidiary record label of the Rank Organisation, British company which ran from 1937 to 1996...

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In April 2010, Diego won a ten round decision over Manuel Perez

Manuel Perez (boxer)

Manuel Pérez is a Mexican-American professional boxer in the Lightweight division. Pérez is the former WBC Youth World Featherweight, WBC Continental Americas Super Featherweight, and is the current WBC Latino Light Welterweight Champion....

After receiving a top ten Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 ranking by the Ring Magazine, Magdaleno beat contender Alejandro Pérez

Alejandro Pérez (boxer)

Alejandro Pérez is a Mexican American professional boxer in the Super Featherweight division.-Pro career:...

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Professional record

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|Win || 20-0-0 ||align=left|  Alejandro Pérez

Alejandro Pérez (boxer)

Alejandro Pérez is a Mexican American professional boxer in the Super Featherweight division.-Pro career:...

|UD || 10 || July 15, 2011 || align=left| Texas Station

Texas Station

Texas Station Hotel and Casino is a locals casino and hotel located on Rancho Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The casino is owned by Station Casinos....

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

|align=left|Retained his NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 title
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|Win || 19-0-0 ||align=left|  Gilberto Sánchez
|TKO || 3 , (0:49) || May 6, 2011 ||align=left| Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

|align=left|Retained his NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 title
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|Win || 18-0-0 ||align=left|  Marcos Leonardo Jimenez
|TKO || 5 , (3:00) || January 22, 2011 || align=left| Texas Station

Texas Station

Texas Station Hotel and Casino is a locals casino and hotel located on Rancho Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The casino is owned by Station Casinos....

, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

|align=left|Won the NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 title
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|Win || 17-0-0 ||align=left|  Derrick Campos
|TKO

Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rafael Marquez

In addition, theirs will be yet another battle in the long-running rivalry between Mexican boxers and those from Puerto Rico, a fact that is lost on neither combatant....

  || 4 , (1:15) || November 6, 2010 || align=left|  MGM Grand

MGM Grand Las Vegas

The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The MGM Grand is the third largest hotel in the world and largest hotel resort complex in the United States in front of The Venetian. The MGM Grand was the largest hotel in the world when it opened in...

, Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...

, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

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|Win || 16-0-0 ||align=left|  Carlos Oliveira
|TKO || 5 , (1:13) || September 11, 2010 || align=left|  Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 15-0-0 ||align=left|  Manuel Perez

Manuel Perez (boxer)

Manuel Pérez is a Mexican-American professional boxer in the Lightweight division. Pérez is the former WBC Youth World Featherweight, WBC Continental Americas Super Featherweight, and is the current WBC Latino Light Welterweight Champion....

|UD || 10 || April 10, 2010 || align=left|  Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, is an entertainment resort owned and operated by Brookfield Asset Management and Warner Gaming, LLC....

, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 14-0-0 ||align=left|  Floriano Pagliara
|UD || 8 || February 13, 2010 || align=left|  Las Vegas Hilton

Las Vegas Hilton

The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent...

, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 13-0-0 ||align=left|  Gerardo Robles
|UD || 8 || January 16, 2010 || align=left|  Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 12-0-0 ||align=left|  Josenilson Dos Santos
|UD || 8 || November 13, 2009 || align=left|  Mandalay Bay House of Blues, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 11-0-0 ||align=left|  Carlos Vinan
|UD || 6 || August 15, 2009 || align=left|  Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 10-0-0 ||align=left|  Juan Montiel
|UD || 6 || May 16, 2009 || align=left|  Buffalo Bill's Star Arena, Primm

Primm, Nevada

Primm is a tiny community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the border between California and Nevada...

, Nevada
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|Win || 9-0-0 ||align=left|  Juan Santiago
|UD || 4 || May 1, 2009 || align=left|  Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 8-0-0 ||align=left|  Rodrigo Aranda
|UD || 6 || February 6, 2009 || align=left|  Maywood Activity Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 7-0-0 ||align=left|  Travis Thompson
|UD || 4 || October 31, 2008 || align=left|  Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 6-0-0 ||align=left|  Jorge Ruiz
|TKO || 5 , (1:16) || September 19, 2008 || align=left|  Buffalo Bill's Star Arena, Primm, Nevada
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