I'm so impressed with Daniel and I'm real happy for the guy. When I first saw him YEARS ago I thought "this guy is going to get killed against tough compedition". Sure he could hit hard, but he had the fluidity and movement of those old rubber WWF wrestling action figures. He looked TERRIBLY awkward, and not "awkward" in the good Prince Naseem/Herol Graham way.

His adviser Joe Hernandez actually first saw him at a workout in Los Angeles in 2000 before he turned pro, and said that Daniel had absolutely NO natural fighting talent, and thought that he just couldn't fight. Considering that, Daniel has done well for himself. The guy is a survivor. His mom and dad had 6 children, and he was the only one to survive (the rest of his brothers and sisters died within a year of being born due to blood ailments).