Humberto González

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Humberto González (born March 25, 1966) is a Mexican former professional boxing champion. He held the WBC three times, IBF and Lineal Jr. Flyweight titles. He was nicknamed Chiquita.

Professional career

Gonzalez made his professional boxing debut on September 1, 1984 in Mexico City with a four round decision win over Jorge Ortega Perez. Little over three months later, he had his first knockout win, as he beat Narciso Perez in the first round.

By the end of 1987, Gonzalez was 20-0 and held the Mexico light-flyweight title.

In 1988, he won four fights, all by knockout. He retained the national belt against Jose Luis Zepeda in six rounds at Tijuana, and Javier Vazquez, beaten in five at Mexico City.

His next fight, on June 25, 1989, brought two firsts to his career: Celebrated in Chonju, South Korea, it was his first fight abroad. Being for the WBC world Jr. Flyweight championship, it was also his first world title try. Gonzalez outpointed world champion Yul-Woo Lee over 12 rounds to crown himself world champion. On December 9, he again fought in South Korea, retaining his world championship against former champion and future hall of fame member Jung-Koo Chang by a decision in 12. Chang had previously defended the same title a then division record 15 times before vacating it following a brief retirement the year prior.

In 1990, Gonzalez retained the title four times, including a win against future champion Francisco Tejedor, but on December 19, he suffered a shocking defeat to Rolando Pascua, a boxer who was unknown to most boxing experts, in Inglewood. The knockout in round six suffered by Gonzalez that night cost him the world title.

After a win in 1991, Gonzalez recovered the world title, by defeating the man who had taken the world championship away from Pascua: Melchor Cob Castro. Gonzalez and Castro met on June 3 at Las Vegas, and Gonzalez won a 12 round decision.

In 1992, he retained the title four times, beating Castro in a rematch, reigning Olympic flyweight gold medalist Kim Kwang-sun, Domingo Sosa and former world champion Napa Kiatwanchai.

By then, talks about a superfight between him and IBF world champion Michael Carbajal were common among boxing fans. The fight, which came on March 13, 1993, was the first million-dollar fight in Jr. Flyweight boxing history (both fighters were guaranteed one million dollars in earnings) and also the first Jr. Flyweight fight in history to head a Pay Per View boxing card. In front of many Hollywood stars and thousands of fans at the arena, Gonzalez dropped Carbajal in rounds two and five, but Carbajal recovered to knock Gonzalez out in round seven.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He finished the year with two ten round decision wins, including one against Pablo Tiznado, a boxer who also fought against Alex Sanchez.

Carbajal and Gonzalez met in a rematch February 19, 1994 at Inglewood, and the second time around, Gonzalez became a three time world Jr. Flyweight champion by beating Carbajal by decision in 12.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With that win, he joined an exclusive group of boxers who have been world champions three times or more in the same division, alongside such others as Muhammad Ali, Carlos De León, Evander Holyfield and Sugar Ray Robinson. Gonzalez won two more fights, one a non-title bout, and the other a title defense versus Juan Domingo Córdoba. Then, on November 12 of the same year, he and Carbajal had a rubber match, this time in Mexico City. Gonzalez again prevailed, on points over 12 rounds.

After retaining the title once in 1995, on July 15 of that year, he fought for the last time. Again, he dropped his rival, Saman Sorjaturong, a couple of times before being knocked out in round seven to lose his world title.

Professional boxing record

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46 Template:No2Loss 43–3 Saman Sorjaturong TKO 7 (12), Template:Small Jul 15, 1995 Template:Small Template:Small
45 Template:Yes2Win 43–2 Jesus Zuniga KO 5 (12), Template:Small Mar 31, 1995 Template:Small Template:Small
44 Template:Yes2Win 42–2 Michael Carbajal MD 12 Nov 12, 1994 Template:Small Template:Small
43 Template:Yes2Win 41–2 Juan Domingo Córdoba RTD 7 (12), Template:Small Sep 10, 1994 Template:Small Template:Small
42 Template:Yes2Win 40–2 Armando Diaz TKO 3 (10) Jul 8, 1994 Template:Small
41 Template:Yes2Win 39–2 Michael Carbajal SD 12 Feb 19, 1994 Template:Small Template:Small
40 Template:Yes2Win 38–2 Armando Diaz UD 10 Nov 17, 1993 Template:Small
39 Template:Yes2Win 37–2 Pablo Tiznado UD 10 Aug 28, 1993 Template:Small
38 Template:No2Loss 36–2 Michael Carbajal KO 7 (12), Template:Small Mar 13, 1993 Template:Small Template:Small
37 Template:Yes2Win 36–1 Melchor Cob Castro UD 12 Dec 7, 1992 Template:Small Template:Small
36 Template:Yes2Win 35–1 Napa Kiatwanchai KO 2 (12), Template:Small Sep 14, 1992 Template:Small Template:Small
35 Template:Yes2Win 34–1 Kwang-sun Kim TKO 12 (12), Template:Small Jun 7, 1992 Template:Small Template:Small
34 Template:Yes2Win 33–1 Domingo Sosa UD 12 Jan 27, 1992 Template:Small Template:Small
33 Template:Yes2Win 32–1 Melchor Cob Castro UD 12 Jun 3, 1991 Template:Small Template:Small
32 Template:Yes2Win 31–1 Rey Hernandez KO 9 (10) Mar 15, 1991 Template:Small
31 Template:No2Loss 30–1 Rolando Pascua KO 6 (12), Template:Small Dec 19, 1990 Template:Small Template:Small
30 Template:Yes2Win 30–0 Jorge Rivera TKO 9 (12), Template:Small Aug 25, 1990 Template:Small Template:Small
29 Template:Yes2Win 29–0 Jung Keun Lim TKO 5 (12), Template:Small Jul 23, 1990 Template:Small Template:Small
28 Template:Yes2Win 28–0 Luis Monzote TKO 3 (12), Template:Small Jun 4, 1990 Template:Small Template:Small
27 Template:Yes2Win 27–0 Francisco Tejedor KO 3 (12), Template:Small Mar 24, 1990 Template:Small Template:Small
26 Template:Yes2Win 26–0 Jung-koo Chang UD 12 Dec 9, 1989 Template:Small Template:Small
25 Template:Yes2Win 25–0 Yul-woo Lee UD 12 Jun 25, 1989 Template:Small Template:Small
24 Template:Yes2Win 24–0 Jorge Rivera KO 4 (?) Oct 22, 1988 Template:Small
23 Template:Yes2Win 23–0 Atanasio Villareal Template:Abbr 4 (?) Oct 1, 1988 Template:Small
22 Template:Yes2Win 22–0 Javier Varguez TKO 5 (12) Jun 4, 1988 Template:Small Template:Small
21 Template:Yes2Win 21–0 Jose Luis Zepeda TKO 6 (12) Mar 5, 1988 Template:Small Template:Small
20 Template:Yes2Win 20–0 Jorge Cano PTS 12 Sep 26, 1987 Template:Small Template:Small
19 Template:Yes2Win 19–0 Jose Manuel Diaz KO 2 (10) Jul 25, 1987 Template:Small
18 Template:Yes2Win 18–0 Santiago Mendez Gamboa KO 8 (?) Jun 13, 1987 Template:Small
17 Template:Yes2Win 17–0 Ruben Padilla TKO 7 (?) May 9, 1987 Template:Small
16 Template:Yes2Win 16–0 Javier Alonso KO 1 (?) Feb 27, 1987 Template:Small
15 Template:Yes2Win 15–0 Jorge Gutierrez TKO 6 (?) Dec 6, 1986 Template:Small
14 Template:Yes2Win 14–0 Agustin Macias TKO 4 (?) Oct 8, 1986 Template:Small
13 Template:Yes2Win 13–0 Martin Ortega KO 1 (?) Jul 14, 1986 Template:Small
12 Template:Yes2Win 12–0 Alcibiades Hernandez TKO 2 (?) Jun 18, 1986 Template:Small
11 Template:Yes2Win 11–0 Sergio Medina KO 3 (?) May 22, 1986 Template:Small
10 Template:Yes2Win 10–0 Martin Perez TKO 2 (?) Mar 15, 1986 Template:Small
9 Template:Yes2Win 9–0 Carlos Rezago KO 5 (?) Dec 14, 1985 Template:Small
8 Template:Yes2Win 8–0 Javier Alvarez TKO 1 (?) Nov 9, 1985 Template:Small
7 Template:Yes2Win 7–0 Eduardo Ramirez PTS 6 Sep 7, 1985 Template:Small
6 Template:Yes2Win 6–0 Otilio Gallegos TKO 2 (?) Jul 27, 1985 Template:Small
5 Template:Yes2Win 5–0 Martin Alvarez TKO 2 (?) Jun 8, 1985 Template:Small
4 Template:Yes2Win 4–0 Francisco Villagomez TKO 1 (?) Apr 20, 1985 Template:Small
3 Template:Yes2Win 3–0 Carmelo Perez KO 1 (?) Feb 20, 1985 Template:Small
2 Template:Yes2Win 2–0 Narciso Perez TKO 1 (?) Dec 19, 1984 Template:Small
1 Template:Yes2Win 1–0 Jorge Ortega PTS 4 Sep 4, 1984 Template:Small

Retirement

Immediately after the fight with Sorjaturong, he announced he was retiring, to pursue another dream of his: to become a successful businessman in Mexico City. Gonzalez had a record of 43 wins and 3 losses as a professional boxer, with 30 wins by knockout.

Life after boxing

Gonzalez has stayed retired ever since, and he has been able to open three meat markets in Mexico. He is a part-time butcher in his shops, and has been able to reach the business success he dreamed about.

Trivia

His first fight with Carbajal and his fight with Sorjaturong were both chosen as 1993 and 1995's Fight of the Year by The Ring. The Ring also placed Carbajal and Gonzalez on their list of the 100 greatest punchers of all time.

Both Humberto González and former rival Michael Carbajal were elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.

He earned many admirers during his professional boxing career. Female boxer Delia Gonzalez was one of them, and is nicknamed Chikita after Humberto.

See also

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References

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