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Gonzalez rebounded quickly from the loss to de la Hoya by stopping Bert Granciosa in the third round as part of Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II undercard on 28 June 1997. As the then-WBC No. 2 super lightweight contender, and with the belt vacant, González received his opportunity to fight for another belt and take on his own boyhood idol ...
For only the second time in his career to that point, De La Hoya was taken the full 12-round distance. Despite failing to score a knockdown in the fight, De La Hoya was extremely accurate offensively during the fight, landing 361 punches out of 561 thrown for an impressive 64% success rate, while González outthrew De La Hoya, he landed over 100 less punches (251 out of 751) for a 34% success ...
The fight where reigning WBA World Lightweight champion Gervonta "Tank ... David Whitmire vs. Angel ... Nasheed H. Smith vs. Tariq Green. Lightweight: Deric Davis vs. Oscar Eduardo Gonzalez Jr.
Alejandro González Jr. (March 8, 1993 – December 9, 2016) was a Mexican professional boxer who challenged once for the IBF super bantamweight title. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was the son of former world champion Alejandro Martín González .
We took this fight because we know Julio is going to win." [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Despite being a 20 to 1 favourite to win, Jones rejected any suggestion that he would be taking González lightly saying "The minute you relax is the minute you lose".
Immediately following his eighth successful title defense over Jesús Chávez in November 2001, reigning WBC super featherweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced that after 27 fights in the division, the Chávez fight would be his last as a super featherweight and he would be moving up to lightweight to challenge the WBC lightweight champion José Luis Castillo.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. had captured his first world title at the age of 21 two months prior after defeating Genaro Hernández on October 3, 1998. [3] Following his victory, Mayweather quickly entered negotiations with Angel Manfredy and the two fighters reached an agreement to face one another that same month with the fight set for December 19, 1998. [4]
Vicente Gonzalez KO 2 (10) 1993-11-15 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. 30 Win 28–2 Luisito Espinosa: KO 2 (12) 1993-08-13 Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico: Retained WBC International featherweight title: 29 Win 27–2 Edward Parker TKO 4 (10) 1993-04-26 Plaza Monumental, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico: 28 ...