{"product_id":"miguel-angel-gonzalez","title":"Miguel Angel Gonzalez","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiguel Ángel González Dávila, also known as Excelente compañero (born 15 November 1970), is a Mexican professional boxer who held the world lightweight title.González turned pro at age 18 on 21 January 1989, and scored a fifth-round technical knockout over Isidro Pacheco in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter fighting for nearly two years in Mexico, González moved to Japan in the late 1980s and lived there through most of 1991. While residing there, he floored all five of his opponents and was a neighbor of future world champions Yuri Arbachakov and Orzubek Nazarov (also lightweight title holder). It was there that González got his nickname \"Santa Tokyo\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 24 August 1992, González received his first world title shot when he faced Colombian puncher Wilfrido Rocha for the World Boxing Council lightweight title in Mexico City. In a sensational fight, González had his hands full with Rocha, who put the Mexican native on the canvas in the second round. González also had his nose bloodied by his game opponent, but managed to roar back in rounds four and five. González eventually cut Rocha and forced the referee to halt matters in the ninth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade 10 title defenses with success (Dec. 1992 – June '95), he was dominant at the start KOing contenders Leavander Johnson and Jean-Baptiste Mendy but lost his form and struggled later. Gonzalez won a hard-fought, and somewhat controversial, majority decision over Lamar Murphy on 19 August 1995, in Las Vegas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMIGUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ VS:\u003cbr\u003eBENNY MEDINA......................................Fight 13\u003cbr\u003eWILFRIDO ROCHA # 1..........................Fight 26\u003cbr\u003eDARRYL TYSON.......................................Fight 27\u003cbr\u003eHECTOR LOPEZ........................................Fight 29\u003cbr\u003eDAVID SAMPLE........................................Fight 30\u003cbr\u003eWILFRIDO ROCHA # 2..........................Fight 31\u003cbr\u003eJEAN-BAPTISTE MENDY......................Fight 32\u003cbr\u003eKENNY BAYSMORE................................Fight 33\u003cbr\u003eLEVANDER JOHNSON..........................Fight 34\u003cbr\u003eCALVIN GROVE........................................Fight 35\u003cbr\u003eRICARDO SILVA.......................................Fight 36\u003cbr\u003eMARTY JAKUBOWSKI............................Fight 37\u003cbr\u003eLAMAR MURPHY....................................Fight 38\u003cbr\u003eOSCAR DELAHOYA................................Fight 42\u003cbr\u003eROBERTO GRANCIOSA........................Fight 43\u003cbr\u003eJULIO CESAR CHAVEZ SR...................Fight 44\u003cbr\u003eALEX PEREZ..............................................Fight 45\u003cbr\u003eKOSTYA TSZYU........................................Fight 46 \u003cbr\u003eCORY SPINK.............................................Fight 54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boxing Fights Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49580577915073,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5303\/3153\/files\/MiguelAngelGonzalezOnline2.jpg?v=1768215697","url":"https:\/\/boxingfightscollection.com\/products\/miguel-angel-gonzalez","provider":"Boxing Fights Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}