March 14, 1975 Alfonso Zamora, the 21 year-old - 5' 4" 118 lb. 'Mexican Knockout Sensation' brought in a 20-0-0 (20 KO's) record. Suprisingly, Alfonso was only ranked as the #9 WBA Bantamweight. The 24 year-old WBA Bantamweight Champion from South Korea, Soo-Hwan Hong, was making the '2nd-Defense' of his Championship. Soo-Hwan 28-2-2 (7 KO's), a powerfully built 5' 6" slugger, had a swarming-style with a non-stop attack. Soo-Hwan had never fought outside South Korea, but had a suprisingly good fan base support at the The Forum that Friday Night. [url] This content is protected [/url]
Carlos Zarate fought Joe Guevara on the undercard of the Soo-Hwan Hong vs Alfonso Zamora WBA Bantamweight Championship. Both fighters were managed by Cuyo Hernandez of Mexico. Again, suprisingly, the younger 21 year-old Alfonso Zamora 20-0-0 (20 KO's) was ranked higher than the 23 1/2 year-old Carlos Zarate 32-0-0 (31 KO's) at the time. The WBA ranked Alfonso at #9 and Carlos at #11. The muscular upper-body of the 5' 4" Alfonso Zamora resembled that of a 135 lb. weight lifter, while his lower body and legs looked like that of a 112 lb. Flyweight.
I imagine that was after his winning battle vs. Sandoval? That win provided a brief career resurgence, but also turned out to be his last hurrah.