Look at the man's accolades: 1986 Golden Gloves Champion 1987 Silver Medal at the Pan American Games 1988 Olympic Silver Medal WBC Jr. Flyweight Champion 2-time IBF Jr. Flyweight Champion WBO Jr. Flyweight Champion Was the 1st Jr. Flyweight to earn 1 million dollars for a bout. Was in the 1st Jr. Flyweight Championship bout to headline a PPV card. 1994 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year Competed in Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year for 1993 Won Ring Magazine's 1999 Comeback of the Year award after KO'ing Jorge Arce Retired as a Champion Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006 Amateur Career Record: 94-9 Professional Career Record: 49-4 (33) This content is protected And above all of these accomplishments, provided you and I with years of quality fights whenever he stepped in the ring. Here's to you Mr. Carbajal. :cheers
This content is protected 1994-02-19107¾Humberto Gonzalez107¼38-2-0Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, United StatesLSD1212~ referee: Lou Filippo | judge: This content is protected 113-117 | judge: Mike Munoz 115-114 | judge: Ray Solis 113-115 ~ ~ WBC light flyweight title ~ ~ IBF light flyweight title ~ :huh
That is funny, and obviously an error, but stop diverting attention away from the fact that this is a Michael Carbajal Appreciation thread. So, Freddy, do you like him or not?
Above all his other accomplishments I admire him for going up against Umberto Gonzalez three times in a year and a half. How many top notch champs will risk their TV marketability that way these days?
Excellent boxer, excellent career. And has he showed in the Arce fight, sometimes the littlest guys have the biggest hearts.
All hail Michael Carbajal! He was one of the first guys to bring back marketability to the small weight divisions. I always give props to him and Hamed (******* or not) for getting people focused on boxing's smaller warriors, making most of them more money in the process. :happy :good
