Michael Carbajal
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Carbajal in 2017
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| Real name | Michael Carbajal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Manitas de Piedra (Little Hands of Stone) |
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| Rated at | Light Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 63 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
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September 17, 1967 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Carbajal (born September 17, 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American five-time world boxing champion of Mexican descent. His nickname was "Little Hands Of Stone," after his favorite boxer,"Hands Of Stone" Roberto Durán.
His amateur record was 94-9.
Seven months after the Olympics, in February 1989, Carbajal made his debut in front of a national television audience as part of the card where Duran became a four-time world champion by beating Iran Barkley in Atlantic City. In his first fight, Carbajal outboxed another future world champion, Will Grigsby.
Carbajal followed that win with a spectacular first-round knockout of Silviano Perez on NBC. In his tenth bout, he met Pedro Feliciano, handling him a ten-round beating. Four more wins followed, and Carbajal was presented with an opportunity to fight for a world championship.
On July 29, 1990, Carbajal faced Muangchai Kittikasem, who came to Phoenix from Thailand to defend his IBF light flyweight championship. Carbajal methodically took apart the champion in front of an ABC national audience. In round 7, after a combination of punches left Kittikasem lying defenseless against the ropes, the referee stepped in and stopped the fight, making Carbajal the world champion for the first time in his career.
Carbajal began a string of twelve victories over the next two and a half years, including six title defenses against challengers such as Leon Salazar, Hector Patri, Kim Kwang-Sun and Robinson Cuesta, and a win over future champion Jesus Chong in a non-title fight.
He then fought a highly anticipated unification match with WBC champion Humberto González on March 13, 1993. Carbajal and Gonzalez became the first Junior Flyweights in history to earn a million dollar purse, and it was the first Junior Flyweight "superfight" and championship bout to headline a Pay Per View event.
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