Michael Carbajal: An Appreciation Thread

[Club Fighter]

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)

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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

[brooklyn1550]

Michael Carbajal - Great fighter indeed!

[freddy-wak]

[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])107¾Humberto Gonzalez ([Only registered and activated users can see links])107¼38-2-0Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, United StatesLSD1212~ referee: Lou Filippo | judge: Zab Judah 113-117 | judge: Mike Munoz 115-114 | judge: Ray Solis 113-115 ~
~ WBC light flyweight title ~
~ IBF light flyweight title ~

:huh

[Club Fighter]

[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])107¾Humberto Gonzalez ([Only registered and activated users can see links])107¼38-2-0Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, United StatesLSD1212~ referee: Lou Filippo | judge: Zab Judah 113-117 | judge: Mike Munoz 115-114 | judge: Ray Solis 113-115 ~
~ WBC light flyweight title ~
~ IBF light flyweight title ~

:huh

:lol: 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?

[TIGEREDGE]

Excellent Fighter

[Lex]

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?

[Motor City Sam]

Excellent boxer, excellent career. And has he showed in the Arce fight, sometimes the littlest guys have the biggest hearts.

[Rock0052]

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 (asshole or not) for getting people focused on boxing's smaller warriors, making most of them more money in the process.

:happy :good

[Jason997]

Being a Phoenix native he was one of my heros growing up.

- Jason

[brooklyn1550]

[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])107¾Humberto Gonzalez ([Only registered and activated users can see links])107¼38-2-0Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, United StatesLSD1212~ referee: Lou Filippo | judge: Zab Judah 113-117 | judge: Mike Munoz 115-114 | judge: Ray Solis 113-115 ~
~ WBC light flyweight title ~
~ IBF light flyweight title ~



:rofl

[brownpimp88]

He is great, too bad him and finito didnt fight each other.