Alonzo Gonzalez: NABF Flyweight Champion and Key Bouts
Alonzo “B. Strongbow” Gonzalez faced Orlando Canizales in a ten-round bout in San Jose on 3 June 1987. Canizales won by unanimous decision.
Alonzo Gonzalez and the Strongbow name
Gonzalez also appears in boxing records as Alonso B. Strongbow. BoxRec associates him with Los Angeles, California, and lists him among the North American Boxing Federation’s flyweight champions. Recognizing both names helps connect his career record with the Strongbow name used in the video above.
Selected fights from his professional career
His recorded professional debut took place at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles on 9 February 1978, when he defeated Francisco Rodriguez by knockout. California and Nevada venues recur throughout his early schedule, including Bakersfield, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. His opponents included Ian Clyde, whom he stopped in September 1981, and Daniel Zaragoza, against whom he lost on points that July.
Gonzalez later boxed outside the United States. He met Payao Poontarat in Bangkok in February 1983 and faced Hilario Zapata twice in Panama City in 1985. Both Zapata bouts ended in decision losses.
The embedded footage features Paul Gonzales, a different opponent from Orlando Canizales. The Gonzalez–Gonzales contest took place at the Hollywood Palladium on 2 February 1986 and ended in a unanimous decision for Paul Gonzales. Keeping those similarly spelled names separate clarifies which boxer appears in each result. Gonzalez’s June 1987 meeting with Canizales followed a May bout against Raul Valdez, also in California.
Sources
Sources: BoxRec biography; Gonzalez bout record.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
