Gilberto Gonzalez: The Resilient “El Flaco” of Boxing
Gilberto “El Flaco” González is a Mexican professional boxer from Mexico City who competed in the super-lightweight division. Records list his professional debut in 2005 and bouts across Mexico and the United States.
LA Fight Club appearances
González featured in Golden Boy’s LA Fight Club series at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles. A July 2015 announcement placed him in the main event against Colombia’s Hevinson Herrera after the originally scheduled headliner changed.
He won that July 2 contest by a third-round TKO. A later Belasco appearance against Luis Arceo on April 1, 2016, ended in another stoppage victory, this time in round six. The video above features the Arceo bout, connecting the footage to a specific result in his record.
Later lightweight opposition
González subsequently faced Mercito Gesta at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on April 1, 2017. Gesta won their ten-round lightweight contest by unanimous decision. Romero Duno also defeated González on points over ten rounds at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio in May 2018.
Those results show his schedule spanning both super-lightweight and lightweight contests. The division listed for an individual bout therefore matters when following his career, rather than assuming every appearance took place at one weight.
His American assignments included both victories at the Belasco and later losses in Las Vegas and Indio. Read chronologically, the results provide a more complete picture of his cross-border career, with the Arceo footage representing one successful performance within that wider sequence.
Sources
- WBA boxer profile
- FightNights record
- PhilBoxing report
Sources: mercitogesta.com; dca.ca.gov; 15rounds.com
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
