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The Michael Carbajal vs. Humberto González I boxing fight was an encounter that made history in many ways. While this pair of world junior flyweight champions fought three times, their first fight is the one that writers and fans usually remember with fondness. ==Background== In boxing, there are certain types of "rivalries" that fans get excited about most of the time. When a Puerto Rican fighter faces a Mexican, for example, in a major title fight, most of the time the fight itself is considered a big boxing event. The same can be said about Mexicans fighting against a fellow Mexican for a world title. The Mexican versus Mexican-American rivalries also fall among boxing fans' favorite rivalries. A good example is the sustained rivalry between Bobby Chacon, from California, and Rafael Limón, from Mexico. A more recent example is Oscar De La Hoya against Julio César Chávez. When Michael Carbajal, from Phoenix, Arizona, became a professional boxer in 1989, Humberto González, from Mexico, was already a seasoned professional. Carbajal's promoter, Bob Arum, told ''Ring'' magazine that Carbajal would be the first junior flyweight to earn one million dollars for one fight. Carbajal won the IBF world junior flyweight title in 1990, joining WBC world champion Gonzalez as co-champions of that division. After Carbajal won the title, fan excitement about a possible match between the two began to grow. But Gonzalez lost his title to Rolando Pascua on October of that year, and he had to regain it from Melchor Cob Castro, who took over as champion after beating Pascua. Meanwhile, Carbajal had begun a streak of defenses against a number of important challengers. When Gonzalez regained his WBC belt, he also retained it against a long list of challengers. The fact that both boxers were seemingly on what boxing fans call a "clash course" brought another element of excitement whenever fans would talk about a future match between Carbajal and Gonzalez. Knowing that this was a well talked about match-up, promoter Arum began to work towards making it happen. In what could perhaps be called a rare case of boxing unity, both the WBC and IBF agreed to have their champions fight a unification bout. The date set was March 17, 1993. The fight received much media attention both in the United States and in Latin America, with Carbajal and Gonzalez being featured on the cover of multiple magazines on the months preceding the bout. Arum proved half prophetic in his guess that Carbajal would be the first junior flyweight to earn one million dollars in a fight: Both Carbajal and Gonzalez got a guarantee of one million dollars, after they paid their due fees, and Carbajal-Gonzalez I became the first time in history that a fight fought at the Flyweight division or a smaller one garnered one boxer that amount of money. It was also the first time that a junior flyweight world title bout was shown as the main event of a Pay Per View fight card. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Carbajal vs. Humberto Gonzalez I」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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