Miguel González is a Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division.

Mexico Lightweight Championship

In March of 1991, he lost his first title shot to Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 National Lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 champion Omar Flores.

Miguel almost upset two-time world champion Roger Mayweather

Roger Mayweather

Roger Mayweather is a retired professional boxer. He won two major world titles in two different weight classes. Throughout his career, Mayweather fought against many other boxing champions of the 1980s and 1990s. He is a part of the Mayweather boxing family; his brothers are former welterweight...

 in Hilton Hotel, Laughlin, Nevada.

On April 24, 1998 González lost to three-time world champion, American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito Montiel is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former WBA, WBO, & IBF welterweight champion...

 in Scottish Rite Center, San Diego, California, Nevada. He has also fought César Valdez Valenzuela

César Valdez Valenzuela

César Valdez Valenzuela is a Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He's also the former Baja California State Welterweight and the Pacific Coast Welterweight Champion.-Pro career:...

, and two-time world champion Daniel Santos

Daniel Santos (boxer)

Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...

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