Jonathan González

Statistics
Real name	Jonathan González Ortíz
Nickname(s)	Mantequilla
Rated at	Welterweight
Height	5ft. 11in.
Nationality	Puerto Rico
Birth date	July 26, 1989 (1989-07-26) (age 20)
Birth place	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	6
Wins	6
Wins by KO	6
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

Medal record
Competitor for Puerto Rico
Men’s boxing
Pan American Games
Silver	Rio 2007	Light Welterweight

Jonathan González Ortiz (born July 26, 1989) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer who competes in the welterweight division. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico at numerous international events. Among his achievements, Gonzalez won a silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. After qualifying, he competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Amateur career

At the 2007 Pan American Games, González defeated Inocente Fiss of Cuba in the semifinals. In the finals, he lost to Karl Dargan.

At the world championships 2007 he lost his first match to Australian Todd Kidd.

On July 8, 2008, Puerto Rico's Sports and Recreation Department offered up to $48,000 to the five boxers classified to the Olympics, if the boxers choose to continue in the team for a second Olympic cycle.^[1] Gonzalez noted that the offer was solid, noting his intention to stay if the quantity is met.^[2] As part of their training the boxing team moved to Corea, in order to assimilate the hourary changes.^[3] After training and participating in a series of exhibition matches, the team traveled from Corea to Beijin.^[4] In his first Olympic fight, González lost to Ionuţ Gheorghe of Romania by points, with scores of 21-4. After the event, he said that his performance wasn't "sufficiently aggressive" and that his opponent's speed "surprised" him, because its wasn't seen in previous sparing fights between them.^[5] Upon closing his amateur career, González had compiled a record of 132-18.^[6]

[edit] Professional career

After the Olympic Games, González announced his intention of abandoning the amateur circuit to pursue a professional contract. In December 2008, Seminole Warriors Boxing announced the signing of the pugilist, tough part of his promotional rights were acquired by Universal Promotions.^[7] González debuted on January 14, 2009, defeating Alejandro Arteola by technical knockout in the third round.^[8] This was part of a boxing card organized by the promotion in Hollywood, Florida. The following month, he defeated Pascali Adorno by knockout.^[9] On May 30, 2009, González defeated Laquel Fleming by technical knockout in the first round as part of the undercard of Andre Berto vs. Juan Urango.^[10] On July 31, 2009, he defeated Jorge Barajas by technical knockout in the first round. On August 28, 2009, González defeated Jason Thompson by technical knockout, performing as part of the Juan Urango versus Randall Bailey undercard. The outcome was determined in the third round, when Thompson was unable to fully recover from a second knockdown, prompting the referee to stop the contest. In his next contest, he defeated Eduardo Adorno by technical knockout, when Adorno surrendered during the recess between the first two rounds.^[11]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Professional boxing record for Jonathan González (welterweight) from Boxrec

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