Jose A Gonzalez (born June 6, 1983) is a Puerto Rican

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who has challenged once for the WBO

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title.

Professional career

Gonzalez made his professional debut on April 25, 2008, winning a four-round

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against Israel Suarez, who also debuted. Fighting exclusively in his native Puerto Rico for the next five years, Gonzalez would remain undefeated while making five successful defenses of the regional WBO Latino

title. On May 11, 2013, Gonzalez travelled abroad for the first time to face WBO lightweight champion

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. After nine rounds, and despite having built up a comfortable lead on all three judges' scorecards, Gonzalez surprised onlookers by retiring on his stool, citing a wrist injury. More than a year-and-a-half later, Gonzalez returned to the ring on December 20, 2014, regaining the vacant WBO Latino lightweight title by stopping Antonio João Bento in two rounds. On June 26, 2015, Gonzalez was stopped in seven rounds by

Diego Magdaleno Diego Armando Magdaleno (born October 28, 1986) is an American professional boxer. He challenged for the WBO super featherweight title in 2013 and the WBO lightweight title in 2015. At regional level, he held the WBC- NABF super featherweight ...

.Burton, Ryan (June 27, 2015)
"Gilberto Ramirez Dominates, Magdaleno Stops Gonzalez"
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Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Jose 1983 births Living people Puerto Rican male boxers Lightweight boxers People from Toa Baja, Puerto Rico 21st-century Puerto Rican people