Delia 'Chiquita' Gonzalez (born November 20, 1971) is an American former

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. She has a record of 13-9-4 with 3

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wins, although several of her losses have been controversial.

Personal and early life

Gonzalez is

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, and trained at the gym under her father's guidance. Soon she earned the nickname ''Chiquita'', after her favorite boxer, the former 2 time World flyweight champion Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez of

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Career

As a professional, Delia began with a 4-round decision win over Lucy Tellez in

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. A couple of fights later, she beat Gloria Ramirez twice, once by knockout in the 3rd, and once by decision in 4. Both fights again took place in Texas. Two more wins followed and a title shot came after that, and she beat Klee Fenie in

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to become the

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's world Flyweight champion. She defended her title against Anissa Zamarron winning on points, then met Phoenix's Yvonne Trevino which the judges called a technical draw (word used for tie in

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). She later met Jolene Blackshear and lost the world title. She traveled to

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in May 2000 for a bout against

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, which she lost. She won four fights after her loss, including two wins over Yolanda Gonzalez. Later, Gonzales fought in the bantamweight ranks, and in June 2003 lost a fight against Ada Vélez for the WIBA bantamweight title on a seventh-round disqualification. She has also managed boxer Rebecca Rodriguez. On March 19, 2004, Gonzalez returned to the ring for a 6-round draw with Johanna Peña-Álvarez. Gonzalez was inducted into the

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in 2022.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

Delia Gonzalez
Women Boxing Archive Network

Dee Williams

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