Венесуэланың бокс жұлдызы: Бетулио Гонсалес өмірі мен мансабы

Venezuelan boxer

Betulio Segundo González (born October 24, 1949) is a former boxer from Venezuela, who is considered a national hero in Venezuela. He is considered by many to be Venezuela's greatest world champion in boxing history. A combatant of 92 bouts, he fought until eleven months before he turned forty, the mandatory age for professional fighters to retire in Venezuela.

A native of Maracaibo, Zulia State he made his professional boxing debut on April 24, 1968, knocking out Elio Monzat in the third round at Gonzalez's hometown. Gonzalez won his first ten fights, including his Caracas debut, on November 25 of that same year, with a ten round decision over Evencio Bruguillos. On August 1, 1969, his winning streak came to a halt, when he was held to a ten round draw (tie), by Juan José Brizuela in Caracas. He beat Brizuela by a ten round decision in a September 16 rematch, then challenged Hector Criollo for the Venezuelan Flyweight title on October 10. He won his first belt by knocking out Criollo in seven rounds to win the regional title. On March 6, 1970, he suffered a somewhat surprising defeat, at the hands of Felix Marquez, who had only five prior professional fights. He was knocked out by Marquez in six rounds. He followed this with a win over Marquez by 12 rounds split decision to retain the Venezuelan flyweight title in a rematch as well as a win over Nestor Jimenez and a loss to Ignacio Espinal; both Jimenez and Espinal would later go on to fight for world titles. On April 1, 1971, he got his first world title try, in what also was his first fight abroad. Fighting Masao Ohba in Tokyo for the WBA world Flyweight title, he dropped a fifteen round unanimous decision. After three more wins, he had his second chance at a world title: on November 20, he faced world champion Erbito Salavarria for his WBC world title. The fight resulted in a controversial fifteen round draw: The Zulia State boxing commission alleged that Salavarria had been given sugar or illegal drugs during the fight, and sent the WBC a bottle with which the sugar or drugs had supposedly been administered. The WBC recognized Gonzalez to be as world champion. He lost the title in his second defense, being handed a tenth round knockout by Venice Borkhorsor on September 29 at Bangkok. He defeated Socrates Batoto in his lone defense. Gonzalez had four wins in a row after that loss, and, on August 4, 1973, he became a world Flyweight champion for the second time, when he claimed the vacant WBA title by defeating Miguel Canto by a fifteen round majority decision in Maracaibo. On November 17, he retained the title with an eleventh round knockout over Alberto Morales. On May 19, 1974, he faced Shoji Oguma, another world champion boxer, in a non title, ten round bout held at Tokyo. Gonzalez prevailed by a ten round decision. On July 20, Gonzalez fought in Italy against Franco Udella, a world Jr. Flyweight champion, and he retained the WBA world Flyweight title with a tenth round knockout. Oguma became the WBA world Flyweight champion when he beat Gonzalez, on November 1, with a fifteen round split decision in Tokyo. After one more win, Gonzalez and Canto met, this time with Canto as WBC world champion. Canto defeated Gonzalez by a fifteen round split decision on May 24, 1975 at Monterrey, Mexico. Gonzalez then won eight fights in a row, before fighting for the Fecarbox regional Flyweight title. On June 20, 1976, he won that title by knocking out Hildo Roche in two rounds. On November 10, he and Canto had a third match; Canto retained the WBC world Flyweight title with a fifteen round split decision, in a fight held in Caracas. Gonzalez won eight more fights in a row before being given another chance at becoming world Flyweight champion. On August 12, 1978, he joined the exclusive group of boxers who have become world champions three times in the same division, by defeating Guty Espadas by a fifteen round majority decision in Caracas. This fight proved controversial as well, as Gonzalez appeared to be knocked down in the last round, but the fight's referee chose not to count it as a knockdown. On November 4, he retained the title against the famed but maligned Chilean fighter Martin Vargas, a national hero in his country himself, with a twelfth round knockout. Then, he and Oguma proceeded to have a third encounter, and, on January 1, 1979, they fought to a fifteen round draw in Hamamatsu. Gonzalez returned to Japan in July 1979, where, on July 6, he avenged his previous defeat to Oguma, by retaining the title with a twelfth round knockout. But in his next defense, against Luis Ibarra, he lost a fifteen round decision and the world title on November 17. Gonzalez then embarked on another winning streak, which reached seven victories in a row, including two knockouts over future world champion Peter Mathebula, in ten and six rounds, respectively. This winning streak stopped when he challenged Juan Herrera for the WBA world Flyweight title on December 19, 1981. Trying to become a world Flyweight champion for the fourth time, Gonzalez was knocked out in seven rounds. Santos Laciar went on to beat Herrera for the WBA world title, and, after Gonzalez got another win, the two boxing legends met, on September 14, 1982, at a Maracaibo hotel. In what turned out to be his last try at becoming world Flyweight champion for the fourth time, Gonzalez lost a split decision to the Argentine boxer. After losing by a twelve round decision to Alberto Castro for the Fedelatin Flyweight title on July 7, 1984, Gonzalez announced his retirement for the first time. In 1988, however, he returned to boxing for one more fight: having lost on November 28 to future world champion Rodolfo Blanco by knockout in eight rounds, he retired, eleven months before mandatory retirement in Venezuela. He became a household name all over Latin America during his tenures as world champion, especially after the Spanish boxing magazines Ring En Español and Guantes helped popularize him.

No. (Number)ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes92Loss76–12–4Rodolfo BlancoTKO8 (10)1988 11 2891Win76–11–4Pedro NievesTKO5 (10)1988 10 1790Draw75–11–4Juan BlancoPTS12 (12)1988 08 2989Loss75–11–3Alberto CastroPTS12 (12)1984 07 0788Win75–10–3Alberto AlgerTKO1 (10)1984 05 2587Loss74–10–3Santos LaciarSD15 (15)1982 08 1486Win74–9–3Julio GuerreroPTS10 (10)1982 06 0585Loss73–9–3Juan HerreraTKO7 (15)1981 12 1984Win73–8–3Ramon L PerezPTS10 (10)1981 11 2183Win72–8–3Peter MathebulaKO6 (10)1981 10 0482Win71–8–3Peter MathebulaTKO10 (10)1981 06 2181Win70–8–3Carlos IllescasKO2 (10)1981 03 2880Win69–8–3Manuel RiosTKO5 (10)1980 12 0679Win68–8–3Pascual PolancoTKO5 (10)1980 11 1478Win67–8–3Arturo GonzalezKO5 (10)1980 10 3177Win66–8–3Elias DeLeonPTS10 (10)1980 06 2876Loss65–8–3Luis IbarraUD15 (15)1979 11 1775Win65–7–3Shoji OgumaKO12 (15)1979 07 0674Draw64–7–3Shoji OgumaSD15 (15)1979 01 2973Win64–7–2Martín VargasTKO12 (15)1978 11 0472Win63–7–2Guty EspadasMD15 (15)1978 08 1271Win62–7–2Rocky MijaresTKO7 (10)1978 07 0870Win61–7–2Pedro CampoverdeTKO2 (10)1978 06 1769Win60–7–2Humberto MayorgaTKO2 (10)1978 05 1368Win59–7–2Raul ValdezPTS10 (10)1978 03 0467Win58–7–2Carlos Ramon EscalanteTKO6 (10)1977 09 3066Win57–7–2Rodolfo RodríguezRTD7 (10)1977 06 2565Win56–7–2Samuel MachorroPTS10 (10)1977 04 1664Win55–7–2Prudencio CardonaKO3 (10)1977 03 1263Win54–7–2Valentin MartinezTKO8 (10)1977 02 1362Win53–7–2Juanito HerreraTKO2 (10)1976 11 2961Loss52–7–2Miguel CantoSD15 (15)1976 10 0360Win52–6–2Mario ChavezKO2 (10)1976 08 2159Win51–6–2Robert EmersonTKO3 (10)1976 07 2558Win50–6–2Hilde RocheKO2 (12)1976 06 2057Win49–6–2Felix MadrigalTKO2 (10)1976 05 1556Win48–6–2Henry DiazTKO8 (10)1976 04 1055Win47–6–2Tony SanchezPTS10 (10)1976 02 1454Win46–6–2Luis TorresKO3 (10)1975 12 0153Win45–6–2Andres ReyesKO4 (10)1975 11 1552Win44–6–2Reynaldo RomeroKO1 (10)1975 10 0451Win43–6–2Sergio Omar VilloutaTKO2 (10)1975 09 0650Win42–6–2Mariano GarcíaTKO2 (10)1975 07 2649Loss41–6–2Miguel CantoSD15 (15)1975 05 2448Win41–5–2Mario MendezKO8 (10)1975 02 2247Loss40–5–2Shoji OgumaSD15 (15)1974 10 0146Win40–4–2Franco UdellaTKO10 (15)1974 07 2045Win39–4–2Shoji OgumaPTS10 (10)1974 05 1944Win38–4–2Luis CortezTKO2 (10)1974 03 3043Win37–4–2Alberto MoralesTKO11 (15)1973 11 1742Win36–4–2Reinaldo RamirezKO3 (10)1973 09 2941Win35–4–2Miguel CantoMD15 (15)1973 08 0440Win34–4–2Ricardo DelgadoPTS10 (10)1973 07 1039Win33–4–2Lorenzo GutierrezKO1 (10)1973 03 1038Win32–4–2Osamu HabaTKO5 (10)1973 01 3137Win31–4–2Rudy BillonesTKO1 (10)1972 11 1736Loss30–4–2Venice BorkhorsorTKO10 (15)1972 09 2935Win30–3–2Socrates BatotoKO4 (15)1972 06 0334Win29–3–2Willie PastranaTKO4 (10)1972 03 1533Win28–3–2Salvador LozanoTKO6 (10)1972 01 3132Draw27–3–2Erbito SalavarriaSD15 (15)1971 11 2031Win27–3–1San SacristanPTS10 (10)1971 08 3030Win26–3–1Natalio JimenezPTS10 (10)1971 07 1729Win25–3–1Tony MorenoUD10 (10)1971 06 0528Loss24–3–1Masao OhbaUD15 (15)1971 04 0127Win24–2–1Lucio Del Rio MoscaTKO8 (10)1971 01 3126Win23–2–1Bernabe VillacampoSD12 (12)1970 12 2125Win22–2–1Rodolfo LopezTKO7 (10)1970 11 3024Win21–2–1Jose Cruz GarciaTKO6 (10)1970 11 0223Win20–2–1Ubaldo DuartePTS10 (10)1970 09 2522Win19–2–1Ignacio EspinalTKO10 (10)1970 08 0421Win18–2–1Félix MárquezSD12 (12)1970 06 0520Loss17–2–1Ignacio EspinalPTS10 (10)1970 05 0819Win17–1–1Nestor JimenezPTS10 (10)1970 04 1718Loss16–1–1Félix MárquezTKO6 (10)1970 03 0617Win16–0–1Plinio HernandezTKO3 (10)1970 02 2016Win15–0–1Catalino AlvaradoTKO6 (10)1969 12 1215Win14–0–1Ismael EscobarKO2 (? )1969 11 0314Win13–0–1Hector CriolloTKO7 (12)1969 10 1013Win12–0–1Juan Jose BrizuelaPTS10 (10)1969 09 1612Win11–0–1Ramon BravoKO5 (10)1969 09 0811Draw10–0–1Juan Jose BrizuelaPTS10 (10)1969 08 0110Win10–0Nelson AlarconPTS10 (10)1969 07 159Win9–0Antonio BarbosaPTS10 (10)1969 05 268Win8–0Mario De LeonPTS10 (10)1969 03 317Win7–0Hilario DiazPTS10 (10)1969 02 036Win6–0Evencio BruguillosPTS10 (10)1968 11 255Win5–0Hector CriolloTKO5 (10)1968 10 224Win4–0Pollo LaraKO4 (? )1968 09 173Win3–0Fernando RamirezTKO3 (? )1968 08 092Win2–0Jose L HernandezPTS4 (4)1968 06 261Win1–0Eliseo MonzantTKO3 (? )1968 04 24