[Crimson]

Saturday, July 4th, 1992
Great Western Forum; Inglewood, CA (attendance 6,242 of a possible 10,000)
Humberto Gonzalez 33-2-2 (26) Mexico WBC
vs.
Melchor Cob Castro 38-4-4 (18) Mexico
This fight was a rematch of a 1991 unanimous decision won by Humberto Gonzalez in Las Vegas by 3, 4, and 4 points on the scorecards. Now they would fight at the “Great Western Forum”, where Gonzalez was a beloved favorite and could be counted on to draw a full house. The promoter was not disappointed on this night, as 6,000+ went through the turnstiles. There was some concern that the best days of Gonzalez were behind him, due to his devastating KO defeats (byKO6 Rolando Pascua in 1990 and byKO3 Danny Nunez this year in the “Team Championship” matches).

To the disappointment of Gonzalez he was not facing Danny “Bazooka” Nunez in an attempt to avenge his KO defeat. This was due to Melchor Cob Castro’s impressive decision victory over the former Gonzalez conqueror. Now Gonzalez would need to get motivated to beat a formidable foe, who he had previously beaten.

Cob Castro was not without his own fans at the “Great Western Forum” and all expected this rematch battle to be a good one. The betting public had put their money on Gonzalez by a 2-1 margin.

After 4 rounds of exciting action Gonzalez had managed to hurt Cob Castro in 2 of the 4 rounds, and cause some swelling (3) to his left eye. Castro was looking very tired on his stool in between rounds.

Cob Castro sucked it up and outworked Gonzalez in rounds 5-7, to pull even on the scorecard of the ringside analyst, Lee MacRae, 67-67. “Chiquita” busted up the body of Cob Castro in the 8th while taking the fight back to the inside, and causing Cob Castro’s left eye swelling (10) to balloon into a major problem.

Over the final 3 rounds Gonzalez utilized his boxing skills, hitting Cob Castro by a 2 to 1 margin. Final punch stat numbers favored Gonzalez 376 to245. The score cards were read by announcer Jimmy Lennon as a unanimous decision for “Chiquita” 117-111, 115-114, and 116-112. Next for Humberto Gonzalez is a unification match against South African Jacob Matlala, who won the WBA title several hours earlier in Japan.

Humberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez Wu12 Melchor Cob Castro (successfully defended WBC Light Fly title)

Humberto Gonzalez vs. Saman Sorjaturong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec9aoYb4U1Q

Humberto Gonzalez vs. Pancho Tejejor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0V5...eature=related