Miguel Angel Gonzalez

As we all know boxers start young in Mexico, and 17 year old Miguel Angel Gonzalez (7-0, 7) was no exception to that rule when he debuted in September 2011 as just a baby faced 16 year old. Since his debut however "Miguelito" has been spoken about in glowing terms by the likes of WBC head honcho Jose Sulaiman (who mentioned "Miguelito" on his Suljosblog).

Gonzalez debuted against Mexican tomato can Javier Castro (currently 1-12 (1), having won his last fight) and forced an opening round stoppage after just 152 seconds. Whilst the performance wasn't great Gonzalez did what he needed to to get the win under his belt and ease his nerves in the ring. Just weeks later Gonzalez returned to the ring and defeated the debuting Joaquin Morales (KO1) and managed to end the year with his 3rd successive opening round KO win, this time stopping Norberto Gamez.

After a busy 2011, Gonzalez kept up his busy schedule and fought for the first time this year way back in February stopping Antonio Gonzalez (KO2) in brutal fashion leaving his namesake on the canvas down and out. Shockingly, this has been "Miguelito's" only bout to progress beyond the opening round as he has since rolled off 3 more opening round victories including stopping debutant Santos Lozoya and the previously unbeaten Francisco Camargo in just 44 seconds!

Having had things his own way so far, Gonzalez is expected to be tested for the first time this weekend as he faces the 2-0 Emir Montano. Whilst Montano is yet to score a stoppage, he is also yet to decisively lose a round in his professional career. Whilst not much is known about Montano it's fair to assume he will not be wanting to roll over and give up his unbeaten record with out a fight which is why this is hopefully going to be a decent test for Gonzalez.

Whilst I'm not great at Spanish, it seems as if Miguelito is actually the brother of Robert "Tito" Manzanarez (20-0, 16) (however this maybe a case of brothers being "boxing brothers" rather than biological brothers) however from his record it's fair to say that bother men have a few things in common. Both are young, exciting, hard hitting Mexicans who are likely to go a very long way in this sport.

It may be a whilst before "Miguelito" is in a really notable bout, though I'd advise fight fans the world over to keep their eyes open for this kid.