Chango Carmona

Chango Carmona
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Real name	Chango Carmona
Rated at	Lightweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Mexico
Born	September 29, 1944 (1944-09-29) (age 67) Mexico City
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	67
Wins	52
Wins by KO	42
Losses	13
Draws	2
No contests	0

Chango Carmona was a Mexican boxer who won the WBC lightweight title in 1972.

Carmona is believed to be the boxer who began the tradition of having a big fight on the Mexico Independence Day holiday weekend when he stopped Mando Ramos in the eighth round to win the lightweight title in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 1972.^[1]

Chango lost a combined 4 fights to two fighters. He lost to Arturo Morales in back to back fights in 1965 and 1966, and he lost to Alfredo Urbina back to back in 1967. He lost the WBC Lightweight title to Rodolfo Gonzales in 1972 at the Sports arena in Los Angeles.

Carmona held two titles the Mexican lightweight title, and the WBC lightweight title. He now has 6 grandchildren. two from each of his daughters and none from his son. Mitzy Munoz and Cindy Munoz from his daughter Dianey.

See also

• List of WBC world champions

References

1. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=3580766&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab7pos2

External links

• http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:28959
• http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=28959&cat=boxer

Persondata
Name	Carmona. Chango
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Short description
Date of birth	1944-09-29
Place of birth	Mexico City
Date of death
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