Julio Gonzalez, Cuban Amateur Star

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JULIO GONZALEZ

Partial record below

1983

Nov. - P. Shangju (Taiwan) W rsc 1
Nov. - Nedelczo Sabojev (Bulgaria) W pts 4-1
Nov. - Thierry Jacob (France) W pts 5-0
World junior 51kg champion; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

1984

Jan. 23 - Pedro Orlando Reyes (Cuba) L
Playa Giron 51kg finalist; Granma, Cuba.
June - Pedro Orlando Reyes (Cuba) W pts 5-0
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 51kg champion; Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.

1985

Jan. - L
Playa Giron 57kg semifinalist; Isla de la Joventud, Cuba.
Feb. - Mikhak Kazarian (Soviet Union) W
Fevrier 57kg champion; Algiers, Algeria.
June - Jesus Sollet (Cuba) L pts 1-4
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 57kg finalist; Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
Sept. - O. Odreman (Venezuela) W pts
Central American and Caribbean Games 57kg champion; Maturin, Venezuela.
?? - W
Oscar (Belgrade’s Winner) 57kg champion; Belgrade, Serbia.

1986

Feb. 1 - Jesus Sollet (Cuba) L pts
Playa Giron 57kg finalist; Havana, Cuba.
June - Jesus Sollet (Cuba) W pts 3-2
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 57kg champion; Camaguey, Cuba.
June 27 - Esteban Flores (Puerto Rico) W pts 5-0
July 1 - Wilson Palacios (Colombia) W pts 5-0
July 5 - Jose Ramos (Dominican Republic) W pts 5-0
Central American and Caribbean Games 57kg champion; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
Dec. - Romallis Ellis (USA) W rsc 1
Cuba vs. USA; Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.

1987

Feb. 1 - Idel Torriente (Cuba) W pts
Playa Giron 60kg champion; Holguin, Cuba.
Mch. - Torsten Koch (East Germany) W pts 5-0
Chemie Pokal 60kg champion; Halle, East Germany.
Mch. - Grzegorz Jablonski (Poland) W pts 5-0
Grand Prix Usti Nad Laben 60kg champion; Usti, Czech Republic.
June - Ramon Goire (Cuba) W
June - Idel Torriente Cuba) W pts 4-1
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Santa Clara, Cuba.
Aug. 18 - Patrick Byrd (USA) W pts 5-0
Aug. - Hector Arroyo (Puerto Rico) W pts 5-0
Aug. - Jose Perez (Venezuela) W pts 5-0
Pan American Games 60kg champion; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Aug. - Marc Menard (Canada) W pts 3-0
North American 60kg champion; Toronto, Canada.
Oct. 27 - Victor Melendez (Peru) W rsc 2
Oct. 29 - Orzubek Nazarov (Soviet Union) W pts 5-0
Oct. 31 - Emil Chuprenski/Tchuprenski W pts 4-1
(Bulgaria). World Cup 60kg champion; Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

1988

Mch. - Andreas Zuelow (East Germany) L pts 1-4
Chemie Pokal 60kg finalist; Halle, East Germany.
Apr. 30 - Romallis Ellis (USA) W pts 3-0
Cuba vs. USA; Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
June - Idel Torriente (Cuba) W pts 4-1
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Las Tunas, Cuba.
June - Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) W pts 4-1
June - Orzubek Nazarov (Soviet Union) W pts 5-0
Leningrad Tournament 60kg champion; Leningrad, Soviet Union.
July - Andreas Zuelow (East Germany) W pts 4-1
TSC Tournament 60kg champion; Berlin, East Germany.
Oct. - Adolfo Mendez (Nicaragua) W pts 5-0
Central American and Caribbean Games 60kg champion; Guatemala, Guatemala.

1989

Jan. 31 - Idel Torriente (Cuba) W pts 5-0
Playa Giron 60kg champion; Guantanamo, Cuba.
Feb. - D. Ivanov (Bulgaria) W rsc 2
Feb. - Daniel Dumitrescu (Romania) W pts 36-24
Feb. - Jan Walejko (Poland) W rsc 1
Feb. - Mabwen Bakari (Tunisia) W ko 1
Strandzata Tournament 60kg champion; Sofia, Bulgaria.
June - Idel Torriente (Cuba) W pts
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
June - Artur Grigoryan (Soviet Union) W pts 5-0
Eastern Military 60kg champion; Sliven, Bulgaria.
Sept. - Sung-Sik Hong (South Korea) W pts 29-15
Sept. - Bill Irwin (Canada) W pts 26-9
Sept. - Namjil Bayarasaikhan (Mongolia) W pts 26-4
Sept. - Tonga McClain (USA) W ret 3
Oct. 1 - Andreas Zuelow (East Germany) W pts 15-15
(Tie-breaker: ________). World 60kg champion; Moscow, Soviet Union.

1990

Jan. 18 - Fermin Espinosa (Cuba) W pts 5-0
Playa Giron 60kg champion; Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Mch. - Andreas Zuelow (East Germany) W pts 57-50
AIBA Challenge 60kg champion; Berlin, East Germany.
June - Ramon Lopez (Cuba) W rsc 1
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Granma, Cuba.
July - Kevin Childrey (USA) W pts 5-0
July - Mikhak Kazarian (Soviet Union) W pts 4-1
Aug. 4 - Artur Grigoryan (Soviet Union) L pts 2-3
Goodwill Games 60kg finalist; Seattle, Washington, USA. Grigoryan “snapped Gonzales’s five-year, 79-bout winning streak, connecting with powerful head shots in the last two rounds to win the decision” (Reuter News Service).
Aug. - Frank Pena (USA) W rsc 3
Aug. - Brian Geraghty (Ireland) W rsc 5
Aug. - Sung-Sik Hong (South Korea) W rsc 1
Aug. - Marco Rudolph (East Germany) W rsc 1
World Cup 60kg champion; Dublin, Ireland.
Nov. - Mauro R. Lucera (Mexico) W pts
Dec. 1 - Alexander Hernandez W pts
(Dominican Republic)
Dec. 3 - Delroy Leslie (Jamaica) W pts
Central American and Caribban Games 60kg champion; Ciudad Mexico, Mexico.

1991

Jan. - Mario Kindelan (Cuba) W pts
Jan. 28 - Idel Torriente (Cuba) W
Playa Giron 60kg champion; Camaguey, Cuba.
Feb. - W
King’s Cup 60kg champion; Bangkok, Thailand.
Feb. - Jae-Kwon Lee (South Korea) W pts 21-4
AIBA Challenge 60kg champion; Bangkok, Thailand.
June - Idel Torriente (Cuba) W 18-4
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.
Aug. - Oscar De La Hoya (USA) L pts 1-2
Cuba vs. USA; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.
Aug. 12 - Raul Balbi (Argentina) W rsc 2
Aug. - Delroy Leslie (Jamaica) W pts
Aug. - Patrice Brooks (USA) W pts
Pan American Games 60kg champion; Havana, Cuba.
Nov. - Viacheslav Maizel (Israel) W pts 35-11
Nov. - Artur Grigoryan (Uzbekistan) L pts 12-15
World 60kg participant (lost in second round of the competition); Sydney, Australia.

1992

Jan. - Mario Kindelan (Cuba) W pts
Jan. 29 - Idel Torriente (Cuba) W
Playa Giron 60kg champion; Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
June - Mario Kindelan (Cuba) W pts
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
July - Toncho Tonchev (Bulgaria) L pts 12-14
Olympic 60kg participant (lost in first round of the competition; Barcelona, Spain.

1993

Jan. 18 - Eduardo Garcia (Cuba) W pts 11-3
Jan. 21 - Wilber Montero (Cuba) W ret 1
Jan. 24 - Alexander Hernandez (Cuba) W rsc 3
Jan. 26 - Miguel Armenteros (Cuba) W pts 6-3
Jan. 31 - Diosvelys Hurtado (Cuba) L pts 11-17
Playa Giron 60kg finalist; Matanzas, Cuba.
May - Damian Austin (Cuba) W pts
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Sanctus Spiritus.

1994

Jan. 31 - Diosvelys Hurtado (Cuba) L
Playa Giron 60kg finalist; Ciego de Avila; Cuba.
Mch. - Jacek Bielski (Poland) L pts 12-16
Chemie Pokal Tournament 60kg _______; Halle, Germany.
Mch. - P. Borkowski (Poland) W pts 14-2
Mch. - Tibor Rafael (Czech Republic) W pts 15-7
Grand Prix Usti Nad Laben 60kg champion; Usti, Czech Republic.
May - Diosvelys Hurtado (Cuba) W
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Cienfuegos, Cuba.
June - Victor Ramos (Indonesia) W pts 10-2
June - Joseph Zabakly (Australia) W pts 21-7
June - Hocine Soltani (Algeria) W pts 12-9
June - Toncho Tonchev (Bulgaria) W pts 17-10
June - Marco Rudolph (Germany) L pts 11-15
World Cup 60kg finalist; Bangkok, Thailand.

1995

Jan. 13 - Lorenzo Aragon (Cuba) L
Playa Giron 60kg finalist; Granma, Cuba.
Feb. - O’Neill Reid (Jamaica) W
Feb. - Bruno Wartelle (France) L pts
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg finalist; Matanzas, Cuba.
Mch. 17 - O’Neill Reid (Jamaica) W rsc 2
Mch. 19 - Datris Biagas (USA) W pts 24-4
Mch. 22 - Mike Strange (Canada) W pts 13-2
Mch. 25 - Acelino Freitas (Brazil) W pts 6-4
Pan American Games 60kg champion; Mar del Plata, Argentina.
July 7 - Pablo Rojas (Cuba) L pts 2-4
Cuban National Challenge 60kg finalist; Havana, Cuba.
Sept. - Marco Aceituno (Guyana) W rsc 2
Sept. - Dairo Esalas (Colombia) W ko 1
Concebaba 60kg champion; Mexico City, Mexico.
Nov. - Terrence Cauthen (USA) L pts 17-18
Cuba vs. USA; Ledyard, Connecticut, USA.

1996

Jan. 28 - Pablo Rojas (Cuba) L
Playa Giron 60kg finalist; Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
May - Fabricio Nieva (Argentina) W pts 16-4
May - Jaroslav Konecny (Czech Republic) W pts 14-6
May - Alexander Trujillo (Puerto Rico) W pts 13-4
May - Pablo Rojas (Cuba) W pts 10-8
Giraldo Cordova Cardin 60kg champion; Camaguey, Cuba.
July 21 - Romeo Brin (Philippines) W pts 24-13
July 26 - Koba Gogoladze (Georgia) L pts 9-14
Olympic 60kg participant (lost in second round of the competition); Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Information courtesy of Matt Mizerski and Santiago Nieva.

“Gonzalez was a great technician, tall and rangy. He threw fast combinations from long range, but could work on the inside, too. His biggest flaw was that he didn’t have a great chin. Unfortunately, he failed at two Olympic Games. He would have been favored to win the 1988 Olympics (along with Zuelow and Tszyu), but had to stay at home because of the Cuban boycott. He did beat my brother, Fabricio, in Cuba before the 1996 Olympics” (Santiago Nieva).