Jhonny González Vera (born September 15, 1981) is a Mexican professional boxer.. Retrieved 26 September 2016. He is a two-time former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO bantamweight title from 2005 to 2007, and the WBC featherweight title twice between 2011 and 2015. Additionally, he held the IBO featherweight title from 2010 to 2011.

The name "Jhonny" originated as a misspelling of "Johnny" on his birth registration form.

Professional career

Bantamweight On October 29, 2005, González defeated Ratanachai Sor Vorapin by a technical knockout in the seventh round, for the WBO bantamweight championship. On May 27, 2006, he defended it successfully against Fernando Montiel with a 2-1 split decision.

Super bantamweight While still holding the title he won from Sor Vorapin, Gonzalez went up in weight and attempted to capture the WBC super-bantamweight title on September 16, 2006. However, he lost to Israel Vázquez by a knockout and chose to return to bantamweight.

His second defense of his WBO bantamweight title was also successful when González beat former IBF flyweight champ Irene Pacheco on March 30, 2007. On his third defense however, González was dethroned by 35-year-old Gerry Penalosa, who knocked him out in the 7th round on August 11, 2007.

On May 23, 2009, González challenged Toshiaki Nishioka for the WBC Super Bantamweight Title in Monterrey, Mexico. González downed Nishioka in Round 1 but eventually lost by KO in Round 3, failing in his attempt to capture the Title.

After the fight against Nishioka, Gonzalez decide to change his team, he had always been trained by his father "Miguel Angel "Raton" Gonzalez", but now he is under the lessons of Ignacio Beristáin.

Featherweight Gonzalez then decided to abandon the super bantamweight category and start visualizing himself as a featherweight world champion.

Gonzalez won the WBC International Featherweight title on December 16, 2009, against Marlon Aguilar. The fight took place at the Auditorio Plaza Condesa in Mexico City. Gonzales won the bout by TKO in round 4 and following these events, he looked for a new attempt to become a Mexican world champion. On March 20, 2010, Gonzales took on Antonio Davis at the City Discothèque in Cancun, Quintana Roo, in a WBC Featherweight Title Eliminator; the former WBO champion won by technical knockout in the second round, when the referee stopped the fight after Davis failed to respond following four consecutive knockdowns.

In his next bout, González fought Colombian Aristides Perez for the WBC FECARBOX featherweight title. González indicated that he had been training hard for the upcoming bout, seeking a world title shot. The Mexican was originally scheduled to fight Ira Terry, but the latter was replaced by Perez just a few days before the contest. The event was held in Campeche, Mexico, on July 24, 2010. The Pachuca native won the match by TKO in the second round, after knocking Perez down a few moments before.

González challenged Jackson Asiku on September 15, 2010, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, with the IBO Featherweight title on the line. The Mexican pugilist defeated his opponent by TKO in the 6th round, to win the IBO Featherweight title.

WBC featherweight champion González visited Japan in an unstable situation after the Sendai earthquake to win the WBC Featherweight Championship via a fourth round technical knockout over Hozumi Hasegawa as a mandatory challenger at the World Memorial Hall in Kobe on April 8, 2011.

After defending his title four times, Gonzalez lost to Daniel Ponce de Leon in a technical decision on September 14, 2012. The fight went to the judges after eight rounds when Gonzalez could not continue due to an accidental headbutt. Gonzalez had been knocked down in the 6th round.

Gonzalez won back the WBC Featherweight title with a first round TKO over the heavily favored undefeated champion Abner Mares on August 24, 2013.

He defended the title twice before being knocked out by American Gary Russell in 4 rounds in Las Vegas.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes82Loss Takuya WatanabeMD10Dec 3, 202281Draw69–11–1 Jafel PeralesSD10Sep 3, 202280Win69–11 Sergio PuenteRTD4 (10), 3:00Dec 18, 202179Win68–11 Ramiro BlancoUD12Aug 17, 2019 78Win67–11 Rafael HernandezKO5 (12), May 18, 2019 77Loss66–11 Tomás RojasMD12Oct 6, 2018 76Win66–10 Marlyn CabreraUD12Apr 7, 2018 75Win65–10 Irving BerryUD12Nov 4, 2017 74Win64–10 Jessie Cris RosalesKO2 (12), Jul 22, 2017 73Win63–10 Francisco ContrerasKO3 (12), Mar 25, 2017 72Win62–10 Hirotsugu YamamotoKO1 (12), Sep 24, 2016 71Win61–10 Christopher MartinRTD10 (12), Jun 18, 2016 70Win60–10 Justin SaviTKO2 (10), Apr 2, 2016 69Win59–10 Hurricane FutaUD12Dec 5, 2015 68Loss58–10 Jonathan OquendoMD10Sep 12, 2015 67Win58–9 Kazuki HashimotoTKO2 (12)Aug 1, 2015 66Loss57–9 Gary Russell Jr.TKO4 (12), Mar 28, 2015 65Win57–8 Jorge ArceTKO11 (12), Oct 4, 2014 64Win56–8 Clive AtwellTD10 (12)May 24, 2014 63Win55–8 Abner MaresKO1 (12), Aug 24, 2013 62Win54–8 Akihiko KatagiriTKO4 (12), Apr 27, 2013 61Win53–8 Eusebio OsejoUD12Feb 23, 2013 60Loss52–8 Daniel Ponce de LeónTD8 (12), Sep 15, 2012 59Win52–7 Elio RojasUD12Apr 28, 2012 58Win51–7 Roinet CaballeroKO2 (12)Dec 3, 2011 57Win50–7 Rogers MtagwaTKO2 (12), Sep 15, 2011 56Win49–7 Tomas VillaTKO4 (12), Jul 9, 2011 55Win48–7 Hozumi HasegawaTKO4 (12), Apr 8, 2011 54Win47–7 Santos MarimonTKO2 (10)Nov 20, 2010 53Win46–7 Jackson AsikuTKO6 (12), Sep 15, 2010 52Win45–7 Aristides PerezTKO2 (12), Jul 24, 2010 51Win44–7 Jean Javier SoteloTKO2 (12), May 15, 2010 50Win43–7 Antonio DavisTKO2 (12), Mar 20, 2010 49Win42–7 Marlon AguilarTKO4 (12), Dec 16, 2009 48Win41–7 Jose Francisco Mendoza KO1 (10)Sep 5, 2009 47Loss40–7 Toshiaki NishiokaTKO3 (12), May 23, 2009 46Win40–6 Reynaldo LopezKO4 (10), Nov 21, 2008 45Win39–6 Leivi BreaTKO1 (8), Aug 1, 2008 44Win38–6 Mauricio PastranaTKO4 (10), May 16, 2008 43Win37–6 Edel RuizKO3 (10), Apr 4, 2008 42Win36–6 Giovanny UrbinaTKO2 (10), Feb 29, 2008 41Win35–6 Jose Angel BeranzaUD10Nov 16, 2007 40Loss34–6 Gerry PeñalosaKO7 (12), Aug 11, 2007 39Win34–5 Irene PachecoTKO9 (12), Mar 30, 2007 38Loss33–5 Israel VázquezTKO10 (12), Sep 16, 2006 37Win33–4 Fernando Montiel12May 27, 2006 36Win32–4 Mark JohnsonKO8 (12), Feb 25, 2006 35Win31–4 Ratanachai Sor VorapinTKO7 (12), Oct 29, 2005 34Win30–4 William GonzalezKO3 (12), Sep 1, 2005 33Win29–4 Adolfo LanderosUD10Jun 16, 2005 32Win28–4 Trinidad MendozaTKO3 (10), Apr 1, 2005 31Win27–4 Adonis RivasUD12Feb 17, 2005 30Win26–4 Gabriel ElizondoTKO2 (12), Nov 18, 2004 29Win25–4 Hugo VargasKO3 (10), Sep 3, 2004 28Win24–4 Francisco TejedorTKO1 (10), Jun 19, 2004 27Win23–4 Alejandro MontielTKO6 (12), May 13, 2004 26Win22–4 Roger GonzalezTKO6 (10), Mar 25, 2004 25Win21–4 Moises ZamudioTKO5 (12), Feb 27, 2004 24Win20–4 Jorge Alberto ReyesKO1 (12)Oct 10, 2003 23Win19–4 Ramon LeyteTKO4 (12), Jun 13, 2003 22Win18–4 Diego AndradeTKO1 (10), Mar 28, 2003 21Win17–4 Francisco MateosTKO1 (12)Mar 28, 2003 20Win16–4 Ruben LopezKO2 (10)Aug 31, 2002 19Win15–4 Gilberto Bolanos6 (10), Jul 6, 2002 18Loss14–4 Ricardo Vargas7 (12)Apr 7, 2002 17Loss14–3 Ricardo VargasUD10Apr 7, 2002 16Win14–2 Ablorh SowahTKO10 (12), Oct 26, 2001 15Win13–2 Saul BrisenoTKO8 (10)Sep 6, 2001 14Win12–2 Juan Luis TorresTKO4 (8), Jul 14, 2001 13Win11–2 Carlos GarciaKO2May 25, 2001 12Win10–2 Julio Cesar AvilaTKO1 (10), Apr 7, 2001 11Win9–2 Ulises FloresTKO4 (10), Jan 27, 2001 10Win8–2 Gabriel ArevaloTKO4 (10)Dec 9, 2000 9Win7–2 Jaime OrtizTKO5Oct 14, 2000 8Win6–2 Arturo Hernandez3 (8)Sep 2, 2000 7Win5–2 Cecilio Marino JimenezTKO4 (8), Jun 24, 2000 6Win4–2 Francisco ParedesPTS6Apr 22, 2000 5Win3–2 German LozadaTKO5 (6)Mar 4, 2000 4Win2–2 Hugo Campos4 (4)Feb 12, 2000 3Win1–2 Mario Rodriguez4Jan 29, 2000 2Loss0–2 Hugo Vargas4Nov 6, 1999 1Loss0–1 Mario Perez4Aug 14, 1999

Personal life González married professional wrestler Dulce García, better known as Sexy Star, in June 2015.

See also List of WBC world champions List of Mexican boxing world champions

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