Euri González Explained

Euri González
Nickname:	Millón
Weight:	Light middleweight Welterweight
Height:	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Reach:	75 in (191 cm)
Nationality:	Dominican
Birth Date:	1978 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Style:	Orthodox
Total:	42
Wins:	25
Ko:	16
Losses:	16
Draws:	1
No Contests:	0

Euri Gonzalez (born 13 August 1978) is a Dominican professional boxer. He is most known for his fight with Canelo Álvarez.^[1]

Professional career

Throughout his career he had won the Dominican Republic, WBO Intercontinental and WBO Latino welterweight titles, beating fellow contenders Raul Pinzon and veteran Cosme Rivera. He was ranked as high as 8th in the world by the WBO in November 2007.^[2]

On February 21, 2009^[3] Gonzalez in front of 5,000 fans at the Auditorio Benito Juarez in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico lost by K.O. in the eleventh round to then-top welterweight prospect Canelo Álvarez.^[4]

Professional record

|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align="center" colspan=8|25 Wins (16 knockouts), 16 Losses, 1 Draw|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes|-align=center|Win || 23-3-1 ||align=left| Juan Carlos Contreras| || 4| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Win || 22-3-1 ||align=left| Jorge Burgos| || 3 (6)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Win || 21-3-1 ||align=left| Juan Carlos Lorenzo| || 2 (6)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Loss || 20-3-1 ||align=left| Jesus Soto Karass| || 5 (10)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Loss || 20-2-1 ||align=left| Ravshan Hudaynazarov| || 8| || align=left||align=left||-align=center

Notes and References

Web site: Boxing In Mexico: Alvarez Wins WBO Latino Title. saddoboxing.com. 25 August 2015.
Web site: Historic WBO rankings.
Web site: Euri Gonzalez vs. Saul Alvarez Set For February 21 . boxingscene.com. 25 August 2015.
Web site: Mexican Teenage Boxing Sensation 'Canelo' Takes WBO Latino Title . 2010-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090502072855/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/editors_picks/2009/2/23/mexican_teenage_boxing_sensation_canelo_takes.htm . 2009-05-02 . dead .