Homero Fonseca is a Mexican American

Mexican American

Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...

 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 division. He twice beat Raphael Butler

Raphael Butler

Raphael Butler is heavyweight professional boxer from the United States. Butler now resides in Rochester, Minnesota.-Amateur:...

 in a National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Championship and is a highly touted heavyweight prospect.

Pro career

In 2006 on a HBO boxing card with famous Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 fighters like Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Jorge Arce

Jorge Arce

Jorge Armando Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight, Interim WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight...

, and James de La Rosa

James de la Rosa

James Micheal De La Rosa is a Mexican Welterweight boxer and is the brother of Light Middleweight boxer Juan De la Rosa...

, Fonseca made his pro debut taking a first round T.K.O. victory over veteran Tim Harris. On September 4, 2008 Fonseca bested prospect Raphael Butler

Raphael Butler

Raphael Butler is heavyweight professional boxer from the United States. Butler now resides in Rochester, Minnesota.-Amateur:...

 in a four-round fight; two months later, Fonseca again defeated Butler, winning a six-round decision. In a fight with prospect Lenroy Thomas, Fonseca lost a very controversial six-round decision.

Personal life

Fonseca is a son of two Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 Immigrants. His interest in boxing increased after winning backyard fights.

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