Larry Nelson Gonzáles 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...

. He competes in the Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division.

Amateur career

Originally suspended by Colorado boxing officials for a connection with a melee during the Golden Gloves championships at the National Western Stadium Arena. U.S. boxing reinstated Larry, Adrain Mora and Anthony Mora due to charges never being filed. Gonzales is the 2002 Golden Gloves Champion at Light Welterweight.

Pro career

On January 21, 2005 Gonzales won a unanimous decision over Prospect Julio Cesar Garcia

Julio Cesar Garcia

Julio César García is a Mexican boxer who began his professional career at the age of fifteen. His promoter is Roberto Durán.-Pro career:García turned pro five days after turning 15 against Héctor Salazar...

 in a eigtht round fight.

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