On July 18, 1997, a 29-year-old Michael Carbajal (45-3, 30 KOs) and Jacob Matlala met in the ring in a light-flyweight bout.
Carbajal came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 26 days.
Michael Carbajal lost to Jacob Matlala via TKO in the 9th round, and adds an loss to his record at 45-4.
On January 18, 1997, the 29-year-old IBF light-flyweight world champion, Michael Carbajal (44-2, 29 KOs), faced Mauricio Pastrana, in a title defense fight.
Carbajal came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 8 days.
Michael Carbajal was defending his light-flyweight IBF titles against Mauricio Pastrana and lost via split decision in the 12-round light-flyweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 44-3.
On November 12, 1994, Michael Carbajal and Humberto Gonzalez met again in a rematch.
Carbajal came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 28 days. González was on a 5-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 2 days.
Humberto González defeated Michael Carbajal via majority decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBC and IBF light-flyweight titles. González improves his record to 42-2, while Carbajal adds a loss to his record at 32-2.
On February 19, 1994, Michael Carbajal and Humberto Gonzalez met again in a rematch.
Carbajal came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days. González was on a 2-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 2 days.
Humberto González defeated Michael Carbajal via split decision in the rematch and wins the WBC and IBF titles. González improves his record to 39-2, while Carbajal adds a loss to his record at 30-1.