Delia Gonzalez

Delia Gonzalez is a Mexican-American female boxer who hails from Anthony, New Mexico, United States. Born on November 20, 1970, Gonzalez learned to love the sport of boxing since she was small as she accompanied her father, an amateur boxer, to the gym. When she turned 11, she trained under the guidance of her father for almost 11 years. She later became a world title holder and was nicknamed by the boxing world as Chikita (meaning tiny), after her Mexican boxing idol, Humberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez and for the reason that she was smaller compared to her opponents in the ring.

Gonzalez’ professional boxing career debuted on September 26, 1992 at the age of 21, winning her first match against Lucy Tellez in El Paso, Texas. Her first TKO came a year later, when she knocked Gloria Ramirez down during the third round. She also won a rematch with Ramirez after 4 rounds by way of unanimous decision.

Since she started out professionally, Gonzalez never lost a fight until came her rematch against Norwegian Helga Risoy, with whom her previous fight with was declared a draw. On July 22, 1995, she was knocked out for the first time by Risoy in a 6-round fight in The Aladdin in Las Vegas. A year later, on April 20, 1995, she came back to The Aladdin, this time with a vengeance and a quest to win the Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) super flyweight title. She defeated Fienie Klee of Netherlands by unanimous decision in a 10-round fight. She returned to The Alladin a year later on August 30, 1996, to win another world title. She won the WIBF light flyweight title in a 10-round match against Anissa Zamarron via a unanimous decision.

From 1997 to 2003, Gonzalez experienced several consecutive losses, much of which were controversial unanimous decisions. That included a defeat to Kim Messer on December 3, 1999, where she suffered an eye injury following an accidental head butt. Her last fight was on May 15, 2004 when she was 33 years old. After a 6-round fight against Joanna Pena Alvarez, the judges declared it a draw.

Gonzalez was added into the El Paso Hall of Fame on November 14, 2003 to recognize her accomplishments in boxing.

She has a career record of 28 fights, 13 wins, 3 of which were by KO, 5 draws and 9 losses.