Óscar González

Óscar González (April 22, 1990 – February 3, 2014) was a former professional boxer who was from Mexico. During his career he fought at super bantamweight and featherweight.

González fought as a professional from 2007 until 2014, with a career record of 23 wins against 3 defeats. His nickname was "Fantasma", which is the Spanish word for "ghost". His promoter was Box Latino, the same company that promoted Erik Morales.

Boxing career

González was born in Nayarit, Tepic, Mexico. He turned professional in Mexico in March 2007, and later won the WBC Youth World Super Bantamweight and the WBC (USNBC) Super Bantamweight titles. His better known victories included wins over Rico Ramos, Raúl Hirales, Giovanni Caro, Adrian Young, Héctor Velázquez, Caril Herrera, Manuel Aguilar, Wacharakrit Senahan and Carlos Fulgencio.

Death

On February 1, 2014, González took on Jesus Galicia in a bout for the WBC Latino Silver featherweight championship at Foro Scotiabank (Scotiabank Forum) in the Polanco district of Mexico City, a bout that was televised across Mexico and Latin America by Televisa. Favored to win against the 12-7 Galicia, González was beaten by a knockout in the tenth round of the scheduled twelve-rounder and suffered severe brain damage. He fell into an almost immediate coma after the fight and by the time he reached a local hospital, brain death had occurred. On February 3, González was pronounced dead in a Mexico City hospital at the age of twenty-three.