Michael Carbajal

Michael Carbajal is one of those fighters I'd put in any conversation about the smaller weight classes deserving more spotlight. A six-time world champion out of Phoenix, of Mexican descent, who earned the nickname Little Hands of Stone after Roberto Duran tells you everything about his mindset. Ring Magazine naming him Fighter of the Year in 1993 and Comeback of the Year in 1999 shows both peak and resilience, and the 2006 Hall of Fame induction sealed it. At 166 centimeters he proved power and heart aren't about size. That kind of career is genuinely inspiring to me.

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Name (English)

Michael Carbajal

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・カルバハル

Reading

まいける・かるばはる

Born

September 17, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Height

166 cm

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Awards & achievements

• 1999 The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year
• WBO World Junior Flyweight Champion
• 2006 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• WBC World Light Flyweight Champion
• IBF World Junior Flyweight Champion
• 1993 The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Carbajal
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355868

Tags

• Arizona
• boxer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.