Carlos Góngora Mercado (born April 25, 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional boxer who held the IBO super middleweight title from 2020 to 2021. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio in the men's middleweight division.
Amateur career
Middleweight At the 2006 South American Games southpaw Góngora lost the final to Venezuelan Alfonso Blanco. At the 2007 Pan American Games the then 18-year-old from El Coca easily beat Blanco 20:6 in a rematch before losing to the eventual winner Emilio Correa from Cuba in the semis 13:21.
At the 2007 World Championships he beat Ivano del Monte but ran into superstar and eventual winner Matvey Korobov and lost when the referee stopped the contest.
At the Copa Independencia 2008 he reached the final but lost to old foe Correa 3:16. At the Olympic qualifier he lost once again to Correa but qualified nevertheless after beating fighters like Shawn Estrada.
At the 2008 Olympics he won his first matches against German Konstantin Buga and Greek Georgios Gazis 12:1 but a surprise quarter final loss to Indian Vijender Singh kept him from winning a medal.
Light Heavyweight Góngora moved up to light heavyweight after the 2008 Olympics. He didn't win a medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He won his first match against Gianluca Rosciglione 15:1, and his second against Abdelhafid Benchebla 13:10 but lost in the quarter-final to José Larduet 10:6.
In 2010 he beat Yamil Peralta and Roaner Angulo to win the South American Games.
He won another bronze at the 2011 Pan American Games, losing to Julio César la Cruz. He again did not win a medal at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He beat Osman Bravo (contest stopped due to injury) but lost his next match against Yamaguchi Falcão (25:18).
He lost to Marcus Browne at the American Olympic Qualifying Tournament but managed to qualify for the Olympics 2012.
At the 2012 Olympics, Góngora won his first match against Azerbaijani Vatan Huseynli. Góngora then lost his next match, in the round of 16, against Kazakh Adilbek Niyazymbetov. Niyazymbetov would go on to the finals.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes25Loss22–3Lester MartínezUD1028 Jun 202424Win22–2Jhon TeheranKO2 (8), 12 Sep 202323Loss21–2Christian M'billiUD1223 Mar 202322Win21–1Oscar RiojasTKO4 (8), 13 Aug 202221Loss20–1Lerrone Richards1218 Dec 202120Win20–0Christopher PearsonKO7 (12), 17 Apr 202119Win19–0Ali AkhmedovKO12 (12), 18 Dec 202018Win18–0Elie AugustamaUD631 Jan 202017Win17–0Alan ZavlaKO1 (10), 23 Aug 201916Win16–0Damian Ezequiel BonelliUD1010 May 201915Win15–0Jesus AvilesTKO4 (8), 9 Feb 201914Win14–0Antonio Chaves Fernandez1 (8), 1 Dec 201813Win13–0Jaime BarbozaTKO3 (8), 8 Sep 201812Win12–0Lenwood DozierTKO3 (6), 31 Mar 201811Win11–0Derrick FindleyUD624 Feb 201810Win10–0Henry BeckfordUD830 Sep 20179Win9–0Larry SmithTKO5 (6), 5 Aug 20178Win8–0Melvin BetancourtKO1 (6), 20 May 20177Win7–0Demetrius WalkerTKO1 (4), 13 May 20176Win6–0Ronald MixonTKO1 (8), 23 Aug 20165Win5–0Zachariah KelleyTKO1 (6), 30 Apr 20164Win4–0Derrick Adkins4 (6), 16 Jan 20163Win3–0Michael Gbenga622 Sep 20152Win2–0Alvaro EnriquezKO1 (4), 27 Jun 20151Win1–0Efigenio Perez1 (4), 22 May 2015
References
External links PanAm 2007 results World 2007