Editing Michael Carbajal (section)

===IBF light flyweight title===
On July 29, 1990, Carbajal faced [[Muangchai Kittikasem]], who came to Phoenix from [[Thailand]] to defend his [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] [[light flyweight]] championship. Carbajal methodically took apart the champion in front of an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] national audience.  In round 7, after a combination of punches left Kittikasem lying defenseless against the ropes, the referee stepped in and stopped the fight, making Carbajal the world champion for the first time in his career.

Carbajal began a string of twelve victories over the next two and a half years, including six title defenses against challengers such as [[Leon Salazar]], [[Hector Patri]], [[Kim Kwang-Sun]] and [[Robinson Cuesta]], and a win over future champion [[Jesus Chong]] in a non-title fight.