Amateur Career
- 1986 National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight champion
- 1987 – Carbajal won the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games
- 1988 – United States amateur Light Flyweight champion
- Olympic silver medalist as a Light Flyweight at 1988 Seoul Olympics in South Korea.
Results were:
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- Defeated Kwang-Soo Oh (South Korea) points (3:2 decision)
- Defeated Dang Hieu Hien (Vietnam) points
- Defeated Scotty Olson (Canada) points
- Defeated Robert Isaszegi (Hungary) points
- Lost to Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria) points (0:5 decision)
His amateur record was 94-9.
His gym, "The 9th Street Gym", is actually on 10th Street in Phoenix.
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