Career
Gilberto was trained by Boxing Hall of Famer Ignacio Beristáin. He fought with Ezequiel Cano Molina, from Naranjos, Veracruz, México, and with many other important amateur boxers. Román made his professional debut on August 29, 1981 with a knockout victory over Gilberto Morales.
He was known as a knockout puncher in the earlier portion of his career, but after suffering two consecutive losses in 1985, he began refining his boxing technique.
WBC Super Flyweight Championship
In his first title defense, he defeated Edgar Monserrat in France. He then defeated Kongtoranee Payakaroon in Thailand and returned to France where he defeated Antoine Montero.
Román met Laciar in a rematch on 16 May 1987 in France, with Laciar taking the title by technical decision in a fight stopped on cuts in the eleventh-round despite Román leading on all three scorecards by one point. Regaining title
On 8 April 1988, Román regained the title with a twelve-round decision.
Next he faced Rojas in a rematch and decisioned him once again.
Roman began 1989 with a victory over Puerto Rican challenger Juan Carazo. In his next fight he avenged his loss to Luciar via unanimous decision Following his victory over Laciar, Román lost the title to Ghana"s Nana Konadu on 7 November 1989. Konadu lost the title to Sung-Kil Moon, whom Román challenged on 9 June 1990, losing by a TKO in the ninth round.
That was Román"s last fight, as he was killed in an automobile accident less than three weeks later.
Román had a record of 54 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, with 35 wins by knockout. His total of 11 successful title defense ranks second highest in the history of the super flyweight division.