Wilfredo Gómez (Bazooka) is a 68-year-old retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a three-weightclass world champion with 5 world-title wins. In a career spanning 14 years, 8 months, and 3 days, Gómez amassed a record of 44-3-1, which includes 42 wins via KO, 18 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1995.
Wilfredo Gómez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 29, 1956. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on November 16, 1974 against Jacinto Fuentes. The fight ended in a draw.
Gómez became a world champion at the age of 20 after 16 professional fights. He challenged Dong-Kyun Yum for the WBC super-bantamweight title and stopped the champion in the 12th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the featherweight (WBC) and super-featherweight (WBA, The Ring) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.
Gómez' last fight was a 2nd-round KO victory over Mario Salazar at age 32, on July 19, 1989.
Some of Wilfredo Gómez' best fights have been against Rick Lockridge, Lupe Pintor (HOFer), Carlos Zárate (HOFer), Juan Laporte, and Juan Meza. For a complete list of Gómez' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Wilfredo Gómez".
Gómez has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Wilfredo Gómez Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | Jul 19, 1989 | 32 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
47 | Jul 30, 1988 | 31 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
46 | May 24, 1986 | 29 | ![]() | loss | TKO 9 |
45 | May 19, 1985 | 28 | ![]() | win | MD 15 |
44 | Dec 08, 1984 | 28 | ![]() | loss | KO 11 |
43 | Mar 31, 1984 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
42 | Dec 14, 1983 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
41 | Apr 23, 1983 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
40 | Dec 03, 1982 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 14 |
39 | Aug 18, 1982 | 25 | ![]() | win | RTD 7 |
38 | Jun 11, 1982 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
37 | Mar 27, 1982 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
36 | Feb 20, 1982 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
35 | Jan 09, 1982 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
34 | Aug 21, 1981 | 24 | ![]() | loss | TKO 8 |
33 | Jun 20, 1981 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
32 | Dec 13, 1980 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
31 | Aug 22, 1980 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
30 | Apr 27, 1980 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
29 | Feb 03, 1980 | 23 | ![]() | win | RTD 6 |
28 | Oct 26, 1979 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
27 | Sep 28, 1979 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
26 | Jun 16, 1979 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
25 | May 21, 1979 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
24 | Mar 09, 1979 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 5 |
23 | Oct 28, 1978 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
22 | Sep 09, 1978 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 13 |
21 | Jun 02, 1978 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
20 | Apr 08, 1978 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
19 | Jan 19, 1978 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
18 | Jul 11, 1977 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
17 | May 21, 1977 | 20 | ![]() | win | KO 12 |
16 | Feb 12, 1977 | 20 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
15 | Oct 11, 1976 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
14 | Aug 16, 1976 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
13 | Jul 19, 1976 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
12 | May 08, 1976 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
11 | Apr 04, 1976 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
10 | Feb 20, 1976 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
9 | Dec 20, 1975 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
8 | Sep 19, 1975 | 18 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
7 | Aug 02, 1975 | 18 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
6 | Jun 21, 1975 | 18 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
5 | May 03, 1975 | 18 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
4 | Mar 02, 1975 | 18 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
3 | Feb 15, 1975 | 18 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
2 | Dec 21, 1974 | 18 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
1 | Nov 16, 1974 | 18 | ![]() | draw | MD 6 |