Wilfredo Gómez (44-3-1, 42) was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 29, 1956. At the age of 18 years on November 16, 1974, he made his professional boxing debut against Jacinto Fuentes, losing the fight via 6-round majority decision.
On his 17th career fight at 20 years old, Gómez became a super-bantamweight world champion on May 21, 1977 after defeating Dong-Kyun Yum via 12th-round KO to win the WBC title.
He then went on to become world champion at 2 more weight classes, winning the following titles:
Gómez' last fight was a 2nd-round KO win against Mario Salazar at age 32 on July 19, 1989. He retired with a 2-fight winning streak.
Some of Wilfredo Gómez' best fights have been against Juan Laporte, Rocky Lockridge, Lupe Pintor, Carlos Zárate and Juan Meza. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Wilfredo Gómez".
Gómez has 3 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Wilfredo Gómez Losses".
# | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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48 | Jul 19, 1989 32 years, 8 months 44-3-1 (42) | Mario Salazar | 2 | KO | WIN | |
47 | Jul 30, 1988 31 years, 9 months 43-3-1 (41) | Mario González | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
46 | May 24, 1986 29 years, 6 months 42-3-1 (40) | Alfredo Layne | SFT | 9 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBA, The Ring |
May 19, 1985 28 years, 6 months 42-2-1 (40) | 26 years, 4 months 36-3 (30) | SFT | 15 | MD | WIN Won WBA, The Ring | |
Dec 8, 1984 28 years, 1 months 41-2-1 (40) | 26 years, 4 months 19-1 (14) | FT | 11 | KO | LOSS Lost WBC | |
Mar 31, 1984 27 years, 5 months 41-1-1 (40) | 24 years, 4 months 24-4 (13) | FT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBC | |
42 | Dec 14, 1983 27 years, 1 months 40-1-1 (40) | Eladio Santana | 2 | KO | WIN | |
41 | Apr 23, 1983 26 years, 5 months 39-1-1 (39) | Iván Samuco | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
Dec 3, 1982 26 years, 1 months 38-1-1 (38) | 27 years, 7 months 49-5-1 (38) | SBT | 14 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring | |
39 | Aug 18, 1982 25 years, 9 months 37-1-1 (37) | Roberto Rubaldino | SBT | 7 | RTD | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
38 | Jun 11, 1982 25 years, 7 months 36-1-1 (36) | Juan Antonio López | SBT | 10 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
Mar 27, 1982 25 years, 4 months 35-1-1 (35) | 26 years 37-4 (31) | SBT | 6 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring | |
36 | Feb 20, 1982 25 years, 3 months 34-1-1 (34) | José Luis Soto | 2 | KO | WIN | |
35 | Jan 9, 1982 25 years, 2 months 33-1-1 (33) | José González | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
Aug 21, 1981 24 years, 9 months 32-1-1 (32) | 22 years, 6 months 40-1-1 (30) | FT | 8 | TKO | LOSS For WBC | |
33 | Jun 20, 1981 24 years, 7 months 32-0-1 (32) | Raúl Silva | 3 | KO | WIN | |
32 | Dec 13, 1980 24 years, 1 months 31-0-1 (31) | José Cervantes | SBT | 3 | KO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
31 | Aug 22, 1980 23 years, 9 months 30-0-1 (30) | Derrik Holmes | SBT | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
30 | Apr 27, 1980 23 years, 5 months 29-0-1 (29) | Eddie Ndukwu | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
29 | Feb 3, 1980 23 years, 3 months 28-0-1 (28) | Rubén Valdéz | SBT | 6 | RTD | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
28 | Oct 26, 1979 22 years, 11 months 27-0-1 (27) | Nicky Pérez | SBT | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
27 | Sep 28, 1979 22 years, 10 months 26-0-1 (26) | Carlos Mendoza | SBT | 10 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
26 | Jun 16, 1979 22 years, 7 months 25-0-1 (25) | Julio Hernández | SBT | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
25 | May 21, 1979 22 years, 6 months 24-0-1 (24) | Nelson Cruz Tamariz | 2 | KO | WIN | |
24 | Mar 9, 1979 22 years, 4 months 23-0-1 (23) | Néstor Carlos Jiménez | SBT | 5 | KO | WIN Won The Ring Defended WBC |
Oct 28, 1978 21 years, 11 months 22-0-1 (22) | 27 years, 5 months 52-0 (51) | SBT | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC | |
22 | Sep 9, 1978 21 years, 10 months 21-0-1 (21) | Leonardo Cruz | SBT | 13 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
21 | Jun 2, 1978 21 years, 7 months 20-0-1 (20) | Sakad Petchyindee | SBT | 3 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
20 | Apr 8, 1978 21 years, 5 months 19-0-1 (19) | Juan Antonio López | SBT | 7 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
19 | Jan 19, 1978 21 years, 2 months 18-0-1 (18) | Royal Kobayashi | SBT | 3 | KO | WIN Defended WBC |
18 | Jul 11, 1977 20 years, 8 months 17-0-1 (17) | Raúl Tirado | SBT | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
17 | May 21, 1977 20 years, 6 months 16-0-1 (16) | Dong-Kyun Yum | SBT | 12 | KO | WIN Won WBC |
16 | Feb 12, 1977 20 years, 3 months 15-0-1 (15) | John Meza | 2 | KO | WIN | |
15 | Oct 11, 1976 19 years, 11 months 14-0-1 (14) | José Murillo Medel | 4 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Aug 16, 1976 19 years, 9 months 13-0-1 (13) | Tony Rocha | 2 | KO | WIN | |
13 | Jul 19, 1976 19 years, 8 months 12-0-1 (12) | Alberto Dávila | 9 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | May 8, 1976 19 years, 6 months 11-0-1 (11) | Sak Lempthong | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Apr 4, 1976 19 years, 5 months 10-0-1 (10) | Ric Quijano | 1 | KO | WIN | |
10 | Feb 20, 1976 19 years, 3 months 9-0-1 (9) | Cornell Hall | 3 | KO | WIN | |
9 | Dec 20, 1975 19 years, 1 months 8-0-1 (8) | Andres Hernández | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
8 | Sep 19, 1975 18 years, 10 months 7-0-1 (7) | Joe Guevara | 6 | KO | WIN | |
7 | Aug 2, 1975 18 years, 9 months 6-0-1 (6) | Cleo García | 3 | KO | WIN | |
6 | Jun 21, 1975 18 years, 7 months 5-0-1 (5) | Jacinto Fuentes | 2 | KO | WIN | |
5 | May 3, 1975 18 years, 6 months 4-0-1 (4) | Jose Jiménez | 1 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Mar 2, 1975 18 years, 4 months 3-0-1 (3) | Antonio Da Silva | 2 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Feb 15, 1975 18 years, 3 months 2-0-1 (2) | Jorge Bernal | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Dec 21, 1974 18 years, 1 months 1-0-1 (1) | Mario Hernández | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Nov 16, 1974 18 years 0-0-1 (0) | Jacinto Fuentes | 6 | MD | DRAW |