In a career spanning 14 years and 8 months, Wilfredo Gómez fought 48 times with 44 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. By his last professional fight on July 19, 1989, Gómez' boxing record stood at 44-3-1 (42 KO wins, 3 KO losses).
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Wilfredo Gómez (Bazooka) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 29, 1956. Gómez made his professional boxing debut at the age of 18 on November 16, 1974. He is a former 3-weight-class world champion. He is 66 years old, and will be turning 67 in 8 months and 28 days. Gómez is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 48 |
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Wins | 44 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 42 |
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Total Title Wins | 4 |
Title Defenses | 17 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 18 |
Losses via KO | 3 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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48 | Jul 19, 1989 | 32 | Mario Salazar | Win | KO2 |
47 | Jul 30, 1988 | 31 | Mario González | Win | TKO6 |
46 | May 24, 1986 | 29 | Alfredo Layne | Loss | TKO9 |
45 | May 19, 1985 | 28 | Rocky Lockridge | Win | MD |
44 | Dec 8, 1984 | 28 | Azumah Nelson | Loss | KO11 |
43 | Mar 31, 1984 | 27 | Juan Laporte | Win | UD |
42 | Dec 14, 1983 | 27 | Eladio Santana | Win | KO2 |
41 | Apr 23, 1983 | 26 | Iván Samuco | Win | TKO3 |
40 | Dec 3, 1982 | 26 | Lupe Pintor | Win | TKO14 |
39 | Aug 18, 1982 | 25 | Roberto Rubaldino | Win | RTD7 |
38 | Jun 11, 1982 | 25 | Juan Antonio López | Win | TKO10 |
37 | Mar 27, 1982 | 25 | Juan Meza | Win | TKO6 |
36 | Feb 20, 1982 | 25 | José Luis Soto | Win | KO2 |
35 | Jan 9, 1982 | 25 | José González | Win | TKO7 |
34 | Aug 21, 1981 | 24 | Salvador Sánchez | Loss | TKO8 |
33 | Jun 20, 1981 | 24 | Raúl Silva | Win | KO3 |
32 | Dec 13, 1980 | 24 | José Cervantes | Win | KO3 |
31 | Aug 22, 1980 | 23 | Derrik Holmes | Win | TKO5 |
30 | Apr 27, 1980 | 23 | Eddie Ndukwu | Win | TKO4 |
29 | Feb 3, 1980 | 23 | Rubén Valdéz | Win | RTD6 |
28 | Oct 26, 1979 | 22 | Nicky Pérez | Win | TKO5 |
27 | Sep 28, 1979 | 22 | Carlos Mendoza | Win | TKO10 |
26 | Jun 16, 1979 | 22 | Julio Hernández | Win | TKO5 |
25 | May 21, 1979 | 22 | Nelson Cruz Tamariz | Win | KO2 |
24 | Mar 9, 1979 | 22 | Néstor Carlos Jiménez | Win | KO5 |
23 | Oct 28, 1978 | 21 | Carlos Zárate | Win | TKO5 |
22 | Sep 9, 1978 | 21 | Leonardo Cruz | Win | TKO13 |
21 | Jun 2, 1978 | 21 | Sakad Petchyindee | Win | TKO3 |
20 | Apr 8, 1978 | 21 | Juan Antonio López | Win | TKO7 |
19 | Jan 19, 1978 | 21 | Royal Kobayashi | Win | KO3 |
18 | Jul 11, 1977 | 20 | Raúl Tirado | Win | TKO5 |
17 | May 21, 1977 | 20 | Dong-Kyun Yum | Win | KO12 |
16 | Feb 12, 1977 | 20 | John Meza | Win | KO2 |
15 | Oct 11, 1976 | 19 | José Murillo Medel | Win | KO4 |
14 | Aug 16, 1976 | 19 | Tony Rocha | Win | KO2 |
13 | Jul 19, 1976 | 19 | Alberto Dávila | Win | TKO9 |
12 | May 8, 1976 | 19 | Sak Lempthong | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Apr 4, 1976 | 19 | Ric Quijano | Win | KO1 |
10 | Feb 20, 1976 | 19 | Cornell Hall | Win | KO3 |
9 | Dec 20, 1975 | 19 | Andres Hernández | Win | TKO8 |
8 | Sep 19, 1975 | 18 | Joe Guevara | Win | KO6 |
7 | Aug 2, 1975 | 18 | Cleo García | Win | KO3 |
6 | Jun 21, 1975 | 18 | Jacinto Fuentes | Win | KO2 |
5 | May 3, 1975 | 18 | Jose Jiménez | Win | KO1 |
4 | Mar 2, 1975 | 18 | Antonio Da Silva | Win | KO2 |
3 | Feb 15, 1975 | 18 | Jorge Bernal | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Dec 21, 1974 | 18 | Mario Hernández | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Nov 16, 1974 | 18 | Jacinto Fuentes | Draw | MD |
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Wilfredo Gómez' professional boxing career spanned more than 14 years — from 1974 to 1989.
Gómez made his debut against Jacinto Fuentes at the age of 18 on November 16, 1974. The fight ended in a draw. He went on to win 32 consecutive fights after this draw, which included 32 wins via stoppage.
Gómez had his first world title fight at the age of 20 on May 21, 1977 after 16 professional fights, against Dong-Kyun Yum for the super-bantamweight WBC title. He defeated Yum via 12th round KO to become the super-bantamweight champion of the world.
Gómez has won four world titles at 3 weight classes. He was elevated as world champion once. For all the details about Gómez' world title wins and defenses refer to "Wilfredo Gómez World Titles".
Some of Gómez' best fights and notable victories include wins over Carlos Zárate, Rocky Lockridge, Néstor Carlos Jiménez, Julio Hernández, Nicky Pérez, Rubén Valdéz, and Derrik Holmes.
Wilfredo Gómez had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career — all of them in title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Salvador Sánchez via 8th round TKO on August 21, 1981, which ended his 32-fight win streak. All of Gómez' losses came via stoppage. For more details about these defeats, refer to "All of Wilfredo Gómez' losses".
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Mario Salazar on July 19, 1989. Gómez won the fight via 2nd round KO. It's been 33 years, 6 months, and 13 days since this fight.
Gómez retired from professional boxing with a record of 44-3-1, which included 42 knockout wins and 3 losses via knockout, and 4 title wins. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1995.
Wilfredo Gómez fought a total of 48 times during his professional career. He was among the very best of his generation and is one of the pound-for-pound best boxers of all time. These 11 fights are the highlight of his career.
A 20-year old Wilfredo Gómez (15-0-1, 15 KO) had his first world title fight against Dong-Kyun Yum for Yum's WBC super-bantamweight belt.
Gómez defeated Yum via 12th round KO to win the WBC super-bantamweight title.A 21-year old Wilfredo Gómez (19-0-1, 19 KO) faced Sakad Petchyindee in a super-bantamweight title defense fight.
Gómez defeated Petchyindee via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBC super-bantamweight title.A 21-year old Wilfredo Gómez (21-0-1, 21 KO) faced an undefeated Carlos Zárate, who was 27 years old with a record of 52-0 in a super-bantamweight title defense fight. Zárate was on a 52-fight win streak with 51 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 12 cms and also had a 17 cm reach advantage over Gómez.
Gómez defeated Zárate via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC super-bantamweight title. He handed Zárate the first loss of his career, and put an end to Zárate's 52-fight win streak.
A 22-year old Wilfredo Gómez (22-0-1, 22 KO) faced Néstor Carlos Jiménez in a super-bantamweight title defense fight.
Gómez defeated Jiménez via 5th round KO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles.A 22-year old Wilfredo Gómez (24-0-1, 24 KO) faced Julio Hernández in a super-bantamweight title defense fight.
Gómez defeated Hernández via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles.A 22-year old Wilfredo Gómez (26-0-1, 26 KO) faced Nicky Pérez in a super-bantamweight title defense fight.
Gómez defeated Pérez via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles.A 23-year old Wilfredo Gómez (27-0-1, 27 KO) faced Rubén Valdéz in a super-bantamweight title defense fight.
Gómez defeated Valdéz via 6th round RTD to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles.A 23-year old Wilfredo Gómez (29-0-1, 29 KO) faced Derrik Holmes in a super-bantamweight title defense fight.
Gómez defeated Holmes via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles.A 24-year old Wilfredo Gómez (30-0-1, 30 KO) faced José Cervantes in a super-bantamweight title defense fight.
Gómez defeated Cervantes via 3rd round KO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles.A 25-year old Wilfredo Gómez (36-1-1, 36 KO) faced Roberto Rubaldino in a super-bantamweight title defense fight.
Gómez defeated Rubaldino via 7th round RTD to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles.A 28-year old Wilfredo Gómez (41-2-1, 40 KO) faced Rocky Lockridge, who was 26 years old with a record of 36-3. Lockridge was on a seven-fight win streak with 30 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 7 cm reach advantage over Gómez.
Gómez defeated Lockridge via 15 round majority decision to win the WBA and Ring Magazine super-featherweight titles.
Some of Gómez' best wins were against Carlos Zárate, Rocky Lockridge, Néstor Carlos Jiménez, Julio Hernández, Nicky Pérez, Rubén Valdéz, and Derrik Holmes.
Gómez knocked out 42 of his 48 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 87.5%. Of his total 44 wins, 42 of them were via KO (95.5%).
Gómez had 3 losses. Alfredo Layne, Azumah Nelson, and Salvador Sánchez are the three boxers who have beaten Gómez.