Wilfredo Gómez Record & Stats

Wilfredo Gómez Record & Stats

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In a career spanning 14 years and eight 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).

San Juan, Puerto Rico
“Bazooka”
Born
Oct 29, 1956
Age
66
Debut
Nov 16, 1974
Record
44-3-1
Rounds
264
KOs
42 (87.5%)
Height
166 cm
Reach
166 cm
Ape Index
0 cm
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
WBAWBCTheRing
sFT
w1
d0
sFT
w1
d0
FT
w1
d0
sBT
w1
d17
sBT
e1
d11
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Boxing Career of Wilfredo Gómez
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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 three-weight-class world champion. He is 66 years old, and will be turning 67 in four months and 19 days. Gómez is a Hall of Famer.

      Fight Record

      Total Fights48
      Wins44
      Losses3
      Draws1
      No-Contests0
      KO Wins42
      Total Title Wins4
      Title Defenses17
      Title-Fight KO Wins18
      Losses via KO3
      #DateAgeOpponentResultVia
      48Jul 19, 198932Mario SalazarWinKO2
      47Jul 30, 198831Mario GonzálezWinTKO6
      46May 24, 198629Alfredo LayneLoss *TKO9
      45May 19, 198528Rocky LockridgeWin *MD
      44Dec 8, 198428Azumah NelsonLoss *KO11
      43Mar 31, 198427Juan LaporteWin *UD
      42Dec 14, 198327Eladio SantanaWinKO2
      41Apr 23, 198326Iván SamucoWinTKO3
      40Dec 3, 198226Lupe PintorWin *TKO14
      39Aug 18, 198225Roberto RubaldinoWin *RTD7
      38Jun 11, 198225Juan Antonio LópezWin *TKO10
      37Mar 27, 198225Juan MezaWin *TKO6
      36Feb 20, 198225José Luis SotoWinKO2
      35Jan 9, 198225José GonzálezWinTKO7
      34Aug 21, 198124Salvador SánchezLoss *TKO8
      33Jun 20, 198124Raúl SilvaWinKO3
      32Dec 13, 198024José CervantesWin *KO3
      31Aug 22, 198023Derrik HolmesWin *TKO5
      30Apr 27, 198023Eddie NdukwuWinTKO4
      29Feb 3, 198023Rubén ValdézWin *RTD6
      28Oct 26, 197922Nicky PérezWin *TKO5
      27Sep 28, 197922Carlos MendozaWin *TKO10
      26Jun 16, 197922Julio HernándezWin *TKO5
      25May 21, 197922Nelson Cruz TamarizWinKO2
      24Mar 9, 197922Néstor Carlos JiménezWin *KO5
      23Oct 28, 197821Carlos ZárateWin *TKO5
      22Sep 9, 197821Leonardo CruzWin *TKO13
      21Jun 2, 197821Sakad PetchyindeeWin *TKO3
      20Apr 8, 197821Juan Antonio LópezWin *TKO7
      19Jan 19, 197821Royal KobayashiWin *KO3
      18Jul 11, 197720Raúl TiradoWin *TKO5
      17May 21, 197720Dong-Kyun YumWin *KO12
      16Feb 12, 197720John MezaWinKO2
      15Oct 11, 197619José Murillo MedelWinKO4
      14Aug 16, 197619Tony RochaWinKO2
      13Jul 19, 197619Alberto DávilaWinTKO9
      12May 8, 197619Sak LempthongWinTKO3
      11Apr 4, 197619Ric QuijanoWinKO1
      10Feb 20, 197619Cornell HallWinKO3
      9Dec 20, 197519Andres HernándezWinTKO8
      8Sep 19, 197518Joe GuevaraWinKO6
      7Aug 2, 197518Cleo GarcíaWinKO3
      6Jun 21, 197518Jacinto FuentesWinKO2
      5May 3, 197518Jose JiménezWinKO1
      4Mar 2, 197518Antonio Da SilvaWinKO2
      3Feb 15, 197518Jorge BernalWinTKO1
      2Dec 21, 197418Mario HernándezWinTKO1
      1Nov 16, 197418Jacinto FuentesDrawMD

      * World-title fight

      World Titles

      Gómez was a three-weight-division world champion. He has held five world titles, one of which was a championship elevation, and the rest four were lineal championship wins.

      Weight DivisionWorld Titles Held
      Super-featherweightWBA, The Ring
      FeatherweightWBC
      Super-bantamweightWBC, The Ring

      Statistics

      Wilfredo Gómez is 166 cm tall (5' 5.35") with a reach of 166 cm (5' 5.35"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 0.

      Gómez has a 87.5% KO rate. Of his total 42 KO wins, 22 were in the early rounds, 14 in the mid rounds, and six in the later rounds. He has four first-round KO wins.

      Career Summary

      Wilfredo Gómez' professional boxing career spanned more than 14 years — from 1974 to 1989.

      Gómez made his professional boxing 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 three 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 two Hall-of-Famers (Lupe Pintor and Carlos Zárate), Rocky Lockridge, Néstor Carlos Jiménez, Julio Hernández, Nicky Pérez, Rubén Valdéz, and Derrik Holmes.

      Gómez had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.

      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, 10 months, and 22 days since this fight.

      Career Highlights

      Gómez fought a total of 48 times during his professional career, which includes 23 world-title fights at three weight divisions — super-featherweight, featherweight, and super-bantamweight. 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.

      • May 21, 1977: Gómez wins his first world title by defeating Dong-Kyun Yum via 12th round KO. He is now the WBC super-bantamweight world champion.

      • June 2, 1978: Gómez successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Sakad Petchyindee, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.

      • October 28, 1978: Gómez successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Carlos Zárate, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.

      • March 9, 1979: Gómez successfully defends the WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles against Néstor Carlos Jiménez, winning the fight via 5th round KO.

      • June 16, 1979: Gómez successfully defends the WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles against Julio Hernández, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.

      • October 26, 1979: Gómez successfully defends the WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles against Nicky Pérez, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.

      • February 3, 1980: Gómez successfully defends the WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles against Rubén Valdéz, winning the fight via 6th round RTD.

      • August 22, 1980: Gómez successfully defends the WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles against Derrik Holmes, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.

      • December 13, 1980: Gómez successfully defends the WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles against José Cervantes, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.

      • August 18, 1982: Gómez successfully defends the WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles against Roberto Rubaldino, winning the fight via 7th round RTD.

      • May 19, 1985: Gómez wins the WBA and The Ring super-featherweight titles from Rocky Lockridge, by beating Lockridge via 15 round majority decision.

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