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).
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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.
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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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.
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Super-featherweight | WBA, The Ring |
Featherweight | WBC |
Super-bantamweight | WBC, The Ring |
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.
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.
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.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Gómez' boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his last fight against Mario Salazar, and all the other wins and losses of his career.
On July 19, 1989, a 32-year old Wilfredo Gómez (43-3-1, 41 KO) fought Mario Salazar in his 48th professional fight. He defeated Salazar via 2nd round KO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On July 30, 1988, a 31-year old Wilfredo Gómez (42-3-1, 40 KO) fought Mario González in his 47th professional fight. He defeated González via 6th round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On May 24, 1986, a 29-year old Wilfredo Gómez (42-2-1, 40 KO) faced Alfredo Layne in a super-featherweight title-defense fight. He lost to Layne via 9th round TKO and lost the WBA and Ring Magazine super-featherweight titles.
On May 19, 1985, a 28-year old Wilfredo Gómez (41-2-1, 40 KO) faced American boxer Rocky Lockridge, who was 26 years old with a record of 36-3 for Lockridge's WBA and Ring Magazine super-featherweight titles. 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. Coming into this fight, Lockridge had three losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Gómez defeated Lockridge via 15 round majority decision to win the WBA and Ring Magazine super-featherweight titles, making a successful comeback from his last loss.
On December 8, 1984, a 28-year old Wilfredo Gómez (41-1-1, 40 KO) faced Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson, who was 26 years old with a record of 19-1 in a featherweight title-defense fight. Nelson was on a six-fight win streak with 14 KO wins. Gómez was the taller of the two by 1 cm but Nelson had a 7 cm reach advantage over Gómez. Coming into this fight, Nelson had a single loss, which was via stoppage.
Gómez lost to Nelson via 11th round KO and lost the WBC featherweight title. His nine-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On March 31, 1984, a 27-year old Wilfredo Gómez (40-1-1, 40 KO) faced fellow Puerto Rican boxer Juan Laporte, who was 24 years old with a record of 24-4 for Laporte's WBC featherweight title. Laporte was on a one-fight losing streak. Gómez was the taller of the two by 1 cm but Laporte had a 7 cm reach advantage over Gómez. Coming into this fight, Laporte had four losses, but had never been stopped.
Gómez defeated Laporte via 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBC featherweight title. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak.
On December 14, 1983, a 27-year old Wilfredo Gómez (39-1-1, 39 KO) fought Eladio Santana in his 42nd professional fight. He defeated Santana via 2nd round KO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On April 23, 1983, a 26-year old Wilfredo Gómez (38-1-1, 38 KO) fought Iván Samuco in his 41st professional fight. He defeated Samuco via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On December 3, 1982, a 26-year old Wilfredo Gómez (37-1-1, 37 KO) faced Mexican boxer Lupe Pintor, who was 27 years old with a record of 49-5-1 in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. Pintor was on a seven-fight win streak with 38 KO wins. Gómez was the taller of the two by 3 cms but Pintor had a 2 cm reach advantage over Gómez. Coming into this fight, Pintor had five losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Gómez defeated Pintor via 14th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On August 18, 1982, a 25-year old Wilfredo Gómez (36-1-1, 36 KO) faced Roberto Rubaldino in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Rubaldino via 7th round RTD to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On June 11, 1982, in their 2nd fight, a a 25-year old Wilfredo Gómez (35-1-1, 35 KO) faced Juan Antonio López in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated López via 10th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On March 27, 1982, a 25-year old Wilfredo Gómez (34-1-1, 34 KO) faced Mexican boxer Juan Meza, who was 26 years old with a record of 37-4 in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. Meza was on a 10-fight win streak with 31 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage over Gómez. Coming into this fight, Meza had four losses, but had never been stopped.
Gómez defeated Meza via 6th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On February 20, 1982, a 25-year old Wilfredo Gómez (33-1-1, 33 KO) fought José Luis Soto in his 36th professional fight. He defeated Soto via 2nd round KO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On January 9, 1982, a 25-year old Wilfredo Gómez (32-1-1, 32 KO) fought José González in his 35th professional fight. He defeated González via 7th round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On August 21, 1981, a 24-year old Wilfredo Gómez (32-0-1, 32 KO) faced Mexican boxer Salvador Sánchez, who was 22 years old with a record of 40-1-1. Gómez was challenging Sánchez' WBC featherweight title. Sánchez was on a 20-fight win streak with 30 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 7 cm reach advantage over Gómez. Coming into this fight, Sánchez had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Gómez lost to Sánchez via 8th round TKO. He suffers the first loss of his career, and his 32-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On June 20, 1981, a 24-year old Wilfredo Gómez (31-0-1, 31 KO) fought Raúl Silva in his 33rd professional fight. He defeated Silva via 3rd round KO. He is now on a 32-fight winning streak, with 32 back-to-back KO wins.
On December 13, 1980, a 24-year old Wilfredo Gómez (30-0-1, 30 KO) faced José Cervantes in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Cervantes via 3rd round KO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a 31-fight winning streak, with 31 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 22, 1980, a 23-year old Wilfredo Gómez (29-0-1, 29 KO) faced Derrik Holmes in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Holmes via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a 30-fight winning streak, with 30 back-to-back KO wins.
On April 27, 1980, a 23-year old Wilfredo Gómez (28-0-1, 28 KO) fought Eddie Ndukwu in his 30th professional fight. He defeated Ndukwu via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 29-fight winning streak, with 29 back-to-back KO wins.
On February 3, 1980, a 23-year old Wilfredo Gómez (27-0-1, 27 KO) faced Rubén Valdéz in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Valdéz via 6th round RTD to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a 28-fight winning streak, with 28 back-to-back KO wins.
On October 26, 1979, a 22-year old Wilfredo Gómez (26-0-1, 26 KO) faced Nicky Pérez in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Pérez via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a 27-fight winning streak, with 27 back-to-back KO wins.
On September 28, 1979, a 22-year old Wilfredo Gómez (25-0-1, 25 KO) faced Carlos Mendoza in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Mendoza via 10th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a 26-fight winning streak, with 26 back-to-back KO wins.
On June 16, 1979, a 22-year old Wilfredo Gómez (24-0-1, 24 KO) faced Julio Hernández in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Hernández via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a 25-fight winning streak, with 25 back-to-back KO wins.
On May 21, 1979, a 22-year old Wilfredo Gómez (23-0-1, 23 KO) fought Nelson Cruz Tamariz in his 25th professional fight. He defeated Tamariz via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 24-fight winning streak, with 24 back-to-back KO wins.
On March 9, 1979, a 22-year old Wilfredo Gómez (22-0-1, 22 KO) faced Néstor Carlos Jiménez in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Jiménez via 5th round KO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles. He is now on a 23-fight winning streak, with 23 back-to-back KO wins.
On October 28, 1978, a 21-year old Wilfredo Gómez (21-0-1, 21 KO) faced an undefeated Mexican boxer 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. Gómez is now on a 22-fight winning streak, with 22 back-to-back KO wins.
On September 9, 1978, a 21-year old Wilfredo Gómez (20-0-1, 20 KO) faced Leonardo Cruz in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Cruz via 13th round TKO to retain the WBC super-bantamweight title. He is now on a 21-fight winning streak, with 21 back-to-back KO wins.
On June 2, 1978, a 21-year old Wilfredo Gómez (19-0-1, 19 KO) faced Sakad Petchyindee in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Petchyindee via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBC super-bantamweight title. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak, with 20 back-to-back KO wins.
On April 8, 1978, a 21-year old Wilfredo Gómez (18-0-1, 18 KO) faced Juan Antonio López in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated López via 7th round TKO to retain the WBC super-bantamweight title. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak, with 19 back-to-back KO wins.
On January 19, 1978, a 21-year old Wilfredo Gómez (17-0-1, 17 KO) faced Royal Kobayashi in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Kobayashi via 3rd round KO to retain the WBC super-bantamweight title. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with 18 back-to-back KO wins.
On July 11, 1977, a 20-year old Wilfredo Gómez (16-0-1, 16 KO) faced Raúl Tirado in a super-bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Tirado via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC super-bantamweight title. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak, with 17 back-to-back KO wins.
On May 21, 1977, in his 17th professional fight, 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. He defeated Yum via 12th round KO to win the WBC super-bantamweight title. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak, with 16 back-to-back KO wins.
On February 12, 1977, a 20-year old Wilfredo Gómez (14-0-1, 14 KO) fought John Meza in his 16th professional fight. He defeated Meza via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak, with 15 back-to-back KO wins.
On October 11, 1976, a 19-year old Wilfredo Gómez (13-0-1, 13 KO) fought José Murillo Medel in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Medel via 4th round KO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak, with 14 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 16, 1976, a 19-year old Wilfredo Gómez (12-0-1, 12 KO) fought Tony Rocha in his 14th professional fight. He defeated Rocha via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak, with 13 back-to-back KO wins.
On July 19, 1976, a 19-year old Wilfredo Gómez (11-0-1, 11 KO) fought Alberto Dávila in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Dávila via 9th round TKO. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak, with 12 back-to-back KO wins.
On May 8, 1976, a 19-year old Wilfredo Gómez (10-0-1, 10 KO) fought Sak Lempthong in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Lempthong via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak, with 11 back-to-back KO wins.
On April 4, 1976, a 19-year old Wilfredo Gómez (9-0-1, 9 KO) fought Ric Quijano in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Quijano via 1st round KO. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak, with 10 back-to-back KO wins.
On February 20, 1976, a 19-year old Wilfredo Gómez (8-0-1, 8 KO) fought Cornell Hall in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Hall via 3rd round KO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On December 20, 1975, a 19-year old Wilfredo Gómez (7-0-1, 7 KO) fought Andres Hernández in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Hernández via 8th round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On September 19, 1975, an 18-year old Wilfredo Gómez (6-0-1, 6 KO) fought Joe Guevara in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Guevara via 6th round KO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On August 2, 1975, an 18-year old Wilfredo Gómez (5-0-1, 5 KO) fought Cleo García in his 7th professional fight. He defeated García via 3rd round KO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On June 21, 1975, in their 2nd fight, a an 18-year old Wilfredo Gómez (4-0-1, 4 KO) fought Jacinto Fuentes in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Fuentes via 2nd round KO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On May 3, 1975, an 18-year old Wilfredo Gómez (3-0-1, 3 KO) fought Jose Jiménez in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Jiménez via 1st round KO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On March 2, 1975, an 18-year old Wilfredo Gómez (2-0-1, 2 KO) fought Antonio Da Silva in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Silva via 2nd round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On February 15, 1975, an 18-year old Wilfredo Gómez (1-0-1, 1 KO) fought Jorge Bernal in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Bernal via 1st round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On December 21, 1974, an 18-year old Wilfredo Gómez (0-0-1) fought Mario Hernández in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Hernández via 1st round TKO.
On November 16, 1974, an 18-year old Wilfredo Gómez debuted against Jacinto Fuentes. He had a draw with Fuentes via 6th round majority decision.
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%).