Wilfredo Gómez Record
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 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1995.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1956
- Age
- 68 y, 8 m
- Debut
- Nov 16, 1974
- Record
- 44-3-1
- Title Fights
- 23
- KOs
- 42 (87.5%)
- Health
- Last Five
- Height
- 166 cm
- Reach
- 166 cm
- Ape Index
- 0 cm
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- Jul 19, 1989
Boxing Career
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 top-10 list of Gómez' best performances, refer to "Best fights of Wilfredo Gómez".
Gómez has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Wilfredo Gómez Losses".
Fight Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | Jul 19, 1989 | 32 |  Mario Salazar | win | KO 2 |
47 | Jul 30, 1988 | 31 | Mario González | win | TKO 6 |
46 | May 24, 1986 | 29 | Alfredo Layne | loss | TKO 9 |
45 | May 19, 1985 | 28 | 
Rocky Lockridge 26 36-3 | win | MD 15 |
44 | Dec 08, 1984 | 28 | 
Azumah Nelson 26 19-1 | loss | KO 11 |
43 | Mar 31, 1984 | 27 | 
Juan Laporte 24 24-4 | win | UD 12 |
42 | Dec 14, 1983 | 27 | Eladio Santana | win | KO 2 |
41 | Apr 23, 1983 | 26 | Iván Samuco | win | TKO 3 |
40 | Dec 03, 1982 | 26 | 
Lupe Pintor 27 49-5-1 | win | TKO 14 |
39 | Aug 18, 1982 | 25 | Roberto Rubaldino | win | RTD 7 |
38 | Jun 11, 1982 | 25 | Juan Antonio López | win | TKO 10 |
37 | Mar 27, 1982 | 25 | 
Juan Meza 26 37-4 | win | TKO 6 |
36 | Feb 20, 1982 | 25 | José Luis Soto | win | KO 2 |
35 | Jan 09, 1982 | 25 | José González | win | TKO 7 |
34 | Aug 21, 1981 | 24 | 
Salvador Sánchez 22 40-1-1 | loss | TKO 8 |
33 | Jun 20, 1981 | 24 | Raúl Silva | win | KO 3 |
32 | Dec 13, 1980 | 24 | José Cervantes | win | KO 3 |
31 | Aug 22, 1980 | 23 | Derrik Holmes | win | TKO 5 |
30 | Apr 27, 1980 | 23 | Eddie Ndukwu | win | TKO 4 |
29 | Feb 03, 1980 | 23 | Rubén Valdéz | win | RTD 6 |
28 | Oct 26, 1979 | 22 | Nicky Pérez | win | TKO 5 |
27 | Sep 28, 1979 | 22 | Carlos Mendoza | win | TKO 10 |
26 | Jun 16, 1979 | 22 | Julio Hernández | win | TKO 5 |
25 | May 21, 1979 | 22 | Nelson Cruz Tamariz | win | KO 2 |
24 | Mar 09, 1979 | 22 | Néstor Carlos Jiménez | win | KO 5 |
23 | Oct 28, 1978 | 21 | 
Carlos Zárate 27 52-0 | win | TKO 5 |
22 | Sep 09, 1978 | 21 | Leonardo Cruz | win | TKO 13 |
21 | Jun 02, 1978 | 21 | Sakad Petchyindee | win | TKO 3 |
20 | Apr 08, 1978 | 21 | Juan Antonio López | win | TKO 7 |
19 | Jan 19, 1978 | 21 | Royal Kobayashi | win | KO 3 |
18 | Jul 11, 1977 | 20 | Raúl Tirado | win | TKO 5 |
17 | May 21, 1977 | 20 | Dong-Kyun Yum | win | KO 12 |
16 | Feb 12, 1977 | 20 | John Meza | win | KO 2 |
15 | Oct 11, 1976 | 19 | José Murillo Medel | win | KO 4 |
14 | Aug 16, 1976 | 19 | Tony Rocha | win | KO 2 |
13 | Jul 19, 1976 | 19 | Alberto Dávila | win | TKO 9 |
12 | May 08, 1976 | 19 | Sak Lempthong | win | TKO 3 |
11 | Apr 04, 1976 | 19 | Ric Quijano | win | KO 1 |
10 | Feb 20, 1976 | 19 | Cornell Hall | win | KO 3 |
9 | Dec 20, 1975 | 19 | Andres Hernández | win | TKO 8 |
8 | Sep 19, 1975 | 18 | Joe Guevara | win | KO 6 |
7 | Aug 02, 1975 | 18 | Cleo García | win | KO 3 |
6 | Jun 21, 1975 | 18 | Jacinto Fuentes | win | KO 2 |
5 | May 03, 1975 | 18 | Jose Jiménez | win | KO 1 |
4 | Mar 02, 1975 | 18 | Antonio Da Silva | win | KO 2 |
3 | Feb 15, 1975 | 18 | Jorge Bernal | win | TKO 1 |
2 | Dec 21, 1974 | 18 | Mario Hernández | win | TKO 1 |
1 | Nov 16, 1974 | 18 | Jacinto Fuentes | draw | MD 6 |