Wilfredo Gomez Title Run

He wiped out all the available competition that he had...no matter how you rank them qualitywise...and he did so in such an overwhelmingly dominant fashion that you couldn't have asked any more from him. Bazooka Gomez was a monster..one of my all time favorite champions.

 

Oh, his best was his destruction of Carlos Zarate..many of his defenses were so onesided..epic shows of destruction over some decent opponents..it didn't matter because he was so much superior to them anyway. Alberto Davilla was a great win..and for his Ali-Frazier III moment, it was his thriller against Lupe Pintor. Too bad Gomez didn't carry over as well to featherweight, but at super bantam he was peerless.
This is Gomez at his very best IMO..
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The Davila fight was also an excellent performance over a truly quality opponent.

God, he was a dirty little ******* though. One of the dirtiest fighters in recent memory.

 

I do have to say,,,,,,,

At the start,,, the victory over WBC Super-Bantamweight Champion Dong-Kyun Yum,
may have been his 'best' performance.

With only '16-Bouts' under his belt 15-0-1 (15 KO's), Wilfredo had never had go
10-Rounds entering the Championship bout.

Only '4' of his '16' bouts had gone past the 6th-Round.

At age 20 1/2, some didn't think he was 'seasoned' enough to tangle with
WBC Champion *Dong-Kyun Yum with a record of 50-2-6 (21 KO's).

The 26 year-old Champion from South Korea, was a wonderful fighter, and very
dangerous in 'long-length bouts', where he would utilize his remarkable endurance
to out-strength his opponents.

For Wilfredo, he had some 'challenging bouts' before going after the WBC Super-Bantamweight Title
on May 21, 1977 at the Roberto Clemente Stadium in Puerto Rico.
* 8/2/75.........Cleo Garica
* 9/19/75.......Joe Guevara
* 12/30/75......Andres Hernandez
* 4/5/76.........Ric Quijano
* 5/6/76.........Sak Lempthong
* 7/19/76.......Alberto Davila
* 8/10/76.......Tony Rocha
* 10/11/76.....Jose Murillo Medal

 

His performance in dethroning Juan LaPorte to win the Featherweight belt was a classic boxing clinic. Up there with Duran's schooling of Davey Moore and Buster Douglas' virtuoso with Tyson. Willie Pep's second fight with Saddler is still the tops though.

 

Agreed..Gomez was a master that night...like a sadistic puppeteer vs LaPorte. More evidence that Gomez was and ATG, IMo.

 

what gomez did at 122 hasnt been done by any fighter in any other weight class

:hat

 

It was vastly surpassed by Sanchez @ 126 :
stopped Danny Lopez *2 , stopped Gomez , stopped Nelson , outpointed LaPorte and would have done more if given d time .
Sanchez' opposition was much better than Gonez' on a p4p scale as well . Gomez really deserved 2b DQd vs Zarate rather than being awarded a "KO" over him .

 

Honestly, I have never caught on to why Gomez is considered so good. I saw the pintor fight and thought he was lucky to get out of that one, and the referee let him get away with blatant elbows and headbutts. His toughness impressed me because he had no legs from the early rounds on but kept fighting back.
In the late 90s and early 2000s I purchased tape of at least 5 or 6 of his fights, selected completely at random, all at 122, and none of them were the Zarate or davila fights. In every single fight, Gomez got nailed, his legs went and he wobbled around then landed a big shot or two and won. i came to the conclusion that he was easy to hit, didn't take a punch well, but had great heart and fought hard when hurt.
Now, if somebody could direct me to fights of his that didn't follow this pattern, I'd be keen to see them.
Zarate, by the way, claimed to have been suffering from the flu going into that fight, though that is not a unique excuse.

 

How can anyone knock Wilfredo Gomez.

From November 1974 thru December 1982, an 8-year run,

From age 18 thru 26, he made the 122 lb. Super-Bantameight Limit.

That alone, is one hell of an accomplishment.

He was a wonderful boxer.

 

But i haven't seen that it any of his fights that i have watched. I haven't seen them all, but, in every one that I have seen, that I purchased, all at 122, he didn't look good. I saw him at 126 and he was worse. i would be interested in seeing him fight when he didn't get nailed, stagger around, get away with nearly murderous fouls, and against a good opponent. I've seen him fight at least 9 or 10 times, 6 or 7 at his prime weight. He impressed me with his toughness and heart. nothing more.

 

He dominated him and it was a nice win on his resume,but Laporte was lousy against Gomez and it was a workman like effort more than anything.

 

I agree,,,,,,,
Great defense and Wilfredo Gomez, will never ever be seen together.

He was fearless, and was not afraid to get hit.