What happened to Frankie Gomez?

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  1. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Guy had all the talent in the world, yet just fell off the earth while still undefeated.

    Anyone know what hes doing now?
     
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    He got real fat.
     
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    Even Earl wants to know where Frankie went.

    Last I heard, he quit boxing and decided to become a car mechanic.
     
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    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    Mechanic
     
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  5. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wild.

    Could have been a legit star.
     
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    I'm still trying to figure out where the **** Shawn Estrada, Julian Ramirez, Randy Caballero and Alexander Frenkel went.
     
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    Frenkel had some some sort of brain damage detected on his MRI scan. Afterwards he suffered a bout of depression and became very religious.

    As for the other three. All of them fell out of the sport one way or another. I think Estrada became a fitness coach, but for the other two, I'm not sure.
     
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    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    I knew Frenkel had some kind of nervous breakdown, but hadn't heard about the brain damage or the religious stuff.
     
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    Estrada was injury related, Ramirez fell out of love with the sport after be felt he was robbed against Abraham Lopez.
     
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    Boxing's a tough sport. Unless you're going to get 6 figures a fight, the constant brain damage isn't worth it.

    More gyms should use the Ingle body sparring approach.
     
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    Yuri Romanov for me...watched him pummel Jon thaxton I believe and then never heard of him again lol
     
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  12. NoChin

    NoChin Sir Tim Tszyu - Knighted! Full Member

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    That guy could have been an ALL-Time Great.


    Best puncher I've ever seen on the pads. Gifted.
     
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  13. ellerbe

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    I think I saw a post that somewhere saying that he’s working as a mechanic now.
     
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    NoChin Sir Tim Tszyu - Knighted! Full Member

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    Check out his mitt work on YouTube. The best I've seen. Hits the pads the way it should be done.
     
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    Frank Gomez and Jose Benavidez were very very hyped. No one would believe you in 2012 if you said David Benavidez would be a p4p top 5 today and those guys especially Frankie would basically have no career.
     
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