Alfonso Zamora

Little Red,

Alfonso Zamora hit Carlos Zarate with bombs in that bout. Alfonso had that
look like,,,,,,,, 'Why are you still standing'.

He never expected Carlos to go 'toe-to-toe' with him.

 

And Wilfredo Gomez, just 4 lbs heavier, just devastated Zarate with his shots. Maybe Gomez hit considerably harder than Zarate. Maybe a little off topic, but just a thought.
Maybe an idea for a Gomez-Zarate thread.:think

 

Look at his record post-Zarate... There's your answer.

It happens to many, many big punchers when their power fails them. They're never quite the same.

What was he, 25-0 (25) going into the Zarate fight? (I could be wrong, but he was undefeated with every win by KO)

After that, he won some, lost some, and wasn't the consistent puncher he once was. He went downhill quick.

 

And a decent argument could be made for Zamora being a harder puncher than Gomez.

Gomez definitely hit hard, but it was other components of his game that made him the puncher he was in addition to his power.

 

Kinda like Gomez's punches having no effect on Sal Sanchez just 4 lbs above Wilfredo.

 

Alfonso was 'not' knocking everybody out in the amateurs.

He was a busy and hard-punching 3-Round fighter, but not a 'KO Artist'.

When he turned professional at age 18, he started out by flattening
'non-entities', and then developed a heavy punch.

Some those early opponents, were 'off the street' record-padders.

 

I don't know, I remember reading an old Ring where he was the runner up for comeback of the year and fighter of the year one year, after he'd lost to Lujan.

I don't think he was a bad fighter, but he fell in love with his own power, like Rosario kind of, then started partying too much which led to his getting brutally stopped by Lujan. He cleaned up his act, got a few good wins and then fell back into drinking himself into oblivion.

 

I'm sorry, but I believe it's "Bolivian."


...........Just here to help.

 

Lujan had too dense a beard and when Zamora realised he couldn't crack it, in probably his most rounded and patient performance, he folded.

Still, one of the hardest pure hitters in lower weight history.

I don't think Gomez hit harder than Zamora; but he was quicker, naturally bigger, more precise and with better timing.

 

Movement and angles too.

 

Exactly, was harder to see his shots coming.

Zarate was straight on but bludgeoned you anyway.

 

Alonso Zamora scoring a 4th-Round Knockout over WBA Bantamweight Champion Soo-Hwan Hong.

Alfonso swarmed over the Champion with a barrage of punches, leaving
the Korean unable to hold off the Mexican's rampage.

This content is protected