Birth of a Rivalry: Sanchez vs Gomez

Sanchez is one of my favorite fighters ever, and I never liked Gomez. I totally enjoyed this one.

 

One of my favorite fights of the 1980's.

Has anyone read Wilfredo's bio that was supposed to come out last year?

 

Unbelievable fight.
Greet breakdown, loved the gifs and descriptions.

 

Brilliant break-down as usual. Thanks for the great work!

 

Excellent fight, excellent Post. Thank you, brother!

 

I saw the bout between Salvador Sanchez and Wilfredo Gomez in person. What surprised me was that Sanchez was far more aggressive than he usually was. Moreover, being aggressive paid off handsomely for Sanchez.

- Chuck Johnston

 

I actually agree. I reckon Sanchez had it in mind not to give an inch and he was extremely happy to swap punches with the KO artist that was Gomez. He wanted to show he was not intimidated in any way and was the bigger and better man.

 

I didn't see it as Sanchez being terribly aggressive, it's just that Gomez left him no choice but to trade, so.......

And then once Gomez went down, Sal saw how compromised he was and let him continue to walk face-first into the shredder for a while.

The Gomez book by Guidice was a disappointment. Lacking in detail and depth the likes of which we saw in abundance in the Duran book he wrote. Total lay-up.

 

It was a fairly one sided fight. Gomez's face was a hideous mask by the end.

Gomez was a great 122 lb champ but hadn't done anything at 126 lbs before the Sanchez fight.

Even moving up 4 lbs. can be too much for a lighter weights fighter.

Sanchez seems to be a bit underrated these days.

 

"The Little Giants" the fight was advertised as...and fought in "neutral" Las Vegas, instead of Gomez's home base of San Juan, PR.

 

Mexico vs PR.....always a war!

 

I'll always love Gomez, but Sal Sanchez was just awesome that night.

 

For most part, Salvador Sanchez was not an aggressive fighter. In fact, he stand back and let his opponents to be the aggressors. That is why I was surprised that he was much more aggressive in his bout with Wilfredo Gomez.

- Chuck Johnston