Wilfredo Gomez vs Antonio Cermeno ,12rds@122lbs

Gomez fought d better fighters, but Cermeno got d better wins while taking in2 consideration quality of opposition and quality of per4mance against them and fighting away from home.

I think that Gomez is vastly over8ed, more than Duran, whom despite having fought in a rather mediocre, even if over8ed LW division, at least showed his quality years l8er and w8s higher vs d likes of Hagler, Castro, Leonard, Barkley, Sims, Pazienza, Camacho*, etc.

So Duran may b over8ed as a LW, but quite clearly a gr8.
Gomez fought in a mediocre SBW division, against a yet inferior opposition 2 Duran's, and fared much worse while going up and also faded much quicker.

It is also worth mentioning that Duran jumped 2 w8s 2 Gomez' 1, and was successful @it against n opponent which most , but not me , consider a higher caliber opponent 2 Gomez' bigger opponent. And if that was not enough then Gomez failed miserably vs Sanchez' inferior in Azumah Nelson.

D comparison of Gomez 2 Duran is a wrong 1, I consider him much more as a Ricardo Lopez/Carlos Zarate of his w8, even if Lopez' opposition was d worst of d 3, it is not by much.

 

like asking a casual about a scenario 4 FMJ vs Jess Willard

 

I consider Cermeno a top 5 Venezuelan fighter , which is a lot and a top 5 @ 122 .
I only watched him KO some Japanese in d 12th and final rd , just when it seemed that d fight was going 2 end after d full distance . A last moment KO without really trying 4 it , as far as i remember .

.. Just b/c that fight was d only 1 that i could find .

Cermeno was not called "El Coloso" 4 nothing and if Gomez found Sanchez' size advantage as 2 much 2 overcome , Xpect him 2 find Cermeno's even more so .

I hope that that 1 fight is still availabe on y/t , and alongside boxrec u may find more about his quality .

I suppose d fight is conducted under just refereeing etc. b/c otherwise i could implicitly assume things such as 1 fighter is allowed n axe in d ring while d other is not .

Gomez was allowed 2 cheat vs Zarate in addition 2 being allowed 2 weigh as much as he found fit , whereas Zarate whom actually weighed inside d limit was 4ced 2 shed more , jast b/c d fight was held in PR .
C ? dis iz d sabstens det lejends r meid of.

Not that I even consider Zarate ez d men @ 118 @ d time , ez hi chited in order 2 "beat" Zamora .

BTW , if u find t taim 2 research Cermeno , I'd recommend u researching Yober Ortega 2 , whom I consider at least as good/gr8 .

edit regarding d 15 rds remark : when i match fighters from different eras i try 2 consider it under d rules & regulations that could fit both .

4 instance , UDK how a fighter used 2 making weight under d assumption that he is Xpected 2 go 12 or 13 rds maximum , would react 2 having 2 go 4 more , if it gets 2 last 4 so long .

But/And then cermeno's w8 advantage in d ring wud not hev bin det huge bikoz Gomez enjoyed d scales set in his favor , and against his opponents' favor anyway .

 

b/c your knowledge about Cermeno can b summarized in n/a , and YDKSAB , and r a generic "boxing fan" , (then) u can predict d outcome ?

 

I doubt if he lost 2 Norwood and having watched Marquez vs Norwood I thought that it was close, putting it mildly .

outcomes on record should b treated carefully .

This is another reason 2 y i care more 4 who did some1 fight (against) as opposed 2 "how it ended" .