Wilfredo Gómez Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: [wilˈfɾeðo ˈɣomes]; born October 29, 1956), sometimes referred to as Bazooka Gómez, is a Puerto Rican former...
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Salvador Sánchez vs. Wilfredo Gómez, billed as The Battle of the Little Giants, was a professional boxing match contested on August 21, 1981, for the WBC...
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Wilfred Benítez (redirect from Wilfredo Benitez)
Puerto Rican boxers of all time, sharing the honor with Félix Trinidad, Wilfredo Gómez, Carlos Ortiz, Héctor Camacho, Edwin Rosario and Miguel Cotto. Benítez...
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Wilfredo Gómez vs. Carlos Zárate was a professional boxing match contested between WBC super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Gómez and WBC bantamweight...
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Nicky Perez (50–3–0). Then undefeated World Jr Featherweight champion Wilfredo Gómez (32–0–1) went up in weight and challenged Sánchez. Sánchez retained...
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Wilfredo Santa-Gómez (also known as Wilfredo G. Santa, born 1949) is a Puerto Rican author who has published numerous books in Spanish on self-help, short...
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Notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight have been Wilfredo Gómez, Lupe Pintor, Jeff Fenech, Daniel Zaragoza, Kennedy McKinney, Érik Morales...
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The Carnival of Champions (redirect from Wilfredo Gómez versus Lupe Pintor)
Mexican and one American. In the undercard's first of two co-main events, Wilfredo Gómez of Puerto Rico would defend his WBC world Jr Featherweight championship...
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Boxers famous for their uppercuts include Lennox Lewis, Joe Louis, Wilfredo Gómez, Julio César Chávez, Sonny Liston, George Foreman, Mike Tyson, Rubén...
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Iván Samuco (section Bout with Wilfredo Gómez)
Hall of Fame member Wilfredo Gómez. Few gave Samuco, coming in with a 17-3-1, 10 knockout wins record, a chance of beating Gomez during their April 23...
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including Larry Holmes, Wilfred Benítez, Roberto Durán, Salvador Sánchez, Wilfredo Gómez, and Alexis Argüello would all fight under the Don King Productions...
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Notable out-fighters include Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Joe Calzaghe, Wilfredo Gómez, Salvador Sánchez, Cecilia Brækhus, Gene Tunney, Ezzard Charles, Willie...
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goalkeeper Wilfredo Caraballo (born 1947), American politician Wil Cordero (born 1971), Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player Wilfredo Gómez (born...
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Wilfredo Gómez and died shortly after purchasing tickets for Gomez's fight against Carlos Zarate. This affected Vázquez, who decided to mimic Gómez and...
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victories before facing another up-and-coming Puerto Rican bantamweight, Wilfredo Gómez. The pair met on Saturday, December 20, 1975, at Roberto Clemente Coliseum...
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Carlos Zárate Serna (section Zárate vs. Gómez)
Latino Super Flyweight champion. Zárate, considered along with rival Wilfredo Gómez to be among the better punchers of the lighter divisions, had an amateur...
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All-Time: 16. Wilfredo Gómez Vs Lupe Pintor". Fischer, Doug (November 6, 2012). "10: Greatest 122-pound title fights - Page 11 of 11". "wilfredo gomez vs lupe...
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then lost it to another Puerto Rican world champion, the legendary Wilfredo Gómez. In 1985, he went to Ireland, where he lost a ten-round decision to...
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August 21 – The Battle of the Little Giants, Salvador Sánchez defeats Wilfredo Gómez by knockout in eight rounds to retain his WBC world Featherweight title...
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May 15 of the same year, he lost the title by majority decision to Wilfredo Gómez. On August 3, 1986, he lost by majority decision in the fight for the...
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Abe Attell Marco Antonio Barrera Kid Chocolate Luisito Espinosa Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Vázquez Naseem Hamed Paul Ingle Chris 'The Dragon' John Tom "Boom...
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named Wilfredo who would later join Benitez and Gomez as a three-division world champion and form part of the history of boxing in Puerto Rico, Wilfredo Vazquez...
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after the bout, it was re-broadcast on HBO, and later still, on ABC-TV. Wilfredo Gómez knocked out Juan Antonio Lopez in ten rounds to retain his WBC super...
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Carlos Zárate; the Super Bantamweights, (a division created in 1976) had Wilfredo Gómez winning the title in 1977 and keeping it until he left it vacant in...
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along with Juan Laporte, Esteban De Jesús, Wilfredo Vázquez, Miguel Cotto, Wilfred Benítez, Wilfredo Gómez, Héctor Camacho, Edwin Rosario and Carlos Ortíz...
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the fight ended with Gomez being stopped in five rounds. Gomez took the surname Gomez after his childhood hero Wilfredo Gómez. Michael Armstrong was...
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the WBA along the way. Some fans even started to call him the next Wilfredo Gómez. His fight with Ortiz ended in a second round no-contest. But after...
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Wilfredo Gómez was inducted in the same ceremony. After Gómez expressed that Harada was his idol, Harada responded, using an interpreter, that Gómez had...
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Mohamed Abdel Razek, Egyptian footballer nicknamed "Bazoka" or "Bazooka" Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer nicknamed "Bazooka" Rafael Limón, Mexican boxer...
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much talk of a "super-fight" against world Jr. Featherweight champion Wilfredo Gómez, but the bout never materialized. His fight on March 10 of 1979 against...
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