Wilfredo Shorts
Description: Wilfredo Gómez Rivera born October 29, 1956), sometimes referred to as Bazooka Gómez, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer and three weight world champion. He is frequently mentioned among the best Puerto Rican boxers of all time by sports journalists and analysts. His seventeen consecutive knockouts in championship defenses as a junior featherweight is a record for all boxing divisions. He was ranked number 13 on The Ring magazine's list of the "100 greatest punchers of all time". In 1995, Gómez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Description: A fight between Gómez and Pintor had been in the making for over a year. Originally, Pintor, the WBC's bantamweight champion, had expressed moving up to the super bantamweight division in the summer of 1981 after Gómez had expressed interest in moving up the featherweight division following his featherweight title fight against Salvador Sánchez.
Description: Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez Rosa (born September 12, 1958), better known as Wilfred Benitez, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career world titles in separate weight divisions at the age of seventeen, he is best remembered as a skilled and aggressive fighter. He is widely considered one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time. He is also remembered for his fights with Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996, he is considered among the best Puerto Rican boxers of all time.
Description: The 1981 clash between Salvador Sanchez and Wilfredo Gomez brought together two of boxing’s most formidable champions in a highly anticipated battle for featherweight supremacy. Gomez, renowned for his devastating punching power and remarkable knockout record, entered the contest as a feared force in the sport. Across the ring stood Sanchez, a brilliantly skilled and composed champion whose speed, timing and ring intelligence made him an exceptional opponent. With national pride, championship glory and boxing legacy on the line, this showdown promised a fascinating collision of styles between two extraordinary fighters at the peak of their careers.
Description: Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gómez improved to 23-0-1 with 23 KO and made his seventh defense of the WBC junior featherweight title with a 5th round TKO of Nestor Jimenez at Madison Square Garden in New York in 1979. Jimenez was a slick Colombian veteran with more than 80 pro fights, but despite being tough he was at the end of a long career, plus no match for a young, powerful puncher like Gómez. Gómez dropped about six pounds to make the 122-pound limit, but crushing body work made the fight an easy one for him. Jimenez did his best to duck and shift his way around the ring and away from Gómez's power, but it didn't work for long.
Description: The January 14, 1979, clash between Carlos Palomino and Wilfred Benitez occurred at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Benitez captured the WBC World Welterweight Title in a split decision victory after 15 rounds. The fight, promoted by Bob Arum's Top Rank, saw Palomino attempting his eighth title defense against a younger, undefeated challenger. At 29, Palomino was considered a dangerous veteran, while the 20-year-old Benitez, already a former WBA Junior Welterweight champion, brought a reputation for being a defensive master.
