Wilfredo Gómez

“Bazooka”

Boxing · Retired

44-3-1RECORD

42WINS BY KO / TKO

2WINS BY DECISION

48PRO FIGHTS

Profile

Full name	Wilfredo Gómez Rivera
Nickname	Bazooka
Date of birth	29 Oct 1956
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Birthplace	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Based in	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Weight classes	Super bantamweight, Featherweight, Super featherweight
Trainers	Not added yet
Height	166 cm (5′5″)
Reach	169 cm (67″)
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	1974–1989
Status	Retired
Pro debut	16 Nov 1974
Last fight	Win vs Mario Salazar, 19 Jul 1989

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Titles and honours

WBC super bantamweight champion from 1977 to 1983
WBC featherweight champion in 1984
WBA super featherweight champion from 1985 to 1986
Inaugural The Ring super bantamweight champion in 1979

Background

Puerto Rican knockout artist who won world titles in three weight classes and made repeated defences of the WBC super bantamweight title by stoppage. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995.

Fight history

48 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	Mario Salazar	KO	2	1:45	19 Jul 1989	Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA
Win	Mario González	TKO	6	1:58	30 Jul 1988	Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Loss	Alfredo Layne	TKO	9	0:32	24 May 1986	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Lost WBA and The Ring super featherweight titles
Win	Rocky Lockridge	Decision (majority)	15		19 May 1985	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Won WBA and The Ring super featherweight titles
Loss	Azumah Nelson	KO	11	2:58	8 Dec 1984	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Lost WBC featherweight title
Win	Juan Laporte	Decision (unanimous)	12		31 Mar 1984	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Won WBC featherweight title
Win	Eladio Santana	KO	2	0:46	14 Dec 1983	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Iván Samuco	TKO	3	1:45	23 Apr 1983	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Win	Lupe Pintor	TKO	14	2:44	3 Dec 1982	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Roberto Rubaldino	TKO (corner retirement)	7	3:00	18 Aug 1982	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Juan Antonio López	TKO	10	1:02	11 Jun 1982	Paradise, Nevada, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Juan Meza	TKO	6	2:28	27 Mar 1982	Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	José Luis Soto	KO	2	2:33	20 Feb 1982	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	José González	TKO	7		9 Jan 1982	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Loss	Salvador Sánchez	TKO	8	2:09	21 Aug 1981	Paradise, Nevada, USA	For WBC featherweight title
Win	Raúl Silva	KO	3	0:51	20 Jun 1981	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	José Cervantes	KO	3	1:50	13 Dec 1980	Miami, Florida, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Derrik Holmes	TKO	5	2:29	22 Aug 1980	Paradise, Nevada, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Eddie Ndukwu	TKO	4	1:58	27 Apr 1980	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Rubén Valdéz	TKO (corner retirement)	6	3:00	3 Feb 1980	Paradise, Nevada, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Nicky Pérez	TKO	5	3:00	26 Oct 1979	New York City, New York, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Carlos Mendoza	TKO	10	2:29	28 Sep 1979	Paradise, Nevada, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Julio Hernández	TKO	5	2:15	16 Jun 1979	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles
Win	Nelson Cruz Tamariz	KO	2	1:10	21 May 1979	New York City, New York, USA
Win	Néstor Carlos Jiménez	KO	2	2:51	9 Mar 1979	New York City, New York, USA	Retained WBC super bantamweight title; won inaugural The Ring super bantamweight title
Win	Carlos Zárate	TKO	5	0:44	28 Oct 1978	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title
Win	Leo Cruz	TKO	13	0:21	9 Sep 1978	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title
Win	Sagat Petchyindee	TKO	3	2:32	2 Jun 1978	Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Retained WBC super bantamweight title
Win	Juan Antonio López	TKO	7	2:41	8 Apr 1978	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title
Win	Royal Kobayashi	KO	3	1:26	19 Jan 1978	Kitakyushu, Japan	Retained WBC super bantamweight title
Win	Raúl Tirado	TKO	5	2:59	11 Jul 1977	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title
Win	Yum Dong-kyun	KO	12	2:40	21 May 1977	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Won WBC super bantamweight title
Win	John Meza	TKO	2	2:59	12 Feb 1977	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Win	José Murillo Medel	KO	4	2:45	11 Oct 1976	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Tony Rocha	KO	2		16 Aug 1976	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Alberto Dávila	TKO	9		19 Jul 1976	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Sak Lempthong	TKO	3		8 May 1976	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Win	Ric Quijano	KO	1		5 Apr 1976	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Cornell Hall	TKO	3		20 Feb 1976	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Andres Hernández	TKO	8		20 Dec 1975	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Joe Guevara	TKO	6		19 Sep 1975	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	Cleo García	KO	3		2 Aug 1975	Managua, Nicaragua
Win	Jacinto Fuentes	KO	2	1:58	21 Jun 1975	Panama City, Panama
Win	Jose Jiménez	KO	1		3 May 1975	Panama City, Panama
Win	Antonio Da Silva	KO	2	2:40	2 Mar 1975	Panama City, Panama
Win	Jorge Bernal	TKO	1	2:28	15 Feb 1975	Panama City, Panama
Win	Mario Hernández	TKO	1	2:58	21 Dec 1974	Zapote, Costa Rica
Draw	Jacinto Fuentes	Decision (majority)	6		16 Nov 1974	Panama City, Panama