Wilfredo Gómez
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Oct 15, 2026
SeanAUDIENCE
Let me speak, let me speak, man.
SeanAUDIENCE
It remind me of, um, Wilfredo Gomez and Salvador Sanchez, and condolences to Wilfredo Gomez-
Round OnePANELIST
Ooh
SeanAUDIENCE
... who just passed away.
2 HRS 28 MINS LATER
RyanPANELIST
Don't forget 26ix
Lowe's Nose BoxingAUDIENCE
...[laughs] Speaking of le- speaking of legends, man, I wanna give my flowers to the greatest, arguably the greatest Puerto Rican fighter of all time.
Lowe's Nose BoxingAUDIENCE
Rest in peace, Wilfredo Gomez.
Lowe's Nose BoxingAUDIENCE
Let me bring you up to speed to that man's legacy.
LeoHOST
[laughs] Hmm.
LeoHOST
Did he go by Bazooka?
ShanadaHOST
He fought...
ShanadaHOST
Yes.
Sergio MoraHOST
Puerto Rico has a long list of legends, but I thin- I think they would even agree when they're talking about who is the Puerto Rican great, we're talking about this man right now.
Sergio MoraHOST
El Bazooka, Wilfredo Gómez, rest in peace.
Chris MannixHOST
Yeah, no question.
Chris MannixHOST
Sad day for boxing, sad day for Puerto Rican boxing fans with the passing of, uh, Wilfredo Gómez.
Chris MannixHOST
Um, all right, let's talk about the fight that we were at on Saturday.
Chris MannixHOST
Floyd Schofield III taking on Lukas Boone, WBA 135-pound title on the line, vacant belt.
Dan RafaelHOST
Like it's one of the greatest action fights of all time.
T.J. RivesHOST
The kids need to YouTube up Wilfredo Gomez, one of the greats.
Dan RafaelHOST
That was, and by the way, another Mexico-Puerto Rico fight with Pintor.
T.J. RivesHOST
Yeah.
Dan RafaelHOST
I mean, just I can go on and on.
Dan RafaelHOST
I mean, you can take a loss-
T.J. RivesHOST
I know it's been, I know it's been a while, but this guy was a legendary fighter in those divisions back in the late '70s and the early '80s, so rest in peace to Wilfredo Gomez.
Dan RafaelHOST
And by the way, he did get stopped by Azumah late, Azumah Nelson late in his career.
Rob TebbuttHOST
Obviously, the first time we've seen Mr. Figueroa in the ring since he stopped Nick Ball in Liverpool.
Rob TebbuttHOST
Um, right, before we come on to our predictions sections of the, of the show this week, we lost one of our own in the boxing community, uh, very recently, legendary Puerto Rican fighter, Wilfredo Gómez.
Rob TebbuttHOST
As our resident technical wizard and power puncher-
Barry JonesHOST
Yeah
Rob TebbuttHOST
Absolutely.
Rob TebbuttHOST
Well said.
Rob TebbuttHOST
And rest in peace, uh, Wilfredo Gómez.
Rob TebbuttHOST
Okay.
Dan CanobbioHOST
A sad note ending the show.
Dan CanobbioHOST
Boxing lost an all-time great and icon, Wilfredo Gomez, one of the greatest super bantamweights of all time, Puerto Rican legend, put the lower weights on the map at 122 pounds, died at age 69 a few months before his 70th birthday, Hall of Famer, ended his career with an unbelievable record of 43, 44, 3-1, 42 knockouts.
Dan CanobbioHOST
Had a string of knockout defenses.
Dan CanobbioHOST
Was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1995.
Chris AlgieriHOST
Absolutely tremendous.
Chris AlgieriHOST
I mean, when you think about all the great fights that he had, his fantastic career, and when you talk to Puerto Rican fighters, I was in Puerto Rico for a Demetri Salida show a couple months back.
Chris AlgieriHOST
I think I told you, every restaurant I went to, every cafe, every bar, every restaurant, I just had to ask everybody, I'm like, who's your favorite Puerto Rican fighter? Who's your favorite Puerto Rican fighter? Who's your favorite Puerto Rican fighter? And I got a lot of Kodos, I got a lot of Trinidads, but I had a couple Wilfredo Gomez's and I was like, yes.
Dan CanobbioHOST
He's like, when you're in Puerto Rico, yeah, 100%.
Dan CanobbioHOST
A sad note ending the show.
Dan CanobbioHOST
Boxing lost an all-time great and icon, Wilfredo Gomez, one of the greatest super bantamweights of all time, Puerto Rican legend, put the lower weights on the map at 122 pounds, died at age 69 a few months before his 70th birthday, Hall of Famer, ended his career with an unbelievable record of 43, 44, 3-1, 42 knockouts.
Dan CanobbioHOST
Had a string of knockout defenses.
Dan CanobbioHOST
Was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1995.
Chris AlgieriHOST
So he is in rarefied air, absolutely tremendous.
Chris AlgieriHOST
I mean, when you think about all the great fights that he had, his fantastic career, and when you talk to Puerto Rican fighters, I was in Puerto Rico for a Demetri Salida show a couple months back.
Chris AlgieriHOST
And I think I told you, every restaurant I went to, every cafe, every bar, every restaurant, I just had to ask everybody, I'm like, who's your favorite Puerto Rican fighter? Who's your favorite Puerto Rican fighter? Who's your favorite Puerto Rican fighter? And I got a lot of Kodos, I got a lot of Trinidads, but I had a couple Wilfredo Gomez's and I was like, yes.
Dan CanobbioHOST
He's like, when you're in Puerto Rico, yeah, 100%.
JohnstonHOST
And if you haven't sat down and watched 12 rounds of this, blistering fight and do go back and have a little sit down it's great fun to watch
SeanHOST
so another one that we've got is a guy who we've covered for career profiles in the past month and we're talking about Salvador Sanchez His fight with Wilfredo Gomez is an absolute excellent fight.
SeanHOST
And I remember going back to do the research for this and looking at that fight with Gomez and looking how good of a fight it was, given how both fighters were at that level where...
SeanHOST
It was going to be and always going to be an excellent technical fight.
SeanHOST
And it was absolutely brilliant.
SeanHOST
Salvador Sanchez defeated Wilfredo Gomez by TKO in round 8 of 15.
SeanHOST
And it was on August 21st in 1981 at Caesars Palace, the sports pavilion in Las Vegas.
SeanHOST
The WBC world featherweight title was on the line.
PoLoHOST
...
PoLoHOST
when I think of all the great Puerto Rican fighters from, um, you know, Wilfredo Gomez-
Charlie BGUEST
Oh, man
PoLoHOST
... to going back to that era, 'cause you know, the coaches I had used to make, they used to put like them, them, um, tapes on, them old tapes.