Wilfredo Gómez

For me, Wilfredo Gomez sits in the very top tier of boxing's small giants. Standing just 165 cm, Bazooka Gomez turned compact power into a three-weight world championship and a 1995 Hall of Fame induction. What strikes me is how completely he embodied Puerto Rican boxing pride, mentioned in the same breath as Trinidad, Cotto, and Benitez. He fought with a ferocity that felt personal, like every bout carried the island on his shoulders. Stars who unite power, precision, and identity that fully are rare, and Gomez remains, in my view, one of the genre's defining warriors.

Name (English)

Wilfredo Gómez

Name (Japanese)

ウイルフレド・ゴメス

Reading

ういるふれど・ごめす

Born

October 29, 1956 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

Origin

San Juan, United States

Height

165 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• 1995 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• WBC World Featherweight Champion
• WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion
• WBA World Super Featherweight Champion
• The Ring World Junior Lightweight Champion
• The Ring World Junior Featherweight Champion

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfredo%20G%C3%B3mez
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1972279

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-21

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