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Boxing News / Fights Around The World / October 13

Wilfredo Gomez Was An Assassin in Puerto Rican Red, White And Blue

The diminutive, curly-headed boxer was a phenom. He was a fine technician. He could outbox you if he wanted to. But he had a killer instinct and dynamite in his gloves, and so he preferred war.

Boxing News / EssentiallySports / October 12
WBC President Joins Boxing Community in Mourning Puerto Rican Legend Dead at 69

WBC President Joins Boxing Community in Mourning Puerto Rican Legend Dead at 69

Seventeen consecutive title defenses in a weight class, all by knockouts. In boxing history, only one boxer has achieved that feat: Wilfredo Gómez Rivera, better known as Bazooka Gomez.

Boxing News / Field Level Media / October 11
Wilfredo Gomez, Puerto Rican boxer, dies at 69

Wilfredo Gomez, Puerto Rican boxer, dies at 69

Puerto Rican boxer Wilfredo Gomez died on Saturday, former WBO president Paco Valcarcel announced on Sunday. Gomez was 69. Gomez had been hospitalized in recent weeks with respiratory complications, according to multiple media reports.

Boxing News / ESPN / October 11

HOF boxer, three-division champion Wilfredo Gomez dies at 69

Puerto Rican boxing legend Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gomez, who won world titles in three weight classes, has died at the age of 69.

Wilfredo Gomez was knocked out by one of boxing’s biggest what-ifs in legendary 1981 ‘Battle of the Little Giants’

Wilfredo Gomez was knocked out by one of boxing’s biggest what-ifs in legendary 1981 ‘Battle of the Little Giants’

Wilfredo Gomez amassed a record of 44-3-1 over the course of his career, with his last two losses coming in his final five fights. Wilfredo Gomez, also known as the ‘Bazooka’, was a three-weight world champion and legend of the sport.

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