Alfonso Gomez ( Spanish: Alfonso Gómez , October 28, 1980 , Guadalajara , Mexico ) - Mexican boxer - a professional who performs in the first middle (Light Middleweight) and welterweight (weight) category. He was one of the participants in the reality show " Challenger ", in which he took third place.
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| Full name | Alfonso Gomez ( Spanish: Alfonso Gómez ) |
| Citizenship |  Mexico |
| Date of Birth | October 28, 1980 (aged 38) |
| Place of Birth | Guadalajara , Mexico |
| Accommodation | Guadalajara , Mexico |
| Weight category | First medium (up to 69.9 kg) |
| Rack | Righty |
| Growth | 175 cm |
| Arm span | 175 cm |
| Professional career | |
| First fight | May 19, 2001 |
| The last battle | March 20, 2015 |
| Number of battles | 33 |
| Number of wins | 25 |
| KOs | 12 |
| Defeat | 6 |
| No one's | 2 |
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Professional boxing career
After an amateur boxing, in which Gomez spent 90 fights, 80 of which he won, Alfonso in 2001 began his professional career. The second match was lost on points to a novice American boxer, Isha Smith , then won by a separate decision of compatriot Jesse Santos.
In March 2002, Gomez tied with a compatriot Lebardo Roman. Gomez then defeated American Dumont Wheeler (12-1) and undefeated Mexican Michael Santos (6-0) on points.
In February 2003, Alfonso met again with Jesse Santos, in the second meeting Santos defeated Gomez on points, and inflicted a second defeat in his career.
After the defeat, Gomez knocked out an undefeated Mexican-American, Juan Carlos Amezua (9-0).
Challenger Reality Show
In August 2004, Gomez took part in the challenger reality show . In the first duel, sensationally defeated the undefeated American, Peter Manfreldo (21-0).
A month later, he met with the Dane, Ahmad Kaddur (18-1), and also defeated him.
September 23, 2004, met again with Peter Manfreldo . In the second meeting, the fight consisted of 7 rounds, and the American took revenge on points by a close decision of the judges.
The last fight in the show, Gomez defeated an American, Jesse Brinkley (25-2).
According to the results of four fights, Alfonso Gomez took third place.
2006—2008
In May 2006 , Gomez met Jesse Felciano for the second time. Gomez did not manage to take revenge for the defeat, but he did not lose either, in the second meeting a draw was recorded.
July 14, 2007 , Alfonso Gomez entered the ring with the legendary Arturo Gatti (40-8). Gatti was a favorite in the battle. and the coefficient for his victory was 2: 1, but young Gomez quickly exhausted the champion, and in the 7th round sent the legendary boxer to canvas. After this fight, Arturo Gatti ended his career [1] .
Three months later, Gomez won on the points of a boxer from Ghana, Ben Taki .
In April 2008 , Alfonso Gomez entered the ring with an undefeated Puerto Rican, Miguel Cotto (31-0) in the fight for the WBA welterweight world title. Before meeting with Cotto, Gomez had three close defeats on points, and was never knocked down. The Puerto Rican corrected this defect in the Gomez schedule, and in five rounds sent the applicant for canvas three times. In the interval between rounds 5 and 6, Gomez decided to preserve his health, and refused to continue the fight. Cotto inflicted Gomez the first early defeat in his career [2] .
Return
After an early defeat in the championship fight, Gomez did not enter the ring for more than a year. In May 2009, Gomez knocked out Juan Manuel Buendía. After defeating two more rated boxers, Gomez entered the ring with former world champion Jose Luis Castillo (60-9-1). Castillo could not stand the pressure of a faster Gomez. Alfonso won ahead of schedule, refusing to continue.
After a successful fight with the former world champion, Gomez was supposed to enter the championship fight with undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. , but during the training process he was injured in his elbow and was forced to leave boxing for more than a year.
May 21, 2011 Alfonso returned by knockout victory over an American, Calvin Green (21-5-1).
In September 2011 , Gomez entered the championship match with an undefeated young Mexican, Saul Alvarez (37-0-1). Alvarez already in the first round sent Gomez to the canvas of the ring. The challenger was able to get up and accept the fight, but the beating which by the sixth round became even more pronounced forced the referee to stop the fight, fixing Alvarez's victory by technical knockout [3] .
In July 2012 , Gomez lost on points to the American, Sean Porter (19-0) [4] .
He entered the ring two years later in July 2014, and won by the decision of the American judges, Ed Paredeis (35-3) .
March 20, 2015, won by unanimous decision of the Japanese judges, Yoshihiro Kamegai (25-2-1) .
Links
- Gomez, Alfonso - professional boxing statistics for BoxRec
- us.goboxme.com - the official website of Alfonso Gomez