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On March 2022, Gomez was rescued by his wife Carolina Gamboa, son Wilfredo Jr., and by friend, fellow former world boxing champion Victor Callejas, from his ex lover, identified as Diana Sevilla Villalobos, who apparently was holding him hostage at his Venus Gardens, Cupey (San Juan) house. Gomez was taken to a psychiatric hospital. [27]
Carlos Ortiz (September 9, 1936 – June 13, 2022) was a Puerto Rican professional boxer.He held world titles in lightweight and light welterweight weight divisions.Along with Félix Trinidad, Miguel Cotto, Wilfredo Gómez, Héctor Camacho, José Torres, Edwin Rosario and Wilfred Benítez, Ortiz is considered among the best Puerto Rican boxers of all time by sports journalists and analysts. [1]
A monumental moment in the history of the boxing rivalry between Puerto Rico and Mexico took place on August 21, 1981, also at the Caesar's Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, when Wilfredo Gomez, the WBC world Super-Bantamweight champion who was undefeated in 33 fights, with one tie, and all 32 wins coming by knockout, challenged Mexican ...
Then undefeated World Jr Featherweight champion Wilfredo Gómez (32–0–1) went up in weight and challenged Sánchez. Sánchez retained the crown by a knockout in round eight on August 21, 1981, in Las Vegas, and Gómez had to return to the Jr. Featherweight division. With that victory, Salvador was an unknown to the casual boxing fan no more ...
Juan Laporte, also known as Juan La Porte (born November 24, 1959) is a former boxer [1] who was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico.In 1982, La Porte won the vacant WBC featherweight title, forcing undefeated Colombian Mario "Martillo" Miranda to quit on his stool.
Wilfredo Vázquez Olivera (born August 2, 1960) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 2002. He held world championships in three weight classes , including the WBA bantamweight title from 1987 to 1988, the WBA super bantamweight title from 1992 to 1995, and the WBA and lineal featherweight titles from 1996 to 1998.
Contested at the Caesars Palace hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, it pitted Wilfredo Gómez, a Puerto Rican who had a record of 32 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw, and all his wins by knockout, and who was the world's Jr. Featherweight champion, against the lesser known Salvador Sánchez, who hailed from Mexico with a record of 40 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw, and 30 wins by knockout.
Wilfredo Gómez was born on October 29, 1956, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As a teenager, he represented his home country at the 1972 summer Olympics flyweight competition in Munich, Germany, getting eliminated in the second round after getting a bye in the first round. He won, however, the world amateur championship in 1974 at Havana, Cuba.