Alfonso Gómez (boxer)

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Data
Birth Name	Alfonso Salvador Gomez Becerra
Weight class	Light middleweight
nationality	Mexican
birthday	October 28, 1980
place of birth	Guadalajara
style	Left delivery
size	1.75 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	33
Victories	25th
Knockout victories	12
Defeats	6th
draw	2

Alfonso Salvador Gómez Becerra (born October 28, 1980 in Guadalajara ) is a Mexican professional light middleweight boxer.

Career

Alfonso Gómez started boxing at the age of ten and won 80 out of 90 amateur fights. At the American Olympic qualification in April 2000 in Tijuana , he lost in the quarterfinals to Charlie Navarro from Venezuela.

In 2001 he turned pro in the US and won his pro debut on May 19 against Pedro Ochoa. In his second fight on June 15th, he lost on points to eventual IBF World Champion Ishe Smith . In his fourth fight he won on points against eventual IBF World Championship challenger Jesse Feliciano . In January 2003 he also beat the undefeated, later WBC youth world champion , Michael Santos. A month later he was defeated in a rematch against Jesse Feliciano. In May 2003 he defeated the unbeaten Juan Amezcua (9-0) prematurely by tKo in the third round.

In 2004 he took part in the reality TV series "The Contender" with a record of ten wins, two defeats and one draw, in which a group of boxers are presented in more detail and compete against each other in an elimination process in the ring. To everyone's surprise, Gómez challenged the undefeated favorite and world number one Peter Manfredo (21-0, 10 Ko's), whom he defeated on August 18, 2004 unanimously on points. He was also able to win his second fight in the series unanimously on points against the Dane Ahmad Kaddour (18-1), who had suffered his only defeat to Ishe Smith until then. On September 23, 2004 he played a rematch against Peter Manfredo junior, but this time lost on points.

In May 2005 he defeated Jesse Brinkley (25-2) unanimously on points, and in October 2005 Luciano Pérez (12-2) by tKo in the fourth round. On May 4, 2006 he played a third fight against Jesse Feliciano, which ended in a draw. He then won ahead of schedule against Carson Jones (12-2) and Martin Concepcion (11-3).

On July 14, 2007 he ended the boxing career of the former IBF and WBC title holder Arturo Gatti as an outsider in Atlantic City through tKo in the seventh round. So evident was Gatti's inferiority that New Jersey State Athletic Commissioner Larry Hazzard personally stepped into the ring and declared the fight over. Gatti then announced his retirement from boxing. On October 16 of the same year he achieved a unanimous victory on points against Ben Tackie (29-7), former World Cup challenger to Kostya Tszyu .

On April 12, 2008 he received in Atlantic City a world championship fight for the WBA welterweight crown against Miguel Cotto . However, Gómez was far inferior in the fight and went to the ground in rounds 1, 2, 3 and 5 by impact hits, before the fight was stopped before the start of the sixth round on the advice of the ring doctor.

In the fight for the American-Continental Championship of the WBC on November 14, 2009 in Las Vegas , he defeated Jesús Soto Karass (24-3) early in the sixth round and defended the title on March 13, 2010 also early against José Luis Castillo . After a knockout win in the second round against Calvin Green (21-5), he received another world title chance in the light middleweight division. He boxed on September 17, 2011 in Los Angeles against WBC title holder Saúl Álvarez , but lost the fight by breaking off the referee (tKo) in the sixth round.

In the fight for the North American Championship of the WBO (NABO) welterweight on July 28, 2012 in California, he lost on points to Shawn Porter (19-0). In July 2014, he managed a unanimous victory over Ed Paredes (35-3). In March 2015, he also defeated Yoshihiro Kamegai (25-2).

Web links

• Alfonso Gómez , BoxRec