Frankie Gomez

Gomez, Frankie
Data
Birth Name	Gomez, Jesus Francisco
Weight class	Half-worlds
nationality	US-american
birthday	4th February 1992
place of birth	Lincoln Heights
style	Left-hand boom
Combat Statistics
Struggles	8th
Victories	8th
Knockout victories	6th
Defeats	0
draw	0

Frankie Gomez (born February 4, 1992 in Lincoln Heights , Los Angeles , California ) is an American boxer . Vice world champion 2009 light welterweight.

Amateur career

Career

Frankie Gomez, who is based in East Los Angeles, started boxing when he was six. He proved to be extremely talented and joined the boxing club LAPD PAL Los Angeles . There he is trained by Ronnie Rivota.

As an American Junior Champion (Cadets) he was used in 2007 at the Junior World Championship (Cadets = age group up to the age of 16) in Baku . He beat his four opponents there in the weight class up to 54 kg body weight, in the final he defeated the Azerbaijani Elvin Aliyev on points and thus became Junior World Champion .

In the period that followed, it was carefully built up by the US Boxing Association. He had his next important start in 2009 at the US Seniors Championship, in which he participated despite his only 17 years. He proved to be the best boxer in the light welterweight division, into which he had grown in the meantime, and defeated Jose Benavides with 11: 9 goals in the final.

After he defeated Renato De Donato on points a little later in an international match against Italy in Vaghera, the association decided to use him at the Senior World Championships in Milan. In Milan he proved to be a strong and technically skilled boxer who won points over Michail Bakatura from Belarus (18: 4), Levan Gwamichawa , Georgia (16: 6) and. Sanzharbek Rachmonow, Uzbekistan (19:10), a demolition victory in the 3rd round over Egidijus Kavaliauskas , Lithuania and a point victory over the experienced Hungarian Gyula Kate (8: 7) in the final battle, in which he beats Rosniel Iglesias from Cuba met. In an exciting battle he was defeated by 2: 8 hits. Despite this defeat, winning the World Cup silver medal is a sensational success for the 17-year-old American.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2007	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Baku	up to 54 kg body weight	with demolition wins in the 2nd round over Taek Kim, South Korea , Vankala Durga Rao, India and the like. Fazliddin Gaibnazarow, Uzbekistan a . a point win over Elvin Aliyev, Azerbaijan (35:19)
2009	2.	World Cup in Milan	Half-worlds	with points wins over Michail Bakatura, Belarus (18: 4), Levan Gwamichawa , Georgia (16: 6) and Sanzharbek Rachmonow, Uzbekistan (19:10), a demolition win in the 3rd round over Egidijus Kavaliauskas , Lithuania , a point win over Gyula Kate , Hungary (8: 7) and a point defeat against Rosniel Iglesias , Cuba (2: 8)

American championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
2009	1.	Half-worlds	Points winner in the final over Jose Benavides (11: 9)

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
2009	Voghera	Italy versus USA	Half-worlds	Points winner over Renato De Donato

Note: WM = world championship, light welterweight, up to 64 kg body weight

Profile career

In 2010 Frankie Gomez became a professional boxer. Its manager is Hector Ibarra. He played his first professional fight on April 3, 2010 in Las Vegas in the light welterweight division and defeated his American compatriot Clayvonne Howard by techn. KO id 3rd round. He also won his subsequent fights. He played his last fight for the time being on January 14, 2011 in Indio , California . He beat the Mexican Jose Alfredo Lugo over six rounds unanimously on points. Gomez is built very carefully and has not yet played a championship fight as a professional.

literature

• Box Sport magazine

Web links

• Article on USA Boxing ( Memento October 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Frankie Gomez in the BoxRec database
• Frankie Gomez in the BoxRec -Encyclopaedia