Alfonso Gomez Boxing News

It’s a special edition of HBO LATINO BOXING when HBO Sports presents CANELO ALVAREZ VS. ALFONSO GOMEZ AND ERIK MORALES VS. PABLO CESAR CANO, this SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 at 11:15 p.m. (ET/PT), exclusively on HBO Latino. The Spanish language broadcast team will call all the action.

Alvarez: “I’m very happy. We worked hard, we knew it would work out. He hit me but I worked at my own pace and I made the adjustments. “I was more confident and I smiled for my fans – the people really motivated me. I really appreciate all the fans.

By Dallan O’ Donnell: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – World Boxing Council (WBC) Light middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) should easily dispatch experienced challenger Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) tonight in a televised fight on HBO PPV as he looks to cement his place amongst the boxing Elite at the Staples Center in [...]

By Eric Thomas: Photo credit: Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions. Ramiro González – Next to nobody is giving 30-year-old No.7 ranked WBC light middleweight contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) much if any chance against WBC light middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS September 16, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Six-Time and Five Division World Champion “I’m going to go in there with class and will leave there with class.

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit: Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions. Ramiro González – WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) looks in superb condition for his fight this Saturday night against 30-year-old number #7 ranked WBC contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) for their fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS September 2, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By William Mackay: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) is looking in superb condition ahead of his September 17th fight against the recently WBC elevated Alfonso Gomez (24-4-2, 12 KO’s) for their fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) faces No.7 ranked WBC contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) on September 17th in Los Angeles. For the 21-year-old Alvarez, this could be the last easy fight before he’s faced with the tough task of fighting either Vanes Martirosyan or Alfredo Angulo, both [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) plans on making the most of his big opportunity against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) on September 17th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

NEW YORK (August 25, 2011) – The biggest boxing event of the year is coming up on September 17, when Tecate, cerveza con carácter, celebrates its heritage and boxing as the sponsor of the history-making double-lineup of Saúl “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gómez at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, and the anticipated Floyd Mayweather [...]

By Dan Ambrose: I’ve seen WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) dominate his last two hapless opponents Matthew Hatton and Ryan Rhodes, making them look really bad in the process of giving them long and methodical beatings.

By Dan Ambrose: September will see a pair of mismatches by WBC champions Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s), the WBC middleweight champ, and Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s), the WBC junior middleweight title holder. Both Chavez and Alvarez are hugely popular in their native country of Mexico, and it doesn’t seem to matter [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In what will likely be a terrible mismatch, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) defends his title against No.7 ranked World Boxing Council challenger Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) on September 17th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

By Dan Ambrose: The management for WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) has really picked a soft one for his 2nd title defense of his World Boxing Council belt on September 17th against Alfonso Gomez (23-4, 12 KO’s). Sometimes the sanctioning bodies gets it right with their rankings of fighters, but most [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) has the world at his feet once he gets through his September 17th title defense against #7 ranked World Boxing Council contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Alvarez could be facing WBC middleweight champion Julio [...]

By Gerardo Granados: Alfonso Gomez is a brave rugged veteran who has never reached the level of a top pound for pound boxer; he has never defeated a prime top division fighter, when he engaged against Miguel Angel Cotto the fight was a total mismatch. He is doing his job rapping songs to heat up [...]

By Jason Kim: No.6 ranked WBC light middleweight contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) says that he’s still improving as a fighter despite his advancing age. He’s currently 30-years-old, and hasn’t taken on a really tough opponent since being knocked out three years ago in the 5th round by Miguel Cotto in a fight for [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz undercard isn’t well served by the match-up between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) against #6 ranked World Boxing Council contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) on September 17th. The Mayweather-Ortiz and Alvarez-Gomez fights are taking place at split locations but shown [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The undercard for the September 17th HBO telecast for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz will feature WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez going up against Alfonso Gomez in a nice little mismatch.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) believes that the style of his opponent Alfonso Gomez (24-4-2, 12 KO’s) will be perfectly suited for his counter punching style of fighting on September 17th. Gomez, 30, likes to slug and doesn’t back off. He’s going to be there trying to knock [...]

By Eric Thomas: A sacrificial lamb has been found in the form of Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) to face WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) on September 17th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The World Boxing Council has even given Gomez a number #6 ranking for this fight, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Hoganphotos/ Golden Boy Promotions – At the recent Los Angeles press conference between contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) and WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) to publicize their September 17th fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Gomez. 30, had a fun time singing a rap [...]

By Chris Williams: Overmatched No.6 ranked WBC contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) says he’s ready to go out and die trying to beat World Boxing Council junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) on September 17th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) defends his title against challenger Alfonso Gomez (23-4, 12 KO’s) on September 17th in a fight that will be taking place during the Mexican Independence Day weekend, and the venue for the fight will be at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

LOS ANGELES, July 27 – When fans tune in to this Saturday’s exciting “Sabados De Corona”/Golden Boy Presents doubleheader via AT&T Uverse in the United States, not only will they be getting some heated action from bantamweights Leo Santa Cruz and Everth Briceño and minimumweights Manuel Jimenez and Mario Rodriguez, but they could also win [...]

World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (Left) and super welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (Right) pose on July 26, 2011 in Los Angeles, California at the press conference to officially announce their September 17, 2011 world title fight.

LOS ANGELES, July 26 – “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” just got propelled into another galaxy, as it was announced today that rising Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will defend his WBC super welterweight championship against Alfonso Gomez on the televised undercard of the September 17 pay-per-view extravaganza featuring the WBC welterweight world championship mega-fight between [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It’s official! World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) will be making his second defense of his title against the No.6 ranked WBC contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) in what should be a huge mismatch on September 17th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. [...]