Alfonso Gomez Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) has decided to take it easy for his 2nd title defense on September 17th and will be taking on welterweight Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) in what should be an easy little fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) has picked out some more cannon fodder for his next fight in choosing fringe welterweight contender Alfonzo Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) as his next opponent on September 17th. The Alvarez-Gomez fight will be taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) could be defending his title against welterweight fringe contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) on September 17th in a still to be determined venue.

By Jim Dower: Fighting for the first time in over a year, 30-year-old welterweight Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) stopped 33-year-old Calvin Green (21-6-1, 13 KO’s) in the 2nd round of a scheduled 10 round bout last Saturday night at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California. Gomez hurt Green with a hard [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) defends his title against welterweight Alfonso Gomez (2-4-2, 11 KO’s) on December 4th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. Chavez, perhaps to ensure that he doesn’t get beaten, has been matched against a welterweight instead of someone from the middleweight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) wants to get a big money fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2011. And with both Chavez and Pacquiao sharing the same promoter Bob Arum, Chavez stands a very good chance of getting a crack at the Filipino star, even if it Chavez [...]

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (October 7, 2010) – Tickets for “In Harm’s Way” — the four-fight championship pay-per-view extravaganza, go on sale Tomorrow! Friday, October 8 at 10 a.m. PT. Top Rank’s 2010 pay-per-view finale will take place Saturday, December 4 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., and will be televised Live on Pay-Per-View, beginning at [...]

By Chris Williams: The December 4th card with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) defending his obscure WBC Silver middleweight title against welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) will go for a reported $44.95. The fight will be taking place at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. On the undercard, Nonito Donaire will be [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he’s going to match unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) up with World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next in 2011 if Chavez can beat welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) in their fight on December 4th. In an [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is being carefully guided to the top by matching him against fighters with a little bit of name recognition by boxing fans, but not against anyone that is truly dangerous and would have a chance to beat him. In his next fight on December [...]

By Dan Ambrose World Boxing Council (WBC) “Silver” middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be defending his title against Alfonso Gomez )22-4-2, 11 kO’s) on December 4th, in Anaheim, California. What makes this match-up so disappointing, however, is that the 29-year-old Gomez will be moving up not one but two divisions [...]

By Jim Dower: Dan Rafael is reporting that the Top Rank pay per view card for December 4th, with Julio Cesar Chavez J. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) vs. Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) in the main event, is now official. The bout will be taking place at The Pond, in Anaheim, California. The following undercard matches [...]

By Chris Williams: Believe it or not, the bout between middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) will be headlining the December 4th Latin Fury pay per view card. First of all, this is a card that you’ll to pay for and secondly it’s going to [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is likely to be facing the 29-year-old welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) on December 4th rather than the tough junior middleweight Pawel Wolak. In facing the smaller Gomez, Chavez will have an advantage in size and power [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former WBC light welterweight champion Junior Witter (37-3-2, 22 KO’s) will be making a comeback soon against either welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez or Victor Puiu (18-1-2, 9 KO’s) in July or September, according to thestar.co. Witter, now 36, has been literally falling apart in the past couple of years, suffering one serious [...]

By Eric Thomas: Middleweight contender John Duddy (29-1, 18 KOs) won an unimpressive 10 round split decision over Michael Medina (22-2-2, 17 KOs). The final judges’ scores were 96-93, 96-93 for Duddy, and 96-93 for Medina. Duddy, 30, was rocked at the end of the 7th round and was saved by the bell. Other than [...]

Boxing results from the Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas: Salvador Sanchez KO 6 Jaime Villa

ARLINGTON, TX (February 11, 2010) – World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion HUMBERTO “Zorrita” SOTO and former WBC lightweight champion DAVID DIAZ will go mano-a-mano for the vacant WBC lightweight title, headlining the pay-per-view undercard of THE EVENT: PACQUIAO vs. CLOTTEY, World Welterweight Championship. The Pacquiao vs. Clottey pay-per-view telecast will also feature 10-round [...]

By Chris Williams: I can’t say I’m at all impressed with the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight on March 13th, at the Dallas Cowboy stadium. It was announced today that the following fights will be taking place on the undercard: middleweight John Duddy vs. Michael Medina, welterweight Jose Luis Castillo vs. [...]

By Eric Thomas: As reported by ESPN writer Dan Rafael, the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey bout could possibly have former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito fighting in the co-main event. If this turns out to be the case, it would be the first bout for Margarito in over a year since his [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) beat World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Daniel Santos (32-4-1, 23 KO’s) by a 12-round unanimous decision in a fight that was marred by constant head butts in almost every round on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Jim Dower: Undefeated lightweight contender Urbano Antillon (26-0, 19 KOs) kept his unbeaten record intact with a 5th round stoppage victory over the tough Tyrone Harris (23-5, 15 KOs) last night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Antillon, 26, battered Harris with huge body shots, staying on top of [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association featherweight champion Chris Chris John (42-0-2, 22 KOs) will be fighting a rematch with American challenger Rocky Juarez (28-4-1, 20 KOs) on June 27th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. This is excellent news because the previous fight between John, 29, and Juarez ended up in a [...]

British middleweight champion Wayne Elcock says he’s happy to let mandatory challenger Matthew Macklin talk the talk ahead of their massive all Birmingham clash on a Hennessy Sports show at the Aston Arena in the city on March 14th live on ITV4. Macklin is predicting a knockout win over his local rival but Elcock and [...]

By Peter Kurth: This last weekend was particularly hard on former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (29-2, 27 KOs) and former star from The Contender Alfonso Gomez (18-4-2, 8 KOs), both of which were destroyed by their opponents Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. Of the two, Gomez took the worse beating, but then again, he [...]

By Nate Anderson: This Saturday, unbeaten WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25 KOs), will defend his title against former star from The Contender reality television show Alfonso Gomez (18-3-2, 8 KOs) at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. On the other card, IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (29-1, 27 KOs), will be defending [...]

By Chris Thomas: With this recent news story of World Boxing Association welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25 KOs) opting to defend his title against Alfonso Gomez (18-3-2, 8 KOs), a fighter from the television series “The Contender,” on April 12th at Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, I wonder if Cotto pursued every [...]

Undefeated World Boxing Association welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25 KOs) will be making his fourth title defense when he takes on Alfonso Gomez (18-3-2, 8 KOs) on April 12th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gomez, a former star from the reality television series The Contender, is mostly known as being [...]

Welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (18-3-2, 8 KOs) won a harder than expected unanimous decision over former lightweight start Ben Tackie (29-8-1, 17 KOs) on Tuesday night at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. Gomez, 26, a former fighter from the reality television series “The Contender” controlled virtually every round of the fight as he [...]

Welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (17-3-2, 8 KO’s) will be fighting journeyman Ben Tackie (29-7-1, 17 KOs) on October 16, 2007, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Gomez, 26, a one-time star on “The Contender” reality television series on NBC aired in the United States. In his most recent bout on July 14th, Gomez [...]