Age: 27 (10-28-80)
Hometown: Whittier, California
Birthplace: Guadalajara, Mexico
Record: 18-4-2, 8 KOs I View BoxRec.com Official Record Breakdown
Manager: Gary Gittelsohn
Trainer: Alfonso Gomez Sr. (Father)
Website: www.alfonsosgomez.com

A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, Alfonso S. Gomez began to box at ten-years-old as an affordable means of self-defense.  “When we moved to Oakland, California,” says Gomez, “kids would bully me because of my lack of English. So, since Karate was expensive, I took up boxing.”   During his career as an amateur, Gomez won the Blue and Gold Tournament and traveled back to Mexico where he held a national title. He went professional in 2001.

As one of the smallest boxers on “The Contender”, Gomez was a heavy underdog but gained notoriety for handing Peter Manfredo Jr. his first loss as a professional. In turn, this set the stage for many hard fought battles that would ensue for the remainder of the series. 

Gomez continued to beat the odds by scoring wins over fellow Contender’s Ahmed Kaddour and Jesse Brinkley before heading back to the welterweight division.  Following “The Contender” series and in his first fight back at welterweight, Gomez looked impressive stopping Luciano Perez in the fourth round.

On August 25th 2006, at the Arco arena, Gomez jumped right back in the ring against Carson Jones dazzling the crowd with his agility and prowess. The driven Gomez proceeded to knock Jones out in the 8th round.  

In the summer of 2007, Gomez was one of the boxers chosen to be a member of the USA team in the first annual Sugar Ray Leonard Cup. He was matched against Martin Concepcion A.K.A. “The Immaculate Concepcion” in “The Contender” Challenge: UK vs. USA in Newcastle, England. Gomez went on to stop Concepcion in the 7th round helping to bring home the Sugar Ray Leonard Cup to the USA thus improving his record to 16-3-2 (7).  

On July 14th, 2007, Alfonso Gomez was finally given the chance he had always dreamed of – not only to fight Arturo Gatti, but to do it on television via HBO. Gomez, who was highly viewed as the underdog, controlled the fight from the beginning. Then in the 7th Round, he sent Gatti to his knees - knocking him out and straight into retirement.

After his stunning knockout victory over Gatti, Gomez returned to the ring on October 16th against the formidable Ben Tackie. The ten round bout featured several hard exchanges but Gomez kept his pace controlling much of the bout. Despite injuring his hand in the third round, Gomez went on to win by a Unanimous Decision over the former welterweight champion giving him another thrilling victory.

In April 2008, Gomez was given the opportunity to fight against Miguel Cotto, the undefeated champion for the WBA Welterweight Title.  From the start, both fighters proceeded to exchange multiple body shots with each trying to obtain the upper hand.  Round two, saw Cotto begin to step up the heat by landing harder shots with greater frequency against the bewildered Gomez, eventually sending him to the mat.  In the fifth round, the physician stepped in and stopped the fight giving Cotto a TKO and Gomez his first official knockdown.  Although defeated, Gomez is maintaining his resolve to eventually become world champion.