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2. Salvador Sánchez vs. Wilfredo Gómez - Wikipedia

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   Contested at the Caesars Palace hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, it pitted Wilfredo Gómez, a Puerto Rican who had a record of 32 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw, and all his wins by knockout, and who was the world's Jr. Featherweight champion, against the lesser known Salvador Sánchez, who hailed from Mexico with a record of 40 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw, and 30 wins by knockout.

3. Salvador Sánchez - Wikipedia

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   He held title defense victories over the next three fighters (LaPorte, Gomez, and Nelson) who won the WBC title after his death. He went 4–0, all by knockout, against fellow members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (Danny Lopez twice-KO 13, KO 14-Wilfredo Gomez-KO 8-and Azumah Nelson-KO 15) and defeated four future or former world ...

4. Wilfredo Gómez - Wikipedia

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   Hoping to get a rematch with Sanchez, Gómez went back to the super bantamweight division, where he got a dispense from the WBC to make two preparation bouts before defending his title again. [12] He did so and won two non-title bouts, both by knockout in the 2nd round, one over Jose Luis Soto, who was a stablemate of Julio César Chávez back ...

5. The Carnival of Champions - Wikipedia

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   The Carnival of Champions, as Don King nicknamed it, was an important boxing event held in New Orleans's Louisiana Superdome on December 3, 1982.. The event had caught the international attention of boxing fans worldwide, but particularly in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico, because the two main events that night featured two Puerto Ricans, one Mexican and one American.

6. Mexico's tragic Madison Square Garden history awaits Canelo - AOL

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   Salvador Sanchez celebrates his victory over Azumah Nelson in their featherweight title fight on July 21, 1982, at Madison Square Garden. (The Ring Magazine/Getty Images) The fight was a hard ...

7. Salvador Sánchez vs. Juan Laporte - Wikipedia

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   A decisively pro-Sanchez crowd filled the County Coliseum the night of the fight. The event was televised live on ABC. Laporte, the underdog, pressed Sanchez into a torrid pace since early on in the bout. Sanchez was knocked down only once in his career; Laporte only once also in over 50 fights.

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9. Wilfredo Gómez vs. Carlos Zárate - Wikipedia

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   He lost to Sanchez by an eighth round technical knockout in what many Mexican boxing fans considered to be revenge for the win against Zárate; Gómez lost the Sanchez bout and with it, his ranking as the world's number one pound for pound boxer on Ring Magazine, but he returned to the super bantamweight division and proceeded to retain his ...