Originally published at: Wilfredo Gómez: No One Has Ever Matched Him at 122 Pounds – World Boxing Association
“His name is Wilfredo Gómez, and he will become a world champion.” With that headline, journalist Alí Ramos opened his column in Caracas newspaper El Nacional following the bantamweight final at the 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana. He was referring to Wilfredo Gómez, who, at just 17 years old, knocked out Cuba’s Luis…