Alfonso Gomez

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Alfonso Gomez

Profile
Born	October 28, 1980
Birthplace	Guadalajara, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Residence	Tustin, USA
Height	5' 9"
Classification	Middleweight
Boxing Record
Fights	20
Wins (KOs)	15 (6)
Losses	3
Draws	2
Results on The Contender
First Round	Beat Manfredo on points
Quarter Finals	Beat Khaddour on points
Semi Finals	Lost to Manfredo on points
3rd Place Fight	Beat Brinkley on points

Alfonso Salvador Gomez Becerra (b. October 28, 1980) is a professional boxer and competitor on reality TV show The Contender, where he ended up ranked third out of sixteen fighters.

[edit] Personal life

Gomez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, but his parents subsequently moved to the cities of Los Angeles and (later) Tustin, California, partly so as to enable Alfonso to go to college and continue boxing. He had started boxing aged 10, and had an amateur record of 80-10 (80 wins to 10 losses). He was managed along the way by his father, an ex-boxer himself. He has two brothers.

[edit] Boxing career

He fought and lost to Ishe Smith in 2001 and he would later become the roommate of Smith on reality TV show The Contender. On the show, he was placed on the West Coast team (as was Ishe) and challenged the high-ranked Peter Manfredo in the first fight. He beat the then undefeated Rhode Islander in a shock fight, although that wasn't the end of Peter.

In the Quarter Finals, he fought Ahmed Khaddour (who had been bought back in to replace Juan de la Rosa) and beat him easily. The Semi Final round saw him up against Manfredo (who had been bought back in to replace Jeff Fraza) again, a fight Manfredo was very keen on. This time round however, the man from Guadalajara lost. He may take some consolation from having beaten Brinkley in the 3rd Place Fight, which guaranteed him a nice packet of prize money - and the whole experience catapulted him to a world ranking of 21 out of 861. However, he has never fought outside of four southwestern states: Nevada, Colorado, Texas, California.

Since then end of the Contender series he has had two fights. He fought Luciano Perez on October 15, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and won by TKO. His most recent fight was against Jesse Feliciano on May 5, 2006 and they fought to a draw at the Aladdin Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gomez has always expressed a desire to become World Champion. He is still managed and coached by his father, Alfonso Gomez, Snr.