Editing Wilfredo Gómez (section)

==Personal life==
Gómez has three daughters: Jennifer (who is Panamanian by birth), Gina and Liz Irina (Venezuelan by birth) and one son, Wilfredo Junior.<ref>{{cite web| author=Scoop Malinowski|  url=http://www.boxinginsider.net/fighters/wilfredo_gomez.php| title=Boxing Legend Biofile: Wilfredo Gomez| publisher=Boxing Insider| access-date=2007-09-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071108225809/http://www.boxinginsider.net/fighters/wilfredo_gomez.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-08}}</ref> He is good friends with Panamanian boxing legend [[Roberto Durán]].<ref name="youtube.com"/> and former Puerto Rico Boxing Commissioner and boxing champion [[Victor Callejas]].

Gómez declared that [[Fighting Harada]] was his idol as a child.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japan-experience.com/plan-your-trip/to-know/understanding-japan/japan-boxing|title=Boxing in Japan &#124; Japan Experience|website=www.japan-experience.com}}</ref>

Gómez is married to Carolina Gamboa.<ref>[http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-157605 VIOLENCIA DOMESTICA: – Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990]. eltiempo.com (1994-06-22). Retrieved on 2017-07-14.</ref>

On April 17, 2015, Gómez was arrested by Puerto Rican police after allegedly hitting his 59-year-old companion, a lady with whom he had been living for ten months. He was released after she refused to raise charges against him.<ref name="elnuevodia.com"/>

British boxer [[Michael Gomez]] adapted his last name from Armstrong to Gomez as a homage to Wilfredo, who was his childhood idol.<ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Boxing%3A+SMASH-HIT+GOMEZ+FITS+THE+BILL.-a060286002 SMASH-HIT GOMEZ FITS THE BILL]. ''The Mirror''. London, England.
(February 12, 2000)</ref>

A biographical book about Gómez, written by author [[Christian Giudice]] and named "A Fire Burns Within", was released May 9, 2016.<ref>Giudice, Christian (2016) [https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Burns-Within-Miraculous-Wilfredo/dp/1785311158/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1455609377&sr=8-2&keywords=wilfredo+gomez ''A Fire Burns Within: The Miraculous Journey of Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gomez'']. Pitch Publishing. {{ISBN|9781785311154}}.</ref>

Gómez was hospitalized on May 21, 2018 in Cupey, Puerto Rico, suffering from a [[pulmonary edema]] and [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/boxeo/notas/hospitalizan-al-exboxeador-wilfredo-gomez/|title=Hospitalizan al exboxeador Wilfredo Gómez|date=May 22, 2018|website=El Nuevo Día}}</ref>

On March 2022, Gomez was rescued by his wife Carolina Gamboa, son Wilfredo Jr., and by friend, fellow former world boxing champion [[Victor Callejas]], from  his ex lover, identified as Diana Sevilla Villalobos, who apparently was holding him hostage at his Venus Gardens, Cupey (San Juan) house. Gomez was taken to a psychiatric hospital.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/boxeo/notas/nadie-tenia-acceso-a-el-luvi-calleja-senala-que-pareja-de-wilfredo-gomez-lo-aislo-de-sus-seres-queridos-y-amistades/ | title="Nadie tenía acceso a él": Luvi Calleja señala que pareja de Wilfredo Gómez lo aisló de sus seres queridos y amistades | date=3 March 2022 }}</ref> Gomez subsequently recovered and returned to his wife by choice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAxvk3P2_2A|title=WILFREDO GOMEZ QUIERE QUEDARSE CON SU ESPOSA Y NO CON SU HIJO|date=30 March 2022 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>