Editing Wilfredo Gómez (section)

==Professional career==
After this inauspicious debut, he reeled off a streak of 32 consecutive knockouts<ref name="HOF"/> including wins over Fuentes, who was dispatched in 2 rounds in a rematch, and future world champion [[Alberto Davila]], who lasted 9 rounds before being defeated. His 32 consecutive knockouts place him in a third place tie with [[Deontay Wilder]] and  behind [[LaMar Clark]] (44) and [[Billy Fox (boxer)|Billy Fox]] (43) for the all-time knockout streak.

Gómez's knockout streak caught the eye of the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] and [[Lineal championship|Lineal]] [[Super Bantamweight]] champion [[Dong Kyun Yum]] of [[South Korea]], who travelled to [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] to defend his crown against Gómez. Yum had a promising start, dropping Gómez 30 seconds into the bout, but Gómez picked himself up and eventually won the crown, his first world title, with a 12th-round knockout.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jrfeath.htm|title=Wilfredo Gómez – Lineal Jr. Featherweight Champion|publisher=The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia}}</ref><ref name="Part 1"/> His second defense took him to Tokyo, where he beat former world champion [[Royal Kobayashi]] in three rounds.<ref name="Part 1"/>  Kobayashi had lasted 5 rounds vs [[Alexis Argüello]]. Next was [[Sagat Petchyindee]] in a small city of [[Thailand]]. He lasted two rounds. Petchyndee later became a world champion [[Thai Boxing|Thai]] and [[Kickboxing|kick-boxer]] and famous actor in Thailand.<ref>[http://www.siamfightmag.com/en/muaythai-en/interviews-muaythai-en/thai-boxers-en/265-sagat-petchyindee Sagat Petchyindee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190451/http://www.siamfightmag.com/en/muaythai-en/interviews-muaythai-en/thai-boxers-en/265-sagat-petchyindee |date=2021-07-09 }}. Siamfightmag.com. Retrieved on 2017-07-14.</ref> The bout with Petchyndee was preceded by a large tragedy when a column collapsed inside the stadium before the evening's main event; ten people lost their lives and an estimated 300 were injured, but the contest's organizers nevertheless decided to continue with the day's boxing show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Wilfredo_Gomez_vs._Sakad_Petchyindee|title = Wilfredo Gomez vs. Sakad Petchyindee - BoxRec}}</ref>

Gómez's streak reached 32 knockouts in a row, including what is generally considered to be his biggest victory ever, [[Wilfredo Gómez vs. Carlos Zárate|a five-round defeat]] of bantamweight champion [[Carlos Zárate Serna|Carlos Zárate]], who was 55–0 with 54 knockout wins coming into their San Juan bout.<ref>{{cite web| author=Lee Groves| url=http://www.maxboxing.com/groves/groves022807.asp| title=Vazquez-Marquez May Add to a Tremendous Tradition
| publisher=Max Boxing| date=2007-02-28| access-date=2007-09-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071109090947/http://www.maxboxing.com/groves/groves022807.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-09}}</ref> Also included in that streak was future world champion [[Leo Cruz]], beaten in 13 rounds at San Juan and Derrik Holmes, knocked out in five rounds in a fight attended, among others, by [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Carl Weathers]] and Alexis Arguello.<ref name="youtube.com">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5A1lj2wCcQ YouTube]. YouTube. Retrieved on 2017-07-14.</ref> After recording his 32nd. knockout win in a row, he moved up in weight to face the world featherweight champion [[Salvador Sánchez]] of Mexico.[[Salvador Sánchez vs. Wilfredo Gómez|He lost to Salvador Sanchez by 8th-round TKO]].
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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 [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] to make two preparation bouts before defending his title again.<ref name="Part II"/> He did so and won two non-title bouts, both by knockout, one in the 2nd round over Jose Luis Soto, who was a stablemate of [[Julio César Chávez]] back in [[Culiacán]], Mexico. Wins over future world champ [[Juan Meza|Juan 'Kid' Meza]], knocked out in six in [[Atlantic City]], and [[Juan Antonio Lopez]], knocked out in ten as part of the [[Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney]] undercard followed.<ref name="Part II"/> But all chances of a rematch with Sanchez were dashed when Sanchez died in a car crash outside [[Mexico City]] the morning of August 12, 1982. Boxing fans across Latin America mourned the tragedy. Gómez, who was training to defend against Mexican Roberto Rubaldino only five days later, took a quick trip to Mexico to offer Sanchez flowers and then returned to [[Puerto Rico]] the same afternoon. He beat Rubaldino by knockout in 8 rounds and made one more title defense, against the Mexican bantamweight world champ [[Lupe Pintor]] in the [[Carnival of Champions]] in [[New Orleans]], winning by knockout in 14 rounds.<ref name="Part II"/> The Pintor contest was the only time a Gómez fight was showcased on [[Home Box Office|HBO]], which at the time exclusively showcased the largest boxing fights, much like the [[Pay Per View]] system does currently.

By the time he was done with the Junior Featherweights, Gómez had established a division record of 17 defenses, and a world record of most defenses in a row won by knockout, all his defenses finishing before the established distance limit.<ref>{{cite web| author=Andrés Pascual| url=http://www.diariolasamericas.com/news.php?nid=15216| title=El récord impresionante de Wilfredo Gómez en las 122 libras| publisher=Diario Las Americas| date=2006-10-20| access-date=2007-09-25| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108222933/http://www.diariolasamericas.com/news.php?nid=15216| archive-date=2007-11-08}}</ref>