On May 24, 1986, the 29-year-old WBA and The Ring super-featherweight world champion, Wilfredo Gómez (42-2-1, 40 KOs), faced Alfredo Layne, in a title defense fight.
Gómez came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 5 days.
Wilfredo Gómez was defending his super-featherweight WBA and The Ring titles against Alfredo Layne and lost via TKO in the 9th round, and adds an loss to his record at 42-3-1.
On December 8, 1984, the 28-year-old WBC featherweight world champion, Wilfredo Gómez (41-1-1, 40 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson (19-1, 14 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Gómez came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 8 days. Nelson was on a 6-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 29 days.
Azumah Nelson stopped the champion via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC featherweight champion. Nelson improves his record to 20-1 (15 KOs), while Gómez adds a loss to his record at 41-2-1.
On August 21, 1981, a 24-year-old Wilfredo Gómez (32-0-1, 32 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBC title held by 22-year-old Mexican boxer Salvador Sánchez (40-1-1, 30 KOs).
Gómez came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 97% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day. Sánchez was on a 20-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 10 days.
Salvador Sánchez stopped Wilfredo Gómez via TKO in the 8th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring featherweight titles. Sánchez improves his record to 41-1-1 (31 KOs), while Gómez adds a loss to his record at 32-1-1.