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"Tampa" Tommy Gomez

BORN   December 25 1919; (Some sources report December 5 1920; Port Tampa, Florida)
DIED April 27 2006; Atlanta, Georgia (in the Wellstar Cobb Hospital after a brief illness; Some sources report Austell, Georgia)
HEIGHT 5-10 1/2 (Some sources report 5-11)
WEIGHT 165-191 lbs
MANAGERS Lou Viscusi, Joe Leto

Gomez was an extremely hard-hitter for his size and often took out heavyweights much larger than himself; He was a World War II Purple Heart veteran who was wounded several times in Europe

Tommy defeated such men as Bill Peterson, Vern Mitchell, Freddie Schott, Tommy Tucker, Charles "Buddy" Knox, Teddy Yarosz, Tony Musto, Joe Matisi, Angel Sotillo, Gunner Barlund, Buddy Scott, Johnny Kapovich, Phil Muscato, Bob Sykes and Ed "Hard Rock" Harden

1939
Nov  3 Jack Wallace               Tampa, Fl                         KO  2
Nov 10 Jack McMullen              Sarasota, Fl                      KO  2
Nov 24 Young Powell               Tampa, Fl                         KO  2
Nov 30 Billy Lewis                Clearwater, Fl                    KO  3

1940
Jan  2 Billy Parker               Sarasota, Fl                      KO  3
Jan 12 Sammy Freeto               Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Mar  5 Bob Monin                  Tampa, Fl                         KO  6
Mar 23 Bob Monin                  Tampa, Fl                         KO  5
Apr  1 Leo Bailey                 Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Apr  7 Jimmy Dewitt               Tampa, Fl                         KO  2
Apr 14 Dilmos Long                Tampa, Fl                          W 10
Apr 21 Leon Foucart               Tampa, Fl                          W 10
Jun  5 Buddy Rose                 Tampa, Fl                          L 10
Jul 12 "Texas" Joe Dundee         Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Jul 20 Woody Jones                Tampa, Fl                          D 10
Jul 27 Woody Jones                Tampa, Fl                         KO  9
Sep 13 Leon Foucart               Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Sep 20 Billy Colbert              Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Oct  4 Buddy Rose                 Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Oct 11 "Texas" Joe Dundee         Fort Myers, Fl                    KO  2
Oct 25 Maynard Daniels            Tampa, Fl                          W 10
Nov  7 Young Allen                Tampa, Fl                          W 10
Nov 14 Ed "Hard Rock" Harden      Tampa, Fl                         KO  7
Nov 28 Young Allen                Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Dec 13 Lee Silvers                Tampa, Fl                         KO  7

1941
Jan  6 Pietro Georgi              Sarasota, Fl                      KO  4
Jan 22 Marty Clark                Tampa, Fl                         KO  1
Mar 25 Ernie Petretti             Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Apr 18 Art Sykes                  Tampa, Fl                         KO  2
May 23 Lou Thomas                 Tampa, Fl                         KO  1
May 30 Jim Bowden                 Jacksonville, Fl                  KO  1
Jun 16 Teddy Yarosz               Tampa, Fl                          W 10
Jul  2 Mickey Dugan               Miami, Fl                         KO  2
Jul 14 Buddy Scott                Tampa, Fl                         LK  7
Oct 20 Jimmy Desola               Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Nov 24 "Wild" Bill Rinehardt      Chester, SC                       KO  2
Oct 27 Neville Beech              Tampa, Fl                          W 10
Dec  1 Cowboy Greggs              Jacksonville, Fl                  KO  1
Dec  8 Bob Sykes                  Tampa, Fl                         KO  7
Dec 19 Leo Center                 Jacksonville, Fl                  KO  6

1942
Jan 26 Jim Robinson               Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Mar  6 Buddy Scott                Tampa, Fl                          W 10
Mar 26 Billy Hood                 Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Apr 28 Joe O'Gatty                Hartford, Ct                      KO  5
Jun 12 Tommy Tucker               Jacksonville, Fl                   W 10
Sep 21 Tommy Tucker               Jacksonville, Fl                  LK  2

1942-1943 
          -Gomez served in the United States Army

1943
Feb  5 Claudio Villar             Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Apr  2 Tony Musto                 Tampa, Fl                         KO  1
Jun 14 Charles "Buddy" Knox       Tampa, Fl                         KO  5

1944
Aug 11 Jimmy Evans                Tampa, Fl                         KO  1
Sep  8 Johnny Flynn               New York, NY                       L  6

1944-1945
          -Gomez was wounded in France

1945
Dec  4 Johnny Denson              Tampa, Fl                         KO  7
Dec 21 Lou Thomas                 Miami, Fl                         KO  4

1946
Jan 29 "Big" Ben Moroz            Tampa, Fl                         KO  6
Apr 15 Freddie Schott             Tampa, Fl                         KO  1
Jun 12 Phil Muscato               Buffalo, NY                       KO  1
Jun 26 Jimmy Q. White             Buffalo, NY                       KO  1
Jul 11 Jimmy Kelley               Tampa, Fl                         EX  3
Aug 16 "Jersey" Joe Walcott       New York, NY                      LK  3
Oct 23 Joe Matisi                 Buffalo, NY                       LK  3
Nov  4 -Gomez took on all-comers at Louisville, Ky (Bijou Theatre)

1946-1947
          -Gomez announced his retirement from boxing
          (only to return later)

1947
Mar 13 Johnny Kapovich            Tampa, Fl                         KO  2
Apr  8 Johnny Aichers             Tampa, Fl                         KO  1
Jun 10 Al Sinibaldi               Jacksonville, Fl                  KO  3
Jul 18 Buddy Scott                Jacksonville, Fl                  KO  3
Sep 30 Walter Hafer               Tampa, Fl                         KO  3
Oct  7 Gunnar Barlund             Jacksonville, Fl                  KO  5
Oct 21 Johnny Flynn               Tampa, Fl                         KO 10

1948
Jan  2 Fidel Arciniega            New York, NY                      KO  2
Jan 15 Angel Sotillo              Tampa, Fl                         KO  7
Feb  5 Joe Matisi                 Tampa, Fl                         KO  8
Apr 27 Alfredo Lagay              Tampa, Fl                          L 10
Oct  5 Tony Gangemi               Tampa, Fl                         KO  2
Nov 10 Fidel Arciniega            Miami, Fl                         KO  3
Nov 29 Lee Oma                    Tampa, Fl                         LK  1
Dec 14 Natie Brown                Jacksonville, Fl                   D 10

1949
Jan 28 Joe Domonic                Tampa, Fl                         KO  6
Feb  9 Ted Walters                Miami, Fl                         KO  1
Feb 22 Natie Brown                Jacksonville, Fl                   W 10
May  6 Al Marchioni               Tampa, Fl                         KO  2
Jun 16 Vern Mitchell              Tampa, Fl                          W 10
Aug 24 Tommy DiGiorgio            Atlanta, Ga                       KO  1
Sep 20 Bill Petersen              Tampa, Fl                         KO  8
Dec  6 Whitey Berlier             Tampa, Fl                         KO  7
Dec 29 Bill Petersen              Tampa, Fl                         KO  1

1950
Jan 30 Ralph Moran                Orlando, Fl                       KO  2
Feb 14 Artie Donato               Tampa, Fl                         KO  1
Mar 22 Bob Satterfield            Chicago, Il                        L 10


Record courtesy of Matt Tegen, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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