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<\/a>By Daniel Sisneros<\/strong><\/p>\nColorado’s Max Gomez was a regional star in the amateurs who many felt would be a “can’t miss” as a Pro.<\/p>\n
Gomez turned professional on March 7, 1989 at Bally’s in Las Vegas, Nevada, opening his career with a 3rd round technical knockout over Phoenix, Arizona’s Jesse Ortiz.<\/p>\n
He won his next fight, and then tasted his first defeat against unbeaten former Puerto Rican amateur standout – Luis Rolon (4-0, 3 ko) on the undercard of Julio Cesar Chavez\/Meldrick Taylor #1 at the Las Vegas Hilton. Gomez dropped a very close majority decision to Rolon in 4 rds.<\/p>\n
He was considered a worthy prospect, and this was cemented when he travled up to Detroit, Michigan and handed unbeaten Kronk Gym star Theotrice Chambers (5-0, 5 ko) his first defeat by unanimous decision. 3 fights later, Gomez would find his self in the ring facing former Olympic Gold medalist, and undefeated world ranked contender (and future World Champion) Kennedy “The King” McKinney (18-0-1, 12 ko), it was another hard fought battle, with Gomez getting the short end of the stick in an 8 round split decision loss. This showing just raised his stock and he got his first shot at a title belt, facing Rudy Zavala for the USBA Jr. Featherweight Title at the Forum in Inglewood, CA. That battle ended in a 12 round 3 way split Draw.<\/p>\n
In later bouts, Gomez challenged for the USBA, NABF, and NABO Jr. Featherweight Titles and lost via decisions all 3 times. March 16, 1996 – 7 years after his professional debut, Max got a shot at the vacant WBU Jr. Featherweight Title. This was his night, as he defeated Anton Gilmore (19-1-2, 5 ko) to win his first Title Belt. He lost the title to Frankie Toledo in his first defense, it was a very close decision loss that ended in scores of 115-113 by all 3 judges. Two fights later, he defeated Felipe Garcia (13-16-1, 8 ko) to pick up the IBC Jr. Featherweight World Title.<\/p>\n
In his next fight, he went after the IBA Featherweight title, dropping another hard fought split decision to “Diamond” David Santos (28-1, 19 ko) in Albuquerque, NM. He continued his campaign, squaring off against pretty high level competiion and picking up the WBC Fecarbox Jr. Lightweight Title along the way.<\/p>\n
Max fought his last professional fight on May 11, 2002 with a solid 8 round unanimous decision victory over Colorado rival Heriberto Velazquez in Colorado Springs, CO.<\/p>\n
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