Wilfredo Gomez vs. Carlos Mendoza

Wilfredo Gomez 122 lbs beat Carlos Mendoza 121 lbs by TKO at 2:29 in round 10 of 15

• Date: 1979-09-28
• Location: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Referee: Richard Green
• Judge: Duane Ford 87-84
• Judge: Art Lurie 86-85
• Judge: Joe Swessel 88-83

"Wilfredo Gomez successfully defended his WBC super bantamweight championship with a 10th round knockout of Carlos Mendoza of Panama and then challenged Danny 'Little Red' Lopez for the featherweight title. Gomez of Puerto Rico weighed the 122-pound limit for his 9th title defense and had all he could handle in Mendoza, 120 1/2, until the 10th when he belted him down with right and left combinations." -Associated Press

• Overshadowing this bout was the possibility of a Lopez v Gomez featherweight title fight. Lopez was asking for a purse of $1,000,000 for the fight and Gomez was asking $500,000.

Post-fight comments

• "I would like to defend my titles two more times to set a record, but I'd rather fight Lopez for the featherweight championship. I've seen Danny fight and I know he's a very tough fighter, but I feel I can take him." -Wilfredo Gomez

• "He didn't impress me that much. I'd love to fight him. Maybe this was one of his bad nights. He is a good boxer, but I can see where he could be hit." -Danny Lopez