Zarate-Gomez revisited

[joseph5620]

Carlos Zarate is a fighter I enjoy watching and one of my favorites. Unfortunately he fought in an era I missed out on. When he fought Wilfredo Gomez he moved up 4 pounds and was beaten decisively. Four pounds doesn't seem like an insurmountable amount of weight to overcome.

Was Gomez that much superior to Zarate?

Was it a matter of styles or circumstances I don't know about?


Was the weight too much?


Thanks.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

It weird about the weight and how things come full circle, because didn't Gomez move 4 pounds and get beat by sanchez

[rightsideup]

It weird about the weight and how things come full circle, because didn't Gomez move 4 pounds and get beat by sanchez

You are correct. I seem to remember in that era fighters in the lighter classes below feather seemed to have difficulty bridging the bantam to feather gap. It was done earlier and since.

[TBear]

Four pounds doesn't seem like much but at lighter weights it is. That is why the lighter weight classes like flyweight, super bantamweight and bantamweight are only separated by 3 pounds. But aside from that it was also the fact that Gomez was a master at super bantamweight.

[rightsideup]

Four pounds doesn't seem like much but at lighter weights it is. That is why the lighter weight classes like flyweight, super bantamweight and bantamweight are only separated by 3 pounds. But aside from that it was also the fact that Gomez was a master at super bantamweight.

rock a bye Rubin Olivares was one to bridge that gap. Quite a fighter

[greynotsoold]

Zarate claimed- I read this long ago in a boxing magazine- that he was very ill going into that fight. I have never understood how pintor did so much better vs Gomez than did Zarate.

[joseph5620]

Zarate claimed- I read this long ago in a boxing magazine- that he was very ill going into that fight. I have never understood how pintor did so much better vs Gomez than did Zarate.

I heard something about that too. That's one of the reasons why I wanted to see the different perspectives on this. Thanks.

[Scott9945]

rock a bye Rubin Olivares was one to bridge that gap. Quite a fighter

Olivares was a much better bantamweight than featherweight though. The first Herrera fight at bantam indicated he had already passed his peak.