No Charges Against Wilfredo Gomez in Domestic Dispute

by David P. Greisman

Hall of Fame inductee Wilfredo Gomez will not face any criminal charges after a domestic dispute brought police to his home in Puerto Rico, according to El Nuevo Dia and the Associated Press.

Initial reports had been that Gomez had cursed at his partner and struck her in the face, but she told officers that it was a misunderstanding. She did not give police the information they needed for them to go ahead with the case, the articles said.

Gomez, 58, fought from 1974 to 1989 and held world titles at 122, 126 and 130, including the lineal championships at junior featherweight and junior lightweight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995.

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