Can alfonso gomez be a legit welterweight contender?

[The Fix]

gomez is a ****ing joke..... he beat a shot arturro gatti.... come the **** on... gatti wasnt that good to begin with, an old gatti is a club fighter.

[Vargas28]

He did beat up a washed up Gatti, but I like the way Alfonso handles himself. "I just do my job." Doesn't worry about the **** on the side. It also looked like in the Gatti fight that Gomez wasnt even really going 100%. He made it look easy. Maybe he can beat a Top 10 WW. But if he keeps improving he'll definitley be a Top 10 WW.

Props to Gomez.

[Chipper]

Gomez is not a world beater!

He beat a shot Gatti.

[EliteSoldier]

He's not a world beater, but I bet he can beat Chavez Jr.

[Chipper]

Gomez vs Chavez Jr would be an exciting fight.

But I think the bigger Chavez would win.

[dino]

yea gomez has shown huge improvement.. but top 10 WW... not yet anyways.. too early to tell..

how the hell is it too early to tell? when did you start keeping up with boxing..last month? everybody dosent fight 30 fights before they start to move up in competition, the contender was 3 years ago, he has fought long enough to fight the top guys in the division

[-Hyperion-]

gomez could move up and fight the winner of forrest baldomir, he has more skill than baldomir(though baldomir has a jar head and rock chin..) and vernon is shot.. BOTH ARE WINNABLE FIGHTS...IMO...

[warp1432]

I don't understand why people keep bashing Gomez for beating a shot gatti. Sure, Gatti was washed up, but Gomez put on an excellent performence that night and pretty much killed him. He showed good infighting, good jabs, and great timing. It was a solid perfomence all around. The only thing I thought he's lacking is power.

I think Gomez has great potential though honestly I don't really see him being a welterweight with all the others. I think he should move up too 154 or move down to 140 and gain experience and such. Then when he's good enough move back down to 147. I don't think he's ready to take them on yet.

Though, I would like to see him fight Chavez jr.

[baya]

i think a gomez judah fight would be perfect. i love watching gomez fight and would love to see him make some more loot after a win against judah.

147 is a great weight for gomez. he did great saturday.

[DiegoFuego]

Be clear about one thing. Gomez did what he was supposed to do, but Gatti made him look a lot better than he is. Gomez is no world beater. He's probably the most basic fighter I've seen on HBO in years. He does everything by the book. The fact that it was enough to beat Gatti means it's retirement time.

With that said, I like Gomez. He's a humble guy who knows where he stands and he didn't use his air time to call out a big name but another guy who's probably even less proven than he is.