Can alfonso gomez be a legit welterweight contender?

[DiegoFuego]

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.

To think he could beat Judah is very, very disturbing.

[amagnin]

Judah is a horrible style match up for him. Judah is too fast he will batter Gomez because Gomez doesn't have the punch to make Judah tenative. Gomez is definitely a GOOD WW, I picked him to win this past Saturday, and I think he is capable of beating a lower tier top 10 WW but definitely none of the top 5. Now that I'm thinking about it...Mayweather, Mosley, Cintron, Cotto, Collazo, Judah, DLH (if comes back to 147), Williams, Margarito, Clottey, Berto, Julio, Quintana all would probably beat him. So on second thought he probably can't beat a top 10 WW but that says more about how stacked the division is than it does about Gomez.

[baya]

To think he could beat Judah is very, very disturbing.

you think? you may want to lower your regard for judah.

[BmoreBrawler]

he's good but if Gatti had power at 147 and more wits about him he wouldve seen right through some of Gomez' sloppiness and laid him out.

[jchavez12345]

gomez vs chavez jr would be a good fight. I think jr would have knocked gatti out faster. Gatti is just shot.. good move to retire.

[-Hyperion-]

baldomir beat judah with the sheer ability to take judah's shots for the first 5 rounds..........he could do what baldomir did , cus gomez is faster than baldomir and more technically sound in both offense and defense, he may not have baldo's chin but he has heart and wouldnt take as many shots as baldomir, but honestly, the ww division is pretty ****ing good right now, i think gomez's best shot to a world title is to move up to 154 and fight the winner of baldomir forrest, or even alcine(the guy who beat simms...)....

[oldgringo]

baldomir beat judah with the sheer ability to take judah's shots for the first 5 rounds..........he could do what baldomir did , cus gomez is faster than baldomir and more technically sound in both offense and defense, he may not have baldo's chin but he has heart and wouldnt take as many shots as baldomir, but honestly, the ww division is pretty ****ing good right now, i think gomez's best shot to a world title is to move up to 154 and fight the winner of baldomir forrest, or even alcine(the guy who beat simms...)....

Even though Baldomir isn't that great and Forrest is a shell of his former self, those guys would both still beat him down. Baldomir would stop him much like he stopped Gatti...just punching over him.

Fighting Alcine would be an awful idea as well. Alcine is a good fighter...it'd be hard for anybody to look impressive against Travis Simms.

[-Hyperion-]

Even though Baldomir isn't that great and Forrest is a shell of his former self, those guys would both still beat him down. Baldomir would stop him much like he stopped Gatti...just punching over him.

Fighting Alcine would be an awful idea as well. Alcine is a good fighter...it'd be hard for anybody to look impressive against Travis Simms.

i know, but he has a far better shot at beating those guys than beating cotto, williams, mayweather or cintron.....

and i firmly believe he could beat baldomir, and depending on how he looks, ill decide on vernon....

[Gareth Ivanovic]

I have been impressed with the way Gomez has improved. He seems really professional now and is pretty accurate with his punches. He may be able to break into the top 10 at WW, but like others have said at 154 he would have a better chance. There's just too much talent in the WW division at the moment for him.