Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor || HIGHLIGHTS

Lupe Pintor 121 lbs lost to Wilfredo Gomez 121 lbs by TKO at 2:44 in round 14 of 15 Date: 1982-12-03 Location: Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Referee: Arthur Mercante Judge: Harold Lederman 121-125 Judge: Artie Aidala 124-123 Judge: Dick Cole 120-126 Promoter: Don King (Don King Productions) The third round was named 1982 Round of the Year by The Ring. About a week before the fight, promoter Don King convinced the boxers to accept purse reductions due to lagging ticket sales. Gomez and Pintor, who had signed to fight for $750,000 each, took a pay cut of $125,000. The main event fighters, Thomas Hearns and Wilfred Benitez, who had been guaranteed $1.5 million a piece, received $250,000 less. Initially, promoters hoped to attract a crowd of 40,000 to the Superdome in New Orleans. However, estimated attendance was just 12,000. The fight was shown on HBO, pay-per-view and at 150 closed circuit locations. In a 2010 article for titled “A look at the Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry,“ writer Graham Houston selected Gomez-Pintor as the most memorable Mexico-Puerto Rico showdown ever