Antonio Gomez ~ "El Leon de Cumana"

[Bill Paxtom]

December 1971

~ WBA Ratings ~

*** Antonio Gomez
#1 . Eder Jofre
#2 . Ernesto Marcel
#3 . Kuniaki Shibata {WBC Champion}
#4 . Jose Legra
#5 . Clemente Sanchez
#6 . Vicente Saldivar
#7 . Shozo Saijo
#8 . Godfrey Stevens
#9 . Frankie Crawford
#10. Raul Martinez Mora

On November 7, 1971 >

Ramiro Machado signed up Antonio Gomez to defend his WBA Featherweight Championship
against the Spain-based Cuban - Jose Legra who was ranked at #4 WBA.

The bout was set for Saturday Night ~ December 11, 1971 > and at the Nuevo Circo in Caracas, Venezuela.

Antonio Gomez was to recieve a Fight Purse of { $50,000 } and according to Oswaldo Sanchez
{Manager for Jose Legra}, his fighter was to receive { $10,000 } plus the 'ancillary rights' to
all of Europe, and the Caribbean Islands.