Antonio Gomez ~ "El Leon de Cumana"

[Bill Paxtom]

June 22, 1972

~ WBA Champion - Antonio Gomez To Defend Title Against Panamanian - Ernesto Marcel ~

The 'highly-anticipated' 15-Round bout is slated for August 6th, and to be held in Maracay, Venezuela.

~ WBA Ratings ~

*** Antionio Gomez
#1 . Ernesto Marcel
#2 . Eder Jofre
#3 . Clemente Sanchez > {WBC Champion}
#4 . Vicente Saldivar
#5 . Kuniaki Shibata
#6 . Tahar Ben Hassen
#7 . Jose Legra
#8 . Danny Lopez
#9 . Bert Nabalatan
#10. Jose Luis Del Campo
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June 30, 1972

It was released today that the WBA Featherweight Championship bout between Champion -
Antonio Gomez and Challenger - Ernesto Marcel has been re-scheduled from August 6th
to August 19th.