Spot on mike_the_man,
But the fight had been boiling for a while by the time it finalized and both fighters were aware of the chances of it happening....

I agree, Gomez was a party animal and as cocky as they came back then....

Question though, what would make you think Gomez would stop all that party life to train for the 2nd fight?

Don't know if you remember when he fought Zarate & Nicky Perez in an interview done before both fights he said he wasn't worried one bit and he didn't need to really prepare for the fights.....
I just think he relied too much on his power and got too confident with Sanchez.....

Also I've always thought Gomez should have been DQ'd for hitting Zarate while Zarate was on the canvas.....