the last name gomez comes from portuguese.
where does the last name gomez come from?
portuguese
about the origin of the last name, there are two known possible origins to the prado surname (italian and/or spanish): the first one indicates the origin of the last name comes from spain when the son of a noblewoman took the last name after the "prado", spanish word for field, where he was born. the last name is also said to have an italian origin, more specifically from the island of sicily, where records have been found that indicate the presence of a noble family in the 16th century by the last name prado. prado comes from a variation of "prato" (the italian word for field).
prado (surname)
gomez and alvarez got off to a tentative start in round 1, with alvarez playing counterpuncher and gomez playing pressure fighter. the round was close until the very end of it, where alvarez caught gomez with a kind of half hook, half jab while gomez came in on him somewhat off-balance. the punch scored a flash knockdown on gomez, swinging the round in alvarez's favor. in round 2, gomez picked up the pace and his strategy for fighting alvarez was apparent, he would come in very low using upper body movement on alvarez to avoid counters, fire off his jab and throw short combinations to alvarez's head and body. this strategy proved to be effective as alvarez was not able to time gomez and had his offense blunted by gomez's workrate. alvarez would slip in a hard shot here and there, but gomez was outlanding/outworking him by a wide margin and constantly bringing the fight to alvarez. this pattern continued in rounds 3 and 4. in the first half of round 5, gomez had a good start to the round but alvarez finished up the round strong letting his hands go a bit more to make the round debatable. in round 6, both men had their moments, but near the end of the round, alvarez caught gomez with a counter right uppercut that stunned gomez. gomez went back to the ropes, put his guard up, alvarez came after him with a flurry of six or seven punches, the majority of which were partially blocked by gomez, but the relatively unknown referee for the fight wayne hedgpeth called the fight in alvarez's favor after the flurry. by the accounts of the hbo commentary team and general consensus, the stoppage of the fight was very fast as gomez seemed to be able to defend himself and wasn't that hurt, making the stoppage look fishy. also, despite seemingly controlling, setting the pace of the fight, and outlanding/outworking alvarez by a wide margin for the majority of the fight, gomez as it turned out was losing 49-45(x2) and 50-44 on the official scorecards prior to the stoppage, while unofficially hbo had the fight a draw. gomez said after the fight that alvarez hit pretty hard and was a good counterpuncher, but he felt that the referee was looking for a reason to stop the fight in alvarez's favor and so he stopped the fight too early. he said he knew something like that could happen with alvarez's backing and it is what it is. he also stated his plan to go back down to the welterweight division and try to win a championship there.
alfonso gómez