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Contents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z index Michael Gomez (born 1977) is a former professional boxer. He was born to an Irish Traveller family in Longford, County Longford, Ireland, spending his early years in Dublin before moving to Manchester, England with his family at the age of nine. Gomez finished his career fighting in the lightweight division, however, he is more notable for his fights in the featherweight and super featherweight divisions. During his career he has amassed a number of championship title belts: the IBF Inter-Continental featherweight title; and the British, WBO Inter-Continental, WBA Inter-Continental and WBU super featherweight titles. He was the first Irish boxer to win the Lonsdale Belt outright. Of his 17 fights between February 2001 and March 2008, 16 ended in knockouts. On 21 June 2008, Gomez lost what was seen as possibly his last bout—a last chance saloon opportunity to resurrect his career against rising star and Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan. The fight ended with Gomez suffering a TKO when the referee stopped the fight in the fifth round. (more...) Recently featured: Nagorno-Karabakh War – Don Tallon – Forest Park From Wikipedia's newest articles: August 3: Civic Holiday in most areas of Canada (2009); Emancipation Day in various Caribbean countries (2009); Independence Day in Niger; Flag Day in Venezuela More anniversaries: August 2 – August 3 – August 4 Metriorrhynchus rhipidius is a species of beetle in the Lycidae family, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. Beetles of this family are elongated and usually found on flowers or stems. Recently featured: NGC 1300 – Clyde River, NSW, Australia – Night Watch Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects: This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 2,978,386 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below. horyu.net

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