Frankie began boxing as an 8-year old and had an outstanding Amateur Record of 120-8. In 2007 he took the Junior Olympic National Championship and Gold at the Cadet World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Gómez won the U-17 2008 Cadet World Championships in the Light Welterweight division. In 2009 he became the U.S.A. Amateur National Champion at age 17 beating National Golden Gloves winner José Benavidez of Phoenix. At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he went on to win a silver medal after losing to Olympic bronze medalist Roniel Iglesias.

In July 2011, Frankie beat Khadaphi Proctor, the bout was televised on TeleFutura.

In 2012, Frankie Gomez began training with famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach. After several victories, Gomez faced his biggest opponent yet in veteran Mauricio Herrera on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs. Amir Khan in May of 2016. Gomez put on a dominant performance, winning all 10 rounds on all 3 judges’ scorecards.

In July of 2016, Freddie Roach told BoxingScene.com that he had not seen Frankie Gomez in the gym for two months. In January of 2017, Roach stated that he had not seen Frankie Gomez since early fall of 2016. On February 28th, 2018, the twitter account for boxing podcast “The Boxing Guru” posted an picture of an overweight man purported to be Frankie Gomez. Frankie Gomez has not fought since 2016, and is listed as “inactive” on BoxRec.