[3] Gong dropped out of high school, but later enrolled at San Francisco State University and earned a business degree.

[8] Gong was featured as a fighter in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger entitled "Legends", alongside notable fighters Joe Lewis, Bill Wallace, Howard Jackson, Don Wilson, Olando Rivera, Jean-Claude Leuyer, and Danny Steele.

The Fairtex that Gong operated in San Francisco had been recognized by the World Muay Thai Council as the top training facility in the United States.

[10] That gym regularly held amateur sparring matches as "Saturday night smokers", which Gong called "civilized war ... for the extra-adrenaline junkie.

[12] Witnesses say the driver shot Gong at point blank range and fled in his vehicle, turning right on Harrison.

[15] On August 4, 2003, after police received an unspecified tip, a man named a "person of interest" in the shooting was confronted at a hotel in South San Francisco.