JuanMa vs. Gamboa: Sooner Than Expected?
July 27th, 2010
By Christian Ramos: Bob Arum began the JuanMa/Marquez presser by assuring that the NEGOTIATIONS, for that fight at least, were going on and have been completed. Luckily for us, the fight is on September 18, and with the 3rd Round of the Super 6 fights happening the following 25th and 2nd of October, Showtime is giving the boxing fans the type of fights they deserve.
Celestino Caballero is in no way the most exciting, charismatic, and overall entertaining fighter to watch, but he seems to always get the job done. Caballero has been very open about wanting to fight Juan Manuel López and Gamboa. He even went as far as insulting them by questioning their masculinity. Caballero has done almost as much as he can do to grab the media’s attention, being that his performances in the ring do just good enough to be an avoided fighter, but boring enough for the networks to not push for his fights. Nonetheless, as soon as he found out of Rojas’ unfortunate injury, Celestino Caballero made it his mission to get the message across. He is more than willing to step in the ring as a replacement for Elio Rojas on September 11th.
Now, you know there can’t be a realistic article on boxing without the bad news regarding politics or money and sometimes both. As for the politics, Bob Arum might favor this fight between Caballero vs. Gamboa. Caballero has beaten JuanMa in the amateurs. In addition, Gamboa’s hand and foot-speed might be a bit too much for the slower Caballero, making him a better option to eliminate Caballero from the equation and focus on building JuanMa vs. Gamboa.
This is where boxing and more specifically boxers take the more bizarre twists that businessmen only in boxing can take. Once he decides to throw his name into the mix of an unofficial Featherweight Tournament, Celestino Caballero absurdly wants to go 50-50 with Gamboa or even JuanMa. He claims that he’s a “super” champion, and if they want to pay him as much as Gamboa for September 11th, he’s willing to fight. He doesn’t want more than the superstars, he only wants equal treatment.
I don’t even know where to begin. As a boxing analyst and fan, I truly respect Caballero’s talents and courage. He’s a tall fighter than inexplicably decides to fight small sometimes like Paul Williams, but still manages to get the job done. Unfortunately, he’s not worth much. Before Caballero fans go crazy at what I just wrote, the fact of the matter is boxing’s a business. You can be the Super-Mega-Extraordinary Champion of the World. As long as people don’t want to see or fight you, especially pay to see you, you’re worthless in boxing. Not that I agree with the perception, but sadly, that’s exactly the position Caballero’s in.
Hopefully boxers stop chasing dreams and start building them, just as they did when Gatti spent time getting beat up for small amounts of money before earning a shot at Floyd Mayweather Jr. In addition, Arturo Gatti drew huge crowds to Atlantic City and had a bigger fan base than Caballero does now, yet he knew that he was getting a substantially smaller pay than Pretty Boy Floyd. Unfortunately, fighters nowadays chase the almighty dollar instead of a legacy.
Can Caballero come to his senses just in time for his one big opportunity? If so, we might be in store for a pretty good 4 weeks in boxing starting with Caballero vs. Gamboa on September 11th, JuanMa vs. Marquez on the 18th, and the 3rd round of the Super 6 the following 25th and 2nd. Can we be lucky enough to get JuanMa vs. Gamboa early next year?
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Amir KHan is the most overrated fighters in 2010.
Lets put it in its proper prospective.Ricans are all ways hated on.Were not refugees,And were not immigrants.Were just a little country with big balls.Cubans,Mexicans and south america always gets bitter with us.Thats the way it is.It will never change,Its politics.DEAL WITH IT…….
It shouldve been Caballero vs JuanMa – JuanMa is just waiting for Caba to get a year older & if anyone deserves Rafael Marquez is Celestino Cababllero not Juan Manuel Lopez! Gamboa vs Caballero is an interesting match!
never too soon. i believe the Cuban fighter is overrated. La puriquea is real and will be the winner and the next prince naseem at featherweight
Gamboa is still a bit too wild and reckless, but he was very impressive in his last outing vs. Mtwaga. If he can fight as controlled as he did against Mtwagwa, then he has a good chance at upsetting Juanma. But, I like Juanma out of the bunch. He is the most disciplined and has VERY good technique and skill.
As far as a Juanma/ Gamboa showdown, we need to slow down. Juanma has an EXTREMELY difficult fight ahead with Marquez. I am slightly favoring Juanma at this point (based on his age and lack of ring wars/ wear and tear), but this fight is certainly not a given.
gamboa is wicked, i like juanma but if they face off juanma better be on his a game or gamboa is gonna tear that ass up.
Respect for Chris John ranked #1 in the weight class but who is ranked # 2?!?!?! Look it up!!! And keep hating!!!!!!
Now ladies and gentlemen, this is a real fight so let’s get ready to rumble!!!!!
Amir Khan will wipe the floor with all fighters and go down with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Malik Abdul Aziz and Naseem Hamed as one of the all time greats…
Khan would destroy Cotto, Pacquiao, Mayweather, Maidana, Williams, Pavlik, Mosley etc., so don’t waste your time with these joke fighters… all cherry pickers… Khan will fight anyone any time… you’ve heard him… he’s called out the best… he’s called them all out… he should be P4P champ… who else has called all of them out… glass chin? How can he have a glass chin when he’s calling all those guys out… he’ll be champ all the way up to heavyweight… you’ve heard the man… can’t wait to see him call out another top name…
Joker C/east is probably a STARVING CUBAN that escaped to Miami and is just waiting for Government Assistance.
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So just ignore him is the first time he sees a computer and probably hasnt eat in days
Arriba Castro!
(i) «the fact of the matter is boxing’s a business»
(ii) «Unfortunately, fighters nowadays chase the almighty dollar instead of a legacy»
Christian,
A small contradiction. If you accept (i), then (ii) is an obvious consequence. Why is it unfortune? The fact of the matter is that regarding boxing as a business needs to be changed.
All these joker guys are fools.
Joker C / east salas ca says:
July 27, 2010 at 4:57 pm
After juanma man handles marquez watch gamboa and cc duck him. Juanma is highly skilled for these two.And Im mexican by the way. WOW!! How did you go from puerco Rico to grande pito?!
Sad For Arum But Marquez is going to K.O Lopez! unlike Concepcion! Marquez hit Harder and takes more punishment!!!
Cabellero deserves to get a big fight. He defended his belt 10 times, has been forced to move up in weight and is getting to the end of his career. Give him a decent payday please
Here’s a joke. Why is your mom a puerca Rica????. Cause every guy porks her!
Caballero is thorn in the side of both these guys. They wish he would just go away. Effective, awkward style but no fan appeal. Gam Juanma will happen but not for awhile. What about little Marquez?
I heard they said 6 1/2 weeks is not long enough for them to train Gamboa for CC
Bob Arum already said Gamboa is most likely fighting Orlando Salido, and will NOT be fighting caballero
You one of those puto mexicans who got caught in da US w/o green card and now u mad?
Don’t get mad u Lil puto Rico.don’t make me ship you back to that Lil piece of sh&t island of puerco ricos.
How about steven luevano?? Lol yup u mexifags should gfto before u get some puerco rico up dat azz.
What happened to ponce de leon???? Hmmmmm lol
Oh ya,and gamboa will eat lopez like a juicy piece of puerco Rico!
Gomboa will knock out that Lil fruit..garenteed..
Oh i hope so,Lopez v Gamboa would be a great fight!Gamboa is one of the best fighters ive seen in years.
CHRISTIAN RAMOS IS A MORON HE TALKS ABOUT CABALLERO BEING A BORING FIGHTER YET HE WORSHIPS PINK FLOYD SO ITS ONE OF TWO EITHER CRISTIANITA RAMOS KNOWS JACK ABOUT BOXING OR HIS F@KEN HYPOCRITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Caballero is ugly to watch (no doubt) but with throwing @100 punches a round he’s hard to beat. And then there that reach. Some folk complain Amir Khan is unfairly too tall for his weight class. Caballero is the same height and is 3 weight classes below him!
Gamboa is the real deal… shame he left it late to turn pro, but I think he will nevertheless have a great career over the next five or so years…
@Joker C what ever happend to puerco rico?? LOL
After juanma man handles marquez watch gamboa and cc duck him. Juanma is highly skilled for these two.And Im mexican by the way.
I was really looking forward to Rojas VS Gamboa!! Its a damn shame it might not happen. Rojas is a real good boxer and Gamboa is a brawler that mix is always a great match. I hope the shoulder injury is not serious and he can continue and fight Gamboa.
The truth is that from Gamboa, Caba and Juanma, Juanma is the biggest name right now. Is he still winning the way he is doing, then Juanma basically can decide to fight or not either of the 2.
I will say Gamboa will be he hardest one to beat. Caballero will not last 12 rounds to Gamboa or Juanma, believe me.
A fight between Gamboa and Juanma will be very interesting to watch, but right now Ganmboa needs to improve his game, fighting better opponents to create a bigger fan base.
I will say Gamboa wins by UD TO Caballero while Juanma wll overbox either and can probably know Caballero in 5-7 rounds.
Juanma VS Gamboa? If Gamboa fight the same way he did w the Argentinian w Juanma he can get KO’ed by the more powerfull Juanma.
My prediction is Juanma will enter the p4p rankings by mid 2011.
Caballero will get KO’d by Gamboa!! I hope Gamboa accepts that fight that way people stop talkin so highly of that big bum!
GamBam gets comfortable too much for me. he is a tremendous boxing talent and i believe if he keeps technique he can beat CC and JuanMa because of his skill but either one of those dudes will drop him if he slips up
They’d rather fight each other than face Caballero.