Gamboa could face Rafael Marquez next, says Arum

By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) was supposed to be facing Rafael Marquez (39-6, 35 KO’s) in a needless rematch next, but Orlando Salido wrecked those plans by stopping Lopez in the 8th round on April 16th. Lopez now has to waste valuable time in his career going over old ground to try and hopefully avenge the loss to Salido rather than moving on for his money fight with Marquez and a fight with Gamboa. Instead of Lopez getting the rematch with the 36-year-old Marquez it may well be IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s).

Bob Arum, the promoter for both Lopez and Gamboa, said recently that he may match Gamboa up with Marquez next. Why Arum doesn’t want to wait until Marquez at least gets one or two wins under his belt is unclear. Marquez was stopped in his last fight with Lopez and it seems kind of silly to feed him to Gamboa right after a loss. However, this is what happened with Orlando Salido. After getting beaten by Gamboa, Arum then put Lopez in with Salido immediately in a move that backfired on Arum when Lopez was shockingly stopped by Salido. On paper, it must have looked like a good move for Arum to make because Salido was clearly beaten by Gamboa. However, Salido had more than enough in the tank to take care of Lopez.

Ideally, Gamboa should be matched with some younger contenders rather than the recently beaten Marquez. Cellestino Caballero or Mikey Garcia would be excellent choices for Gamboa to fight instead of matching him with Marquez.

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19 Responses to “Gamboa could face Rafael Marquez next, says Arum”

  • yatusabes says:

    @pride79 blah blah blah dont make me call la migra on you. If it wasnt because i love your mom i would. And dude your obviously 18 if you have all the time in the world for a fight. Don’t worry ill break your puss* on my vacation ill definately take your young a** by surprise. You are the one that is all talk your comments prove it. One punch boxing gym?? ha ha ha you never beaten any one with one punch so your in the wrong gym

  • yatusabes says:

    @pride79 lucky i have no sister thats why i made yours moan like she singing mariachi ha ha ha honestly your comments dont face me and you don’t scare me. a work out?? i did not know sending you to thge hospital with a broken orbital bone was a work out but ok. and for your info i bet your only 18 living at your moms while me on the other hand have bills to pay burrito but im due for a paid vacation since your so willing to get beat i know i can always call you out. till than ill beat your mom and sisters puss8 maricon

  • pride79 says:

    @yatusabes…. u all talk son, quit acting like u & yur ga*y bro have the balls 2 come thru. U said u from Tampa, I told u exactly where I’m at. Everybody knows a rican wont come 2 a Mexicans place 2 throw down, y’all r fu*ckin cowards. & if u want, plz bring yur slu*t of a sister with u. I usually like 2 get laid after an easy workout. She’ll probably put up a fight better than u 2 maricone*s.

  • pride79 says:

    @yatusabes…. one punch boxing gym out of mascotte FL. Anytime u want it u pu*ssy. Unlike u ill tell u exactly where I’m at. Lets see if u can get off yur moms ti*ts long enough 2 catch a beating.

  • yatusabes says:

    wait you probably runing from la migra right now

  • mexicanpuss* says:

    @pride79 i already f*kd your mom she said im huge. and repeat again where you stay at in english i don’t speak mexican cabron

  • mexicanpuss* says:

    @pride79 you lame mexican ill k*ll u on site you never told me sh8t about where you at you all talk son you probably a 4 foot 3 trol having to talk big just to get attention.

  • the truth says:

    ARUM IS MAKING MILLIONS GETTING HIS FIGHTERS FIGHTING EACH OTHER OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HE IS THE MOST CORRUPTED GUY IN BOXING EVER.

  • Ready 2 Rumble says:

    Damn, Arum is a joke. He keeps pitting Gamboa and Lopez against the same opponents (mtagwa, salido, and now marquez) when he should have had them face each other in the first place. I’m a fan of Marquez, but he came off a tough loss against Lopez and I think he’s too shopworn at this point to be competitive against a beast like Gamboa.

  • Anonymous says:

    The fight could have interest ,especialy early.Gamboa will need to do his homework against the dangerous foe.

  • gduys says:

    Gamboa should face Chris John
    definitly! No one like John, he could pull the upset too

  • Caribbean Cool says:

    Not A Bad Matchup For Gamboa Let’s See It!

  • FORGOOD!! says:

    YATU SABES_ARE U STILL CRYING???…ITS BEEN LIKE TWO WEEKS!!!!…LET IT GO DUDE

  • cony says:

    It will be a great fight if arum make that happean…marquez is a great fighter…

  • alberto says:

    Marquez had his times allready, I think gamboa is going to destroyed Marquez and possibly end his carreer. Either way i will love to see the fight but the honest trust Gamboa is to fast and strong for Marquez. But again anything could happen in boxing and four those who douted Gamboa’s chin, he took some flush shoots from salido in that fight and only one barely hurt him. Lopez would not stand a chance against Gamboa but that is just my opinion.

  • TopCat says:

    So Gamboa shouldn’t fight “the recently beaten Marquez” but he should fight the more recently beaten Cabellero?

    Garcia maybe or John

  • yatusabes says:

    @resistnsmoke or should i say weed smoker: there is no way marquez would have beat lopez, lopez was wining almost all the rounds impressively so marquez lost and would have lost again. But styles makes fights and i feel marquez will be alot tougher than arum thinks if not win

  • Mike says:

    Gamboa is wreckless and marquez can bang. He can also take punishment as well. Will be interesting…

  • resistnsmoke says:

    Marquez would of beat lopez if it wasent for his shoulder injury. hes going to give a gamboa all he can handle to. It will be a good fight

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