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.
Yuriorkis Gamboa
JuanMa vs. Gamboa: We deserve it
By Christian Ramos: The two have a combined record of 47 wins (41 KO’s) and 0 defeats. They are the future of the lower weight classes. Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez might have beaten each other out of boxing, and Celestino Caballero and Chris John have been constantly ignored by the boxing public. Truth is no matter how good the division is, since Edwin Valero passed away and Mayweather moved up in class, Juan Manuel López vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa is the mini-mega-fight to watch out for.
Gamboa vs. Rojas on September 11th – News
By Jim Dower: WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (18-0, 15 KO’s) will be facing his best opponent thus far when he takes on WBC featherweight champion Elio Rojas (22-1, 13 KO’s) in a title unification bout on September 11th in a still to be determined location.
Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Juan Manual Lopez
By Muizz Ali: As this year is set out to be a boxing supreme year, all boxing fans are thinking of potential boxing matches. We are all talking about fights such as Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) vs Manny
Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) or Amir Khan (23-1,17 KO’s) vs Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) and Paul Williams (39-1,27 KO’s)- Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) fight number two.
Can Gamboa continue having success as he moves up in weight?
By Ronnie Jordan: Like most boxing fans I’m always on the lookout for the next big talent, the new Floyd Mayweather, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson or Chris Arreola. Yuriorkis Gamboa (17-0, 15 KO’s), the young fighter from Cuba. I think Gamboa has the potential to become the new pound for pound king. He’s due to fight on March the 27th against unbeaten Argentinean prospect Jonathan Victor Barros.
Lopez to leave Gamboa with Caballero while he looks to fight Bernabe Concepcion – News
By Peter Wells: According to some reports there have been talks started with Celestino Caballero to move up to Featherweight to fight WBA champion Yuriorkis Gamboa. This is still a massive fight, but Juan Manuel Lopez who believes he is better than Caballero has opted for an easier opponent. I’m not keen on fighters that talk trash then run off and fight someone else, Lopez has displayed his boring side of fighting in his last fight with Steven Luevano, but it was Luevano who ruined the fight and dragged Juanma into a boring non-action fight.
Is Gamboa too strong for Juan Manuel Lopez?
By Jim Dower: If Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is thinking about matching World Boxing Association featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (17-0, 15 KO’s) and WBO featherweight champ Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s), Arum might be better off waiting a long time before he does this because the younger 26-year-old Lopez doesn’t appear ready for the kind of power and speed that Gamboa showed in dispatching Rogers Mtagwa in two rounds on Saturday night.
Chris John wants to fight Gamboa and Lopez
By Jason Kim: If featherweights Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Lopez want an opponent for their next fight, they have to look no further than unbeaten World Boxing Association featherweight champion Chris John (43-0-2, 22 KO’s).
In an article with theJartaglobe, John, 30, had this to say about the prospects of fighting Gamboa or Lopez:
Don’t hold your breath waiting on Lopez vs. Gamboa to happen
By Sean McDaniel: Boxing fans no doubt are looking forward to a future bout between Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa (17-0, 15 KO’s) after watching both of these fighters easily take care of their opponents tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York. Don’t go holding your breath waiting for this fight to happen, though. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is likely to get as much mileage as he can out of both Lopez and Gamboa before pitting them in against other.
Gamboa vs. Mtagwa this Saturday night – News
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association interim featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (16-0, 14 KO’s) will be facing the tough Tanzanian Rogers Mtagwa (26-13-2, 18 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. Gamboa, 28, an unbeaten 2004 Olympic Golden Medalist for Cuba, will be facing the toughest opponent of his three year pro career against the durable and powerful Mtagwa.