Gamboa vs. Mtagwa

Highlights of Gamboa and Mtagwa on Boxing After Dark. The fight originally aired 1/23/10. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s co-main event on Boxing After Dark from The Theater at Madison Square Garden undefeated Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa improved his undefeated record when he out-boxed and out-classed Rogers Mtagwa in a scheduled 12 round fight in the featherweight division for the WBA world featherweight title.

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association interim featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (17-0, 15 KOs) made easy worker of tough Tanzanian challenger Rogers Mtagwa (26-14-2, 18 KOs), taking him out in two rounds at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. Gamboa’s speed was way too fast for the slower Mtagwa, who was quickly knocked [...]

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HBO BOXING AFTER DARK® kicks off 2010 with an explosive featherweight doubleheader from the Big Apple when STEVEN LUEVANO VS. JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ AND YURIORKIS GAMBOA VS. ROGERS MTAGWA is presented SATURDAY, JAN. 23 (9:45 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT) from the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, exclusively on HBO. [...]

By Peter Wells: After Juan Manuel Lopez was exposed but not beaten by unknown challenger Rogers Mtagwa, he now takes on another unbeaten hotshot; Yuriorkis Gamboa. The Cuban has a lot of talent and hasn’t got a huge amount of time to make a name out of himself, but it taking the fast course to [...]