Gamboa vs. Ponce De Leon

By Jason Kim: Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) says he’s done with the featherweight division and will be moving up in weight to chase Manny Pacquiao after Gamboa’s listless 8th round technical decision last Saturday night against Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-4, 34 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Cuban superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa won a one-sided technical decision over former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon in front of 2,000 fans at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall Saturday night. It was Gamboa’s 21st win in as many pro-fights while Ponce de Leon suffered his fourth loss in his 45th bout. At the same time Ponce [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a very unimpressive performance former two-time featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) kept his undefeated record intact with an eight round technical decision victory over Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-4, 34 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Terence Crawford UD 8 Angel Rios Miguel Cartagena TKO 2 Christian Cruz Jorge Diaz KO 6 Rafael Lora

Award winning boxing commentator Dave Bontempo will host full post fight coverage this Saturday, Sept.10 of the Yuriorkis Gamboa-Daniel Ponce De Leon featherweight title match on The Boxing Channel. All the coverage can be found by logging on to www.boxingchannel.tv.

At the official weigh-in for Saturday’s showdown against former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon, ARENA’s Cuban featherweight superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa had to get rid off his underwear in order to make the contractual weight of 127 lbs. The Mexican weighed in exactly in the limit as well.

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) is in action this Saturday night against Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) in a fight that has a lot riding on it for the 29-year-old Gamboa.

By Chip Mitchell : As early as 2008, a winner-takes-all showdown between undefeated featherweights Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa seemed inevitable. It was a 50/50 fight if there ever was one, and Bob Arum proclaimed that it could be built to be the “biggest featherweight fight of all time”.

Undefeated bantamweight sensation, Miguel Cartagena is set to once again take Atlantic City, New Jersey by storm on Saturday night, when he faces Dominican knockout artist Christian Cruz (3-2. 3KO’s) in a four round contest on the Yuriorkis Gamboa-Daniel Ponce de Leon undercard at the famed Boardwalk Hall.

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has the best fighter in the featherweight division in 29-year-old Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 17 KO’s), who is a star in the making and a fighter that is probably good enough to move up and dominate at super featherweight, lightweight and possibly light welterweight.

After hurricane “Irene” hit the East Coast last week, Atlantic City is getting ready for another thunderstorm on September 10th when Cuban featherweight phenomenon Yuriorkis “El Ciclon” Gamboa steps into the ring to blow away former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon.

By Bradley Pearson: September 17th all eyes will be on boxing’s current superstar attraction Floyd Mayweather Jr, as he makes his long awaited ring return against Victor Ortiz. But precisely one week prior to this, attentions will turn to a champion who hopes to one day emulate Mayweather’s mainstream appeal- one of the sports future [...]

By Eric Thomas: With Juan Manuel Lopez’s defeats removing any chances of a fight between Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) for the time being, Gamboa will instead turn his attention to former World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) for a fight on September 10th at [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) gets by Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) in their September 10th fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic city, New Jersey, Gamboa will possibly be fighting on the undercard of the December 3rd rematch between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito [...]