By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) and former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) will be getting it on in a Top Rank in house fight on April 14th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. To go along with this fight, light welterweight contenders Mike Alvarado and Mauricio Herrera and will be battling it out. Kelly Pavlik possibly will be fighting on the card as well if Bob Arum can convince him to fight on the card rather than in March.
Yuriorkis Gamboa
Donaire: I want Gamboa; he’s 100 times better than Rigondeux
By Chris Williams: Newly crowned WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) is still resistant to the idea of facing WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux for some reason and you have to what’s really behind all of Donaire’s refusals to face the Cuban two-time former Olympic Gold Medalist Rigondeaux. Donaire says he wants to face Yuriorkis Gamboa, and feels he’s a lot better than Rigondeuax.
Will Arum allow Rios or Gamboa to fight Broner?
By Chris Williams: WBO supper featherweight champion Adrien Broner (23-0, 19 KO’s) looked like a superstar in the making in stopping top contender Eloy Perez in the 4th round last Saturday night at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Gamboa will have problems with Rios’ weight unless he stops him early
By Dan Ambrose: Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) must really want a payday badly, because he’s brave enough to move up two entire divisions to take on former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) on April 14th in a fight for the vacant World Boxing Association World lightweight title. at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rios sees Gamboa being similar to Miguel Acosta in fighting style
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) faces Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) for the vacant WBA World lightweight title on April 14th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Brandon Rios says he’s fighting Gamboa on April 14th
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) said on his facebook page that he’s facing former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboas (21-0, 16 KO’s) next on April 14th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Brandon Rios and Yuriorkis Gamboa to share April 14th card at the MGM Grand
By Chris Williams: According to Dan Rafael, former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios and former featherweight/super featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa will be sharing the same card on April 14th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Rocky Juarez on March 3rd on HBO
By Chris Williams: Former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) will be moving up in weight to face journeyman Rocky Juarez (28-9-1, 20 KO’s) in a non-title bout scheduled for 12 rounds on March 3rd on HBO at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Brandon Rios vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa in 2012, says Arum
By Chris Williams: Bob Arum, the promoter for both for former WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) and the current WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s), says he wants to match Gamboa and Rios up against each other sometime in 2012.
Brandon Rios: I’ll destroy Murray early, then I want Gamboa and Maidana
By Scott Gilfoid: It’s looking like Britain’s John Murray (31-1, 18 KO’s) will be the next sacrificial lamb for WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) to destroy on December 3rd on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto – Antonio Margarito II rematch at the New York’s Madison Square Garden.