Gamboa back in action on Feb 20; Euban Predicts DeGale Will Fail – Boxing News

gamboa45635ARENA’s fast rising featherweight superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa (13-0, 11 kos) will be back in action again on February 20th at the University Center Arena in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Only six weeks after stopping Roger “Speedy” Gonzalez in round 10 at his last ESPN appearance “El Ciclon” is ready to shine again on the next “Friday Night Fights” show presented by ARENA Box-Promotion US, LLC.

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Gamboa Defeats Gonzalez In Premature Stoppage

gamboa24By Manuel Perez: Unbeaten featherweight contender Yuriorkis Gamboa (13-0, 11 KOs) survived a 2nd round knockdown to comeback and stop opponent Roger Gonzalez (27-3, 18 KOs) in the 10th round on Friday night at the Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena, Primm, Nevada. Gamboa, 27, hurt Gonzalez with a right uppercut in the 10th round, hurting him slightly. Gamboa then landed a good left hand a right uppercut while holding Gonzalez around the neck with Gamboa’s left hand.

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Elcock-Macklin, Gamboa-Gonzalez, Lara-Aguiar – Boxing News

Wayne Elcock and Matthew Macklin will square off in the ‘Battle of Brum’ in the biggest Birmingham boxing derby in living memory at the Aston Arena on Saturday, 14th March. The fight Birmingham has been waiting for will become reality when Elcock makes the second defence of his British Middleweight Title against Mandatory Challenger Macklin, who has won his last six fights since he was stopped by Jamie Moore for the British Light-Middleweight Title in 2006..

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Lara-Aguiar, Solis-Burnett, Gamboa-Gonzalez, Margarito – News

gamboa-solis4Cuban rising stars Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara looked focused but also relaxed at the press conference for their fights on Friday at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts in Primm, Nevada.

“We had a great preparation, everything went according to plans”, stated “El Ciclon” Gamboa. “Of course, it is hard to work over Christmas and New Year’s but I love what I’m doing and I know that I have to make certain sacrifices to become champion of the world.”

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Gamboa Defeats Ramirez – Latest Boxing News

gamboa4523445.jpgBy Scott Gilfoid: Looking both talented and very raw as a fighter, Yuriorkis Gamboa (12-0, 10 KOs) once again survived a scare when he was forced to get up off the canvas after being knocked down by previously unbeaten Marcos Ramirez (25-1, 16 KOs) in the first round on Saturday night at the Pechanga Resort & Casino, in Temecula, California. Gamboa, however, fought back hard and ended up knocking Ramirez out in the 2nd round of the scheduled 10-round bout. Gamboa, 26, a former 2004 Olympic Gold medalist for the Cuban National team, dropped Ramirez twice in the 2nd round.

The fight was stopped after the second knockdown when the referee Jerry Cantu, who was giving Ramirez the count after he was knocked down for the 2nd time in the round, suddenly increased the speed of the count when he reached eight, saying nine, ten really fast. It’s hard to say whether or not Ramirez, 27, would have been able to get up in time to beat the count or whether he could have survived the round, but at this point we’ll never get a chance to find out because of the quick count. It was unusual to say the least to see Gamboa fighting someone with hands about as fast as his own, and I think that was a big problem for him early in the first round as Ramirez was hitting him with fast jabs and left hooks.

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Gamboa vs. Ramirez: Yuriorkis Looking To Shine

gamboa45732867.jpgBy Dan Ambrose: Former 2004 Gold Medalist for the Cuban National team Yuriorkis Gamboa (11-0, 9 KOs), now fighting as a featherweight, goes up against undefeated Marcos Ramirez (25-0, 16 KOs) in a 10-round bout on Saturday at the Pechanga Resort & Casino, in Temecula, California. Gamboa, 26, is making his second fight at featherweight after moving down from super featherweight following a disappointing 10-round unanimous decision over Darling Jimenez in May, a fight in which Gamboa got dropped by a right hand from Jimenez and looked wide open defensively for most of the fight. At 5’5″, Gamboa was going to have potential problems once he started facing the bigger, stronger and better super featherweights in the division like Humberto Soto and Edwin Valero.

Perhaps with that in mind, Gamboa was moved down a weight class to the featherweight division where his awesome speed and incredible power would be even more pronounced than in the higher super featherweight division. In facing Ramirez, Gamboa is facing a good, if not proven, featherweight with not much power but decent overall skills. Without power, however, Ramirez is in deep trouble against Gamboa, and won’t likely have much if any chance at beating the former Cuban amateur star.

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Yuriorkis Gamboa: Is There Anyone In The Featherweight Division That Can Beat Him?

gamboa56846457.jpgBy William MacKay: For those boxing fans who didn’t see Cuban featherweight Yuriorkis Gamboa (11-0, 9 KOs) take out Al Seeger in the 1st round on Friday night, they missed out on an impressive performance from the young Cuban star, who at this point looks almost destined to be a champion in the featherweight division. Though he was no less impressive while fighting as a featherweight, there was some question as to whether Gamboa was seasoned enough to beat a top super featherweight like Edwin Valero, Humberto Soto or Juan Manuel Marquez.

Any of those fighters, in particular Soto, would have been a very tough fight for Gamboa given their size and power advantage they would have over the smaller Gamboa. With Gamboa’s recent move down to the featherweight division, he effectively removes all of the bigger threats to him from the face of the map, leaving him as perhaps the best fighter in the division. Of course, I’m sure featherweights Jorge Linares, Chris John and Steven Luevano might have something to say about that.

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Gamboa Stops Seeger In 1st Round TKO!

gamboa46336.jpgBy Jason Kim: Unbeaten Cuban featherweight Yuriorkis Gamboa (11-0, 9 KOs) stopped Al Seeger (27-4, 21 KOs) in a sensational 1st round TKO last night at the Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena, in Primm, Nevada. After eating a lot of jabs for most of the round against the taller Seeger, Gamboa finally unloaded on him with a four-punching combination, first hurting him with a left to the midsection and then finishing him off with a right to the head which dropped Seeger, 28, to the canvas on his back. Referee Robert Byrd immediately stopped the fight at 2:30 of the 1st round with Seeger still flat on his back on the canvas.

If there were any doubts how well Gamboa would perform after his last disappointing performance in his last fight, they were soon erased as Gamboa hurt at the two minute mark with a powerful three-punch combination to the head. Previous to that, Seeger had been using his height and reach to keep the shorter Gamboa on the outside, using a stiff jab to pound away at him.

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Gamboa vs. Seeger Tonight

gamboa4633223.jpgBy Jason Kim: Undefeated Cuban super featherweight star Yuriorkis Gamboa (10-0, 8 KOs) fights tonight against last minute replacement Al Seeger (27-3, 21 KOs) in a 10-round bout at the Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena, in Primm, Nevada. Gamboa, 26, is hoping to make an impressive statement tonight with a quick knockout performance. Up until his recent fight against Darling Jimenez in May, Gamboa had looked impressive. However, that fight exposed him as having huge gaps in his defensive abilities, as well as problems with his stamina and conditioning. Tonight, Gamboa will be fighting as a featherweight rather than a super featherweight, where Gamboa’s excellent power will likely enable to be even more of a threat than he was in he higher weight class. Gamboa apparently has little problem moving either up or down in weight, as long as it’s only in small five pound increments.

A 2004 Gold Medalist from Cuba, Gamboa has quickly proven himself to one of the top super featherweights in the division after having fought only 10 fights. Ranked number#3 in the WBC, Gamboa is being moved forward with lightning speed by his handlers, who must see him as ready to fight for the championship.

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