By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriokis Gamboa (23-1, 16 KO’s) suffered a huge blow to his career in losing tonight to WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (24-0, 17 KO’s) in his first defense of his WBO 135 pound title at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Gamboa came into the fight needing a big win to keep his career afloat after having done nothing for the last year. But it was Crawford who came out on top in the fight knocking the Cuban down 4 times in getting a knockout in the 9th round. Gamboa got to his feet after getting planted by a right uppercut, but there was no way that referee Genaro Hernandez was going to allow Gamboa to continue fighting.
By Chris Williams: A star was born tonight with WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (24-0, 17 KO’s) beating the best fighter in the lightweight division in Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-1, 16 KO’s) by a 9th round knockout in front of a crowd of 10,843 fans at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. 
By Dan Ambrose: Most of the boxing world is picking the bigger, younger and more defensive WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) to successfully defend his title tonight against the shorter, older and more experience Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s) at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
By Scott Gilfoid: Last March boxing fans got the impression that Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) could walk on water after his 12 round unanimous decision win over WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Crawford dominated Burns in beating him by the scores of 116-112, 117-111 and 116-112.
By Dan Ambrose: In what could be a big jinx, ESPN commentator Teddy Atlas made his prediction of tonight’s clash between WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) and Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s) by picking Crawford to easily beat the 32-year-old Gamboa in their fight on HBO at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
By Dan Ambrose: WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) and challenger Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s) weighed in on Friday for their fight tomorrow night on HBO from the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Crawford, 26, weighed in at 134.8 lbs. His opponent 32-year-old Gamboa came in at slightly less at 134.4 lbs.
By Dan Ambrose: At the final press conference today between WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) and Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s), Crawford looked like a giant next to the 5’5” Gamboa, and it’s hard to look at the two of them and see them as being in the same division. Crawford is talking about having some secret plan that he’s going to use to try and dominate Gamboa. It’s difficult to imagine what he’ll do besides holding him when he gets in close. 
By Scott Gilfoid: In what surely will make promoter Eddie Hearn and his fighter former division world champion Ricky Burns happy, WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) says that he’ll be fighting his last fight in the 135 pound division this Saturday night when he defends his title against Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s) at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. 
By Ramon Matthews Jr: Former WBA/IBF Featherweight Champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0 16KO) is set to make his return to the ring after a year long absence at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Unfortunately, waiting in the opposite corner will be Omaha’s own Terrence Crawford (23-0 16KO) with the record and skills to match. Crawford will be making the first defense of his WBO Lightweight title in his first main event fight to be broadcast on HBO.