(Photo credit: Rey Sanchez) By Dan Ambrose: 50 Cent, the promoter for former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s), says that Top Rank Promotions was afraid of matching one of their most popular fighters Mikey Garcia up against Gamboa for fear that he’d lose the fight, and this in turn would hurt them. However, they don’t feel the same way about the less popular WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s), who Gamboa will be facing this Saturday night at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
50 Cent says that Crawford isn’t seen by Top Rank in the same way as Mikey Garcia. In other words, it’s less of a blow to them if Crawford gets beaten by Gamboa than it does with Garcia, who Top Rank is trying to turn into a PPV attraction. Crawford, as good as he is, is far, far away from ever becoming a PPV type fighter.
By Allan Fox: This Saturday night, WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) will be making his first title defense against unbeaten former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s) in what could prove to be the most difficult fight of the 26-year-old Crawford’s career when the two of them face each other at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. The fight will be televised by HBO.
(Photo credit: Rey Sanchez) By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s) has no worries at all bout the technical skills of WBO featherweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) for their fight this month on June 28th at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Gamboa, 32, grew up fighting nothing but technical fighters in Cuba and while fighting in the Olympics in 2004 in winning a gold medal for Cuba. Gamboa isn’t worried at all about what the 26-year-old Crawford brings to the table on June 28th. 
Crawford v Gamboa
By Dan Ambrose: In a battle of unbeatens, WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) will put his WBO 135lb title on the line against Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s) next month on June 28th at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. This is one of the better lightweight bouts the division has seen in the last few years. Gamboa has looked impressive since turning pro in 2007, as he’s won two titles [IBF/WBA] in the featherweight division, and he’s looked good since moving up to the lightweight division.
By Scott Gilfoid: With the way that Ricky Burns (36-3-1, 11 KO’s) was whipped last Saturday night by the unbeaten talent Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) in losing his WBO lightweight title in their Glasgow, Scotland based fight, you would think that Burns shouldn’t get any closer than 4 thousand miles so that he could never suffer another one-sided loss to him again. But Burns doesn’t care that he was beaten up and dominated in losing a 12 round unanimous decision. 
By Scott Gilfoid: In masterclass performance, unbeaten #1 WBO Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) easily beat WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-3-1, 11 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. The final judges scores were 115-112, 115-112, 117-111. 
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) is facing the moment of truth tonight in his battle against American Terence Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s) at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. While Burns is saying he’s going to use a couple of different plans to try and defeat the talented 26-year-old Crawford, pretty much no one is giving Burns any chance at all in him actually winning the fight.