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Entries tagged with "Yuriorkis+Gamboa":

  • Punch Trajectories: A Study of Hard Times in Life’s Squared Circle – March 7th, 2013

    Punch Trajectories: A Study of Hard Times in Life’s Squared Circle By the time of the stoppage, every punch, or even any slight touch in the vicinity of Seeger’s buzzed dome was like being struck with an anvil...

  • Four Days to Show Time: Broner and Rees Face Off (sort of) – February 12th, 2013

    Four Days to Show Time: Broner and Rees Face Off (sort of) “I don’t need to know his name,” Broner said. “He’s like a chick. You get what you want out of them. You don’t need to know her name...”

  • Is Naoya Inoue the World’s Brightest Prospect? – January 31st, 2013

    Is Naoya Inoue the World’s Brightest Prospect? Although we prefer to give prospects some time to mature before we run the rule over them, Inoue is just too good—and too much fun—for us to wait...

  • Biogenesis: And There Was Light – January 29th, 2013

    Biogenesis: And There Was Light

  • Little Giants Hit the Big Apple – January 18th, 2013

    Little Giants Hit the Big Apple “I have the better defense,” Garcia said. “I have the better speed. I have the better footwork. I just don't see how he can beat me…”

  • All I Want for Christmas No. 2: Manny, One for the Show… – December 18th, 2012

    All I Want for Christmas No. 2: Manny, One for the Show… The last Marquez bout will probably be Fight of the Year so why not do it again? Besides the story-line going into number five will be huge…

  • TBR December Update – December 12th, 2012

    TBR December Update

  • The Week That Was (December 3-9, 2012) – December 10th, 2012

    The Week That Was (December 3-9, 2012) Marquez did what other Mexican greats like Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera couldn’t do. He knocked out Manny Pacquiao…

  • Marquez vs. Pacquiao 4 Recap – December 10th, 2012

    Marquez vs. Pacquiao 4 Recap Juan Manuel Marquez put some serious hurt on Manny Pacquiao Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. With his dynamic one-punch knockout in the closing seconds of the sixth round, the Mexican superstar got the vindication to desired in no uncertain terms. Seeing Manny laying unconscious for what…

  • A Tough Fight for Gamboa – December 8th, 2012

    A Tough Fight for Gamboa

  • 50 Cent: Floyd Don’t Tweet – December 1st, 2012

    50 Cent: Floyd Don’t Tweet

  • TruSparta IX: Wars of Attrition – November 29th, 2012

    TruSparta IX: Wars of Attrition While some were heralding Guerrero-Berto as the Fight of the Year, it lacked the requisite craft and adept boxing technique...

  • Ten-Count for Emanuel Steward – October 25th, 2012

    Ten-Count for Emanuel Steward

  • TruSparta Blog: Maravilla Madness – September 14th, 2012

    TruSparta Blog: Maravilla Madness In a weekend rich with high-caliber boxing, Canelo Alvarez and Josesito Lopez will headline a quadruple-header card...

  • Antonio "Puppy" Garcia—The Cuban Micky Ward – August 6th, 2012

    Antonio "I think the reason I had so much sympathy from the public was because I was a brawler. I used to bleed a lot. That’s why I was so popular..."

  • Hector Vinent: Reasons Unknown and Known – August 3rd, 2012

    Hector Vinent: Reasons Unknown and Known I studied at the University of Havana in the spring of 2007, and I was lucky enough to train under Vinent at Havana's famous Rafael Trejo Gym…

  • 50-50: Time Machine – July 31st, 2012

    50-50: Time Machine The times they are a-changin’, and perhaps boxing will change with them. The times, however, aren’t changing for the better...

  • Boxing in Cuba: “A Fighting Chance” Part 4 – July 29th, 2012

    Boxing in Cuba: “A Fighting Chance” Part 4 Boxing.com is pleased to present Part 4 of a five-part documentary on Boxing in Cuba titled "A Fighting Chance." Originally shot in Feb. 2008, this installment takes a look at Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon, two of the greatest heavyweight boxers in Cuba's history. It also examines Joel Casamayor,…

  • Money Honey: Promoter 50 Cent – July 23rd, 2012

    Money Honey: Promoter 50 Cent

  • Hispanics Causing Panic – July 16th, 2012

    Hispanics Causing Panic Josesito Lopez, Carlos Molina, and now Danny Garcia have created havoc amongst the ratings, but those same ratings also contain names like...

  • Boxing in Cuba: “A Fighting Chance” Part 3 – July 10th, 2012

    Boxing in Cuba: “A Fighting Chance” Part 3 Boxing.com is pleased to present Part 3 of a five-part documentary on Boxing in Cuba titled “A Fighting Chance.” Originally shot in Feb. 2008, this segment spotlights the greatest blow to the Cuban Olympic boxing machine: the simultaneous defections of gold medalists Yuriorkis Gamboa, Yan Barthelemy…

  • King of Cuba: Teofilo Stevenson – June 25th, 2012

    King of Cuba: Teofilo Stevenson He was 56 years old when I met him and he was still majestic. He came out of a back room shirtless, wearing white linen pants and white sneakers...

  • Bam Bam Injured Injured – June 15th, 2012

    Bam Bam Injured Injured

  • Twists and Turns in Boxing – June 2nd, 2012

    Twists and Turns in Boxing There does seem to have been a subtle shift with top fighters now stepping up more often and signing to fight one another...

  • Open Letter to Yuriorkis Gamboa – April 14th, 2012

    Open Letter to Yuriorkis Gamboa Whether it turns out it was your confidence, ego or a pinch of self-delusion that kept you from getting there, it won’t matter...

  • Rios and Abril Talk the Talk – April 10th, 2012

    Rios and Abril Talk the Talk

  • Rios Ready to Rock ‘n’ Roll – April 6th, 2012

    Rios Ready to Rock ‘n’ Roll

  • It's Official: No Rios vs. Gamboa – March 14th, 2012

    It's Official: No Rios vs. Gamboa

  • Has Anyone Seen Yuriokis Gamboa? – March 14th, 2012

    Has Anyone Seen Yuriokis Gamboa? Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, speaks with Rick Strom of TYT Sports about the disappearing act of Yuriorkis Gamboa. After being a no-show at pressers in Miami and Los Angeles in anticipation of his much anticipated fight with Brandon Rios, speculation has been running rampant. There are…

  • Any Excuses Tonight, JuanMa? – March 9th, 2012

    Any Excuses Tonight, JuanMa? “I wasn’t as focused as I should have been,” said Lopez after suffering his first defeat. “I was not there totally mentally that night...”

  • Yuriorkis Gamboa M.I.A. Again – March 5th, 2012

    Yuriorkis Gamboa M.I.A. Again There would be press conferences in New York where, for reasons known only to him, Roy Jones would simply not show up...

  • Catchweights Are Fan Friendly – March 1st, 2012

    Catchweights Are Fan Friendly

  • Maybe the Best Do Fight the Best – February 26th, 2012

    Maybe the Best Do Fight the Best The "sweet science of bruising" has often been criticized because the best don’t always fight the best…

  • Rios vs. Gamboa: Let’s Do It – February 17th, 2012

    Rios vs. Gamboa: Let’s Do It

  • The Jackal Si, Ramos No – January 21st, 2012

    The Jackal Si, Ramos No Rigondeaux knew he had his man hurt and went for the jugular. Ramos retreated to his corner with The Jackal in hot pursuit...

  • Wars to Be Made in 2012—Part 1 – January 5th, 2012

    Wars to Be Made in 2012—Part 1 Yuriorkis Gamboa—the rapid-fire combination puncher from Cuba—has mowed down his competition in dynamic fashion...

  • Fighter of the Year: Tough Call – December 14th, 2011

    Fighter of the Year: Tough Call

  • Adios Tony; Bienvenido Bam Bam – December 4th, 2011

    Adios Tony; Bienvenido Bam Bam In some way Brandon Rios is very similar to Margarito and in other ways the differences are stark….

  • My P4P List Pre/Post Saturday – November 15th, 2011

    My P4P List Pre/Post Saturday Floyd Mayweather remains the reigning pound-for-pound fighter in the world, with Manny Pacquiao still at number two...

  • What's Next for Nonito Donaire? – October 31st, 2011

    What's Next for Nonito Donaire? Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Sports about the recent fight at Madison Square Garden between bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire and Omar Narvaez. The bout and Donaire fell short of expectations, in part because Narvaez came to survive, not to win. But what…

  • Mainstream Media: Marquez-Concepcion II – October 27th, 2011

    Mainstream Media: Marquez-Concepcion II Mainstream media was once again putting forth the proposition that boxing had, amongst other things, "shot itself in the foot..."

  • Harold Lederman on Donaire vs. Narvaez – October 21st, 2011

    Harold Lederman on Donaire vs. Narvaez “I know HBO would be very interested in Donaire vs. Gamboa if Donaire keeps progressing the way we think he’s going to keep progressing…”

  • Gamboa Wants Pacquiao – September 10th, 2011

    Gamboa Wants Pacquiao

  • Gamboa vs. Ponce de León Preview – September 9th, 2011

    Gamboa vs. Ponce de León Preview Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Sports about tonight's fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City between undefeated former WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa and former WBO junior featherweight champion Ponce de León. They discuss the virtues of Cuban…

  • HBO's Harold Lederman on Klitschko-Adamek – September 8th, 2011

    HBO's Harold Lederman on Klitschko-Adamek Once and future heavyweight champions and contenders are playing football or basketball or serving time or doing whatever big, tough men do nowadays…

  • Gamboa-Ponce de León Meet the Press – August 30th, 2011

    Gamboa-Ponce de León Meet the Press Yuriorkis Gamboa meets Daniel Ponce de León in what should be a terrific fight between two exceptional little big men…

  • Friends Forever, Friends for Now – July 9th, 2011

    Friends Forever, Friends for Now

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Fight results

Fighters Result Rounds Record
Lee Purdy vs
Devon Alexander on May 18
LRTD 7/12 (20-3-1)
(24-1-0)
Abner Mares vs
Daniel Ponce De Leon on May  4
WTKO 9/12 (24-0-1)
(44-4-0)
Floyd Mayweather Jr vs
Robert Guerrero on May  4
WUD 12/12 (43-0-0)
(31-1-1)
Wladimir Klitschko vs
Francesco Pianeta on May  4
WTKO 6/12 (59-3-0)
(28-0-1)
Daniel Jacobs vs
Keenan Collins on Apr 27
WKO 4/10 (24-1-0)
(15-7-3)
Danny Garcia vs
Zab Judah on Apr 27
WUD 12/12 (25-0-0)
(42-7-0)
Martin Murray vs
Sergio Gabriel Martinez on Apr 27
LUD 12/12 (24-0-1)
(50-2-2)
Julio Diaz vs
Amir Khan on Apr 27
LUD 12/12x3 (40-7-1)
(27-3-0)
Austin Trout vs
Saul Alvarez on Apr 20
LUD 12/12 (26-0-0)
(41-0-1)
Tyson Fury vs
Steve Cunningham on Apr 20
WKO 7/12 (20-0-0)
(25-5-0)

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