Yuriorkis Gamboa Tickets

Yuriorkis Gamboa beat Tanzanian Rogers Mtagwa (26-14-2, 18 KOs) by 2th round KO on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at the WaMu Theater At Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. Referee Steve Smoger stopped the bout at 2:35 of the 2th round after Mtagwa had been down twice in round two and once in the final seconds of round one. Gamboa retained his WBA Featherweight title with his victory over Mtagwa. Gamboa vs Mtagwa co-headlined the HBO Boxing After Dark fightcard promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank.

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Gamboa vs TBA      

Yuriorkis "El Ciclon de Guantanamo" Gamboa

(17-0-0, 15 KOs)

Yuriorkis Gamboa, 2004 Olympic gold medalist from Cuba defected along with teammates Odlanier Solis and Yan Barthelemy to Columbia in December 2006 while training with the Cuban national boxing team in Venezuela for the Pan American Games. The three signed with Ahmet Oner of Arena Box Promotion.

Gamboa, promoted by Ahmet Oner of Germany made his pro debut on April 27, 2007 at the Arena Gym in Hamburg, Germany beating Alexan Manvelyan by 4-round unanimous decision.

Gamboa vs De Jesus

Gamboa made his US debut on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida where he beat Brazilian Adailton De Jesus (19-3-0, 17 KOs) by 6th round TKO.

Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Johnnie Edwards

Yuriorkis Gamboa beats Johnnie Edwards (13-2-1, 7 KOs) at 1:34 of round one by TKO on Friday, February 22, 2008 at Xtreme Indoor Karting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on ESPN Friday Night Fights. It was Gamboa's US TV debut. Gamboa also won the vacant NABF super featherweight title in the bout.

Gamboa vs Jimenez Highlights

Yuriorkis Gamboa beat Bronx Darling Jimenez (23-2-2, 14 KOs) by 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nevada. The judges score cards read 97-92, 97-92 and 99-91 all for Gamboa. In addition to his win Gamboa picked up the vacant WBC International super featherweight title in the bout.

Gamboa's hand speed is amazing. He is able to throw rapid combinations non-stop for up to 30 seconds. He moves well and has good ring generalship. Gamboa's only fault is that he holds his hands too low and showboats. Jimenez caught Gamboa with a right hand and downed him in round four and buzzed him in round eight with another. Gamboa's trainer Osmiri Fernandez was fired after the bout.

On Friday, July 18, 2008 at Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nevada Gamboa, beat Al Seeger (27-4-0, 21 KOs) by first round knockout. Gamboa caught Seeger with a big right hand that twisted Seeger's head about 180 degrees and flattened him at 2:30 of round one. Referee Robert Byrd waved off the fight without even counting. This is the third fight in a row that Seeger has lost by knock out. With legendary Cuban trainer Ismeal Salas now in Gamboa's corner there was no snowboating tonight just good effective punching.

Gamboa vs Ramirez

It was a quick night for Gamboa who scored a knockout at 1:41 of round two.

Gamboa beat formerly undefeated Marcos Ramirez (25-1-0, 16 KOs) of Kansas City by 2nd round KO on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Pechanga Entertainment Center in Temecula, California. The fight headlined the HBO Boxing After Dark tripleheader card promoted by Gary Shaw. Gamboa was down from a counter left punch and an elbow to the chin in round one. Ramirez was down twice in round two before being counted out by a quick count.

Yuriorkis Gamboa successfully defended his WBO NABO Featherweight Title beating former bantamweight champion Roger "Speedy" Gonzalez (27-3-0, 18 KOs) by 10th round TKO on Friday, January 9, 2009 at Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nevada. The card dubbed "Freedom Fighters" aka "Cubra Libre" was first fight of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights 2009 season. Gamboa suffered a flash knockdown in round two but got up immediately and continued to offensively dominate the fight. Referee Robert Byrd stopped the fight at 2:12 of round ten with Gonzalez getting hit repeatedly in the head from Gamboa's heavy handed rapid fire combinations.

On Friday, February 20, 2009 at the University Center Arena in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on ESPN Friday Night Fights, Gamboa beat southpaw Walter Estrada (35-9-0, 24 KOs) from Barranquilla, Colombia by 1st round KO . It took just 35 seconds for Gamboa to send Estrada to the canvas for the ten count.

Gamboa beat Jose Rojas (25-7-1, 17 KOs) from Caracas, Venezuelas by 10th round TKO in a WBA World Featherweight Title fight on Friday, April 17, 2009 on the Boxing At the Border fightcard at Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nevada. Fighting in the ShowBox main event Gamboa boxed more than previous bouts using his speed to control the fight. Gamboa scored a knockdown of Rojas in round five before referee Russell Mora had seen enough of the one sided bout stopping it at 1:31 of round ten. In addition to his victory Gamboa took home the interim WBA World Featherweight Title.

Gamboa retained his WBA Featherweight Title beating Panamanian Whyber Garcia (22-6-0, 15 KOs) by 4th round TKO on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Gamboa hit Garcia with a left hook sending him face first on to the canvas. Garcia beat the count but Gamboa got Garcia up against the ropes and battered him until referee Steve Smoger waved off the fight. The fightcard dubbed Latin Fury 12 promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank, Ahmet Oener of Arena Box-Promotion and Ivan Rivera of Puerto Rico Best Boxing also featured Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez vs Rogers Mtagwa.