Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano
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Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born December 23, 1981) is a Cuban
professional boxer
who, as an amateur boxer
, won an Olympic gold medal in the flyweight
division at the 2004 Summer Olympics
. He is the former IBF and WBA Featherweight champion, being stripped of both titles. Gamboa's younger brother is fellow professional boxer Yoelvis Gamboa.
Gamboa's 2004 Olympic Boxing
results were:
and Yan Barthelemy snuck out of camp and found their way to Colombia and eventually to Germany, where they applied for visas to enter the United States. Before defecting, he had sold his Olympic gold medal to support his family.
debut on April 27, 2007, in Hamburg, Germany against Alexan Manvelyan. Gamboa put Manvelyan on the canvas in the third round and beat up his foe throughout the fight for the unanimous decision
victory. Two months later, he defeated Araik Sachbazjan by fourth round technical knockout.
After winning his next four fights, Gamboa made his United States
debut on October 30, 2007, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
in Hollywood, Florida
against Adailton De Jesus. De Jesus was dropped to the canvas halfway through the first round. A Gamboa slip in the fourth round was ruled a knockdown by the referee. Gamboa's relentless pressure eventually forced a stoppage in the sixth and final round.
Gamboa fought Gilberto Luque on January 5, 2008, at Bally's Hotel & Casino
in Atlantic City, New Jersey
. Gamboa sent his opponent to the canvas less than 30 seconds into first round with a left hand. After two more knockdowns the referee stopped the fight. On February 22, 2008 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
, he made his American television debut against Johnnie Edwards. Gamboa knocked Edwards down in the first 30 seconds of the fight after connecting with a left hand to the head. Edwards got up, but was met with left-hand punches from Gamboa ending with two consecutive right hands that knocked Edwards down for the second and final time as the referee moved in and halted the fight in round one and won the vacant NABF Super Featherweight
title.
On May 17, 2008, at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena
in Primm, Nevada
, Gamboa fought Darling Jimenez
. Gamboa started off well in the first three rounds of the fight, swarming Jimenez and hitting him with punches over and over. Gamboa looked flustered in the fourth round and began showing signs of fatigue. He got careless and was knocked down by a right hand behind the ear from Jimenez. Gamboa got up and finished the fight strong, winning by unanimous decision and claiming the vacant WBC
International Super Featherweight title. After the fight, Gamboa’s promoter Ahmet Öner fired his trainer Osmiri Fernandez, replacing him with Ismeal Salas. On July 18, 2008, stepping down to Featherweight
, Gamboa scored a first-round technical knockout victory over Al Seeger
to win the vacant WBO NABO
Featherweight title in a fight that took place at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena in Primm, Nevada. A left hook
to the body set up a right hand that landed across Seeger's face, causing him to collapse backwards flat onto the canvas. The referee stepped over Seeger without bothering to count, officially stopping the bout.
On October 5, 2008, Gamboa stepped up in class, yet again, and fought Marcos Ramirez
, a Kansas City
Featherweight
boasting an undefeated 25-0 record in Temecula, California
. Gamboa exhibited amazing hand speed and quick combination punching in the first round before he was dropped by Ramirez. Gamboa quickly came to his feet and resumed fighting until the bell rang to signify the end of the round. In the second round, Gamboa picked up where he left off and knocked Ramirez down with a fast right uppercut, followed by another combination. Ramirez let the referee administer the eight count before rising to his feet. Gamboa then finished the fight by pressuring Ramirez into the ropes and landing a left hook to the body, followed by a right uppercut to the jaw. The referee stopped the fight, although it seemed like his count seemed too quick and Ramirez was back on his feet by the count of ten. With the win Gamboa's record improved to 12–0 (10 KOs). Gamboa's next fight took place at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena in Primm, Nevada on January 9, 2009 against Roger Gonzalez. Gamboa used quick combinations from the beginning of the third round to relentlessly attack Gonzalez. Gamboa began his assault after going down during the second round, after absorbing a sneaky right hand by Gonzalez. The referee halted the one-sided bout with 48 seconds remaining after Gonzalez sustained a barrage of punches to the head. Gamboa led 89–82 on one judge's scorecard and 89–83 on the other two judges' cards through nine rounds.
On February 20, 2009, Gamboa fought Walter Estrada at The University Center at Nova Southeastern University
. Gamboa knocked out Estrada with a left hook to the body followed by a right hand to the face 25 seconds into the fight.
On April 17, 2009 Gamboa stoped Jose Rojas via 10th-round TKO to win the Interim WBA
Featherweight
title.
Featherweight
title.
On January 23, 2010, at the WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City, WBA "regular" featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (17–0, 15 KOs) destroyed Rogers Mtagwa
(26-14-2, 18KOs) in two rounds.
Gamboa had a very dominating first round. He buzzed Mtagwa several times from several angles and scored a knockdown in the final ten seconds with a counter hook. He continued the damage in the second round, battering Mtagwa and sending him down two more times before the fight was stopped.
On March 27, 2010 at Hamburg Germany Gamboa dominated Argentinian boxer Jonathan Victor Barros in twelve rounds to retain the WBA Featherweight title with a unanimous decision.
On September 11, 2010 Gamboa fought Orlando Salido
to unify the WBA and IBF
Featherweight titles with the result being Gamboa winning by unanimous decision. Salido knocked down Gamboa in the eighth round. Gamboa knocked Salido down in the 12th round, but was docked two points for hitting Salido in the back of his head while Salido was down. With this win Gamboa became the first Cuban boxer to hold the IBF world title since the organization's inception.
On March 26, 2011 Gamboa (19-0-0 prior to the fight) fought Jorge Solis
(40-2-2 prior to the fight) to defend his World Boxing Association
(WBA) Featherweight
Title. Although the Fight was originally pacted to set under dispute both of Gamboa's World Boxing Association
(WBA) and International Boxing Federation
(IBF) Featherweight
tittles at the moment, it was early in the day of the fight after Gamboa had missed a mandatory re-weighing procedure established by the International Boxing Federation
(IBF) that his chance to defend it was anulated as welll as Solis's chance to claim it in case he had defeated Gamboa.
The Fight only lasted four rounds as Gamboa after having fought a relative conservative first round decided to control the pace of the fight sending Solis to the floor a total of five times and causing referee David Fields to stop the fight giving Gamboa the victory by TKO just after Gamboa had connected several unanswered punches as Solis looked hurt against the ropes. Solis, unable to keep up with Gamboa's speed looked frustrated as well as distant from being the Boxer that at a time was able to keep up with Manny Pacquiao
for eight rounds. With the win Gamboa claimed his 20th victory with no defeats continuing to impress in his quest to fight the best boxers in his division. While still on the ring short after the fight Gamboa was interviewed, a moment that Gamboa took advantage of to express his awareness and support towards the victims of Japan's latest earthquake
and Tsunami
. Gamboa also took the opportunity to proclaim his desire to fight higher caliber featherweight
boxers such as Indonesian Chris John
and Puerto Rican Juan Manuel Lopez who was attending the fight as a spectator and decided to come up to the ring and proclaim his desire for a possible fight with Gamboa as he also made the observation that it was a business decision to be taken by their shared promoter Bob Arum
. Both Juan Manuel Lopez and Gamboa displayed a true sportsmanship conduct as they forecasted a possible fight between them in the future. On the other hand solis had mostly complements in regard of Gamboa's boxing ability and talent claiming that Gamboa's power punches are something he had never seen before in any of his previous fights. Solis also went on to shortly compare Gamboa's punches with Pacquiao's favoring Pacquio in terms of amount of punches but giving the edge to Gamboa in terms of power. Solis also made a short comment claiming that Gamboa's only defect is that he would hit opponents in the back of the neck while in the short distance.
On September 10, 2011 Gamboa (20-0-0 prior to the fight) fought Daniel Ponce de Leon
(41-3-0 prior to the fight) in a non-title fight at the Featherweight
division. In a fight that didn't start with much action from both boxers, Gamboa managed to connect more punches in each and every round keeping the score cards in his favor from the start. Although there were not many exchanges Gamboa's hand speed and reflexes were on display as he connected with quick and short combinations and managed to avoid some of De Leon's left swings with his characteristic upper body swing move. In the eighth round during a short exchange Gamboa and De Leon accidentally clashed heads, as a result Daniel Ponce de Leon
suffered a cut in his forehead, consequently the referee stopped the fight and asked De Leon's corner to check the boxer's wound. After having tried and failed to stop the bleeding it was determined by De Leon's team that their fighter was unable to continue in the fight. The referee, following the rules for the fight determined that the fight was over and that a decision was to be made based on the score cards. The score cards showed a 80-73, 80-73, 79-73 all in favor of Gamboa whom improved his record to 21-0-0.
On October 26,2011 Gamboa hired world famous Emanuel Steward
as his head trainer.
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Cubans
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professional boxer
Professional Boxing
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...
who, as an amateur boxer
Amateur boxing
Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...
, won an Olympic gold medal in the flyweight
Flyweight
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...
division at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
. He is the former IBF and WBA Featherweight champion, being stripped of both titles. Gamboa's younger brother is fellow professional boxer Yoelvis Gamboa.
Amateur highlights
- Four-time Cuban national champion
- 2003 Pan American Games gold medalist
- 2004 Olympic gold medalists
- 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships bronze medalist
- 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalist
- 2006 World Cup champion
Gamboa's 2004 Olympic Boxing
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Flyweight
The Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics competition was the second-lightest class. Flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing more than 51 kilograms.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Results:-References:*...
results were:
- Round of 32 - Defeated Igor SamoilencoIgor SamoilencoIgor Samoilenco is a retired male boxer from Moldova. He twice represented his native Eastern European country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004. Samoilenco claimed a bronze medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Perm, Russia...
of Moldava – PTS (46-33) - Round of 16 - Defeated Somjit JongjohorSomjit JongjohorSomjit Jongjohor is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Career:Somjit won the Asian Games 2002....
of Thailand – PTS (26-21) - Quarterfinals - Defeated Georgy BalakshinGeorgy BalakshinGeorgy Ruslanovich Balakshin is an amateur boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.-Career:Balakshin won the gold medal 2002 and defended the crown at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula....
of Russia – PTS (26-18) - Semifinals - Defeated Rustamhodza RahimovRustamhodza RahimovRustamhodza Rahimov is a boxer from Germany, but of Tajik origins, as his name suggests.- Medals :* In the 2004 Summer Olympics Rahimov won a bronze medal in the flyweight boxing event. He was 29....
of Germany – PTS (20-11) - Gold Medal Match - Defeated Jérôme ThomasJérôme ThomasJérôme Thomas is a boxer from France, competing in the flyweight division....
of France – PTS (38-23)
Defection
While training in Venezuela, Gamboa, along with Cuban teammates Odlanier SolisOdlanier Solis
Odlanier Solís Fonte is a Cuban professional boxer. He won the Olympic Gold medal in Athens 2004 and was a three time winner at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Amateur career:...
and Yan Barthelemy snuck out of camp and found their way to Colombia and eventually to Germany, where they applied for visas to enter the United States. Before defecting, he had sold his Olympic gold medal to support his family.
Professional career
Gamboa made his professional boxingProfessional Boxing
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...
debut on April 27, 2007, in Hamburg, Germany against Alexan Manvelyan. Gamboa put Manvelyan on the canvas in the third round and beat up his foe throughout the fight for the unanimous decision
Unanimous decision
A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....
victory. Two months later, he defeated Araik Sachbazjan by fourth round technical knockout.
After winning his next four fights, Gamboa made his United States
United States
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debut on October 30, 2007, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and...
in Hollywood, Florida
Hollywood, Florida
-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...
against Adailton De Jesus. De Jesus was dropped to the canvas halfway through the first round. A Gamboa slip in the fourth round was ruled a knockdown by the referee. Gamboa's relentless pressure eventually forced a stoppage in the sixth and final round.
Gamboa fought Gilberto Luque on January 5, 2008, at Bally's Hotel & Casino
Bally's Atlantic City
Bally's Atlantic City is a luxury hotel and casino on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey that opened in 1979. It is one of the largest casinos on the boardwalk with nearly 2,000 rooms. Bally's is unique in that two of its four hotel towers are at least 80 years old. The Claridge Tower was...
in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
. Gamboa sent his opponent to the canvas less than 30 seconds into first round with a left hand. After two more knockdowns the referee stopped the fight. On February 22, 2008 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
, he made his American television debut against Johnnie Edwards. Gamboa knocked Edwards down in the first 30 seconds of the fight after connecting with a left hand to the head. Edwards got up, but was met with left-hand punches from Gamboa ending with two consecutive right hands that knocked Edwards down for the second and final time as the referee moved in and halted the fight in round one and won the vacant NABF Super Featherweight
Super Featherweight
Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....
title.
On May 17, 2008, at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena
Buffalo Bill's
Buffalo Bill's is a hotel and casino located in Primm, Nevada, USA, at the California stateline. It has 1,242 guest rooms and suites. The hotel is home to the Desperado roller coaster, one of the tallest and fastest roller coasters in the world, as well as a pool in the shape of a buffalo...
in Primm, Nevada
Primm, Nevada
Primm is a tiny community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the border between California and Nevada...
, Gamboa fought Darling Jimenez
Darling Jimenez
Darling Jimenez is a Dominican Republic professional boxer from Yonkers, New York.-Biography:Jimenez began boxing at the age of 12. He now resides in the Washington Heights section of New York.-Amateur career:...
. Gamboa started off well in the first three rounds of the fight, swarming Jimenez and hitting him with punches over and over. Gamboa looked flustered in the fourth round and began showing signs of fatigue. He got careless and was knocked down by a right hand behind the ear from Jimenez. Gamboa got up and finished the fight strong, winning by unanimous decision and claiming the vacant WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
International Super Featherweight title. After the fight, Gamboa’s promoter Ahmet Öner fired his trainer Osmiri Fernandez, replacing him with Ismeal Salas. On July 18, 2008, stepping down to Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
, Gamboa scored a first-round technical knockout victory over Al Seeger
Al Seeger
Al Seeger , nicknamed "The Quiet Storm", is a boxer from the United States.- Background :Al Seeger was born in on January 23, 1980 to Bonnie and Al Seeger. He spent most of his younger years traveling abroad with the family...
to win the vacant WBO NABO
North American Boxing Organization
The North American Boxing Organization is one of several regulators of boxing that works in North America. The NABO is one of the regional bodies that is part of the World Boxing Organization.Legendary Roy Jones Jr is former Light heavyweight champion....
Featherweight title in a fight that took place at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena in Primm, Nevada. A left hook
Hook (boxing)
A hook is a punch in boxing. It is performed by turning the core muscles and back, thereby swinging the arm, which is bent at an angle near or at 90 degrees, in a horizontal arc into the opponent...
to the body set up a right hand that landed across Seeger's face, causing him to collapse backwards flat onto the canvas. The referee stepped over Seeger without bothering to count, officially stopping the bout.
On October 5, 2008, Gamboa stepped up in class, yet again, and fought Marcos Ramirez
Marcos Ramírez
Marcos Ramírez is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for Defensa y Justicia.-External links: *...
, a Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
boasting an undefeated 25-0 record in Temecula, California
Temecula, California
Temecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States with a population of 100,097 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it the lowest populated American city over 100,000 population. It was incorporated on December 1, 1989...
. Gamboa exhibited amazing hand speed and quick combination punching in the first round before he was dropped by Ramirez. Gamboa quickly came to his feet and resumed fighting until the bell rang to signify the end of the round. In the second round, Gamboa picked up where he left off and knocked Ramirez down with a fast right uppercut, followed by another combination. Ramirez let the referee administer the eight count before rising to his feet. Gamboa then finished the fight by pressuring Ramirez into the ropes and landing a left hook to the body, followed by a right uppercut to the jaw. The referee stopped the fight, although it seemed like his count seemed too quick and Ramirez was back on his feet by the count of ten. With the win Gamboa's record improved to 12–0 (10 KOs). Gamboa's next fight took place at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena in Primm, Nevada on January 9, 2009 against Roger Gonzalez. Gamboa used quick combinations from the beginning of the third round to relentlessly attack Gonzalez. Gamboa began his assault after going down during the second round, after absorbing a sneaky right hand by Gonzalez. The referee halted the one-sided bout with 48 seconds remaining after Gonzalez sustained a barrage of punches to the head. Gamboa led 89–82 on one judge's scorecard and 89–83 on the other two judges' cards through nine rounds.
On February 20, 2009, Gamboa fought Walter Estrada at The University Center at Nova Southeastern University
The University Center at Nova Southeastern University
Nova Southeastern University’s 366,000 square-foot Don Taft University Center is a critical piece in the infrastructure of the university. It was constructed over a period of 2 years. The inaugural event hosted comedian Jamie Kennedy on August 23rd, 2006. It provides a focal point for campus life...
. Gamboa knocked out Estrada with a left hook to the body followed by a right hand to the face 25 seconds into the fight.
On April 17, 2009 Gamboa stoped Jose Rojas via 10th-round TKO to win the Interim WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
title.
Featherweight
On October 10, 2009 Gamboa stopped Whyber Garcia in the fourth round to win the WBAWorld Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
title.
On January 23, 2010, at the WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City, WBA "regular" featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (17–0, 15 KOs) destroyed Rogers Mtagwa
Rogers Mtagwa
Rogers Mtagwa is a Tanzanian professional boxer who currently competes in the featherweight and super bantamweight divisions. Mtagwa is most notable for having fought for a version of the world title at both featherweight and super bantamweight...
(26-14-2, 18KOs) in two rounds.
Gamboa had a very dominating first round. He buzzed Mtagwa several times from several angles and scored a knockdown in the final ten seconds with a counter hook. He continued the damage in the second round, battering Mtagwa and sending him down two more times before the fight was stopped.
On March 27, 2010 at Hamburg Germany Gamboa dominated Argentinian boxer Jonathan Victor Barros in twelve rounds to retain the WBA Featherweight title with a unanimous decision.
On September 11, 2010 Gamboa fought Orlando Salido
Orlando Salido
Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21....
to unify the WBA and IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
Featherweight titles with the result being Gamboa winning by unanimous decision. Salido knocked down Gamboa in the eighth round. Gamboa knocked Salido down in the 12th round, but was docked two points for hitting Salido in the back of his head while Salido was down. With this win Gamboa became the first Cuban boxer to hold the IBF world title since the organization's inception.
On March 26, 2011 Gamboa (19-0-0 prior to the fight) fought Jorge Solis
Jorge Solís
Jorge Iván Solís Pérez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former holder of various minor and regional titles including, the Jalisco State Featherweight title, WBC Latin America title, Mexican Super Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions and WBA Fedecentro titles...
(40-2-2 prior to the fight) to defend his World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
(WBA) Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
Title. Although the Fight was originally pacted to set under dispute both of Gamboa's World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
(WBA) and International Boxing Federation
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
(IBF) Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
tittles at the moment, it was early in the day of the fight after Gamboa had missed a mandatory re-weighing procedure established by the International Boxing Federation
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
(IBF) that his chance to defend it was anulated as welll as Solis's chance to claim it in case he had defeated Gamboa.
The Fight only lasted four rounds as Gamboa after having fought a relative conservative first round decided to control the pace of the fight sending Solis to the floor a total of five times and causing referee David Fields to stop the fight giving Gamboa the victory by TKO just after Gamboa had connected several unanswered punches as Solis looked hurt against the ropes. Solis, unable to keep up with Gamboa's speed looked frustrated as well as distant from being the Boxer that at a time was able to keep up with Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...
for eight rounds. With the win Gamboa claimed his 20th victory with no defeats continuing to impress in his quest to fight the best boxers in his division. While still on the ring short after the fight Gamboa was interviewed, a moment that Gamboa took advantage of to express his awareness and support towards the victims of Japan's latest earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
and Tsunami
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
. Gamboa also took the opportunity to proclaim his desire to fight higher caliber featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
boxers such as Indonesian Chris John
Chris John
Christopher Charles "Chris" John is American politician who was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2005, representing Louisiana's 7th congressional district.-Early life:...
and Puerto Rican Juan Manuel Lopez who was attending the fight as a spectator and decided to come up to the ring and proclaim his desire for a possible fight with Gamboa as he also made the observation that it was a business decision to be taken by their shared promoter Bob Arum
Bob Arum
Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....
. Both Juan Manuel Lopez and Gamboa displayed a true sportsmanship conduct as they forecasted a possible fight between them in the future. On the other hand solis had mostly complements in regard of Gamboa's boxing ability and talent claiming that Gamboa's power punches are something he had never seen before in any of his previous fights. Solis also went on to shortly compare Gamboa's punches with Pacquiao's favoring Pacquio in terms of amount of punches but giving the edge to Gamboa in terms of power. Solis also made a short comment claiming that Gamboa's only defect is that he would hit opponents in the back of the neck while in the short distance.
On September 10, 2011 Gamboa (20-0-0 prior to the fight) fought Daniel Ponce de Leon
Daniel Ponce de León
Daniel Ponce de León is a Mexican professional Boxer in the Featherweight division and was a member of the 2000 Mexican Olympics team...
(41-3-0 prior to the fight) in a non-title fight at the Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
division. In a fight that didn't start with much action from both boxers, Gamboa managed to connect more punches in each and every round keeping the score cards in his favor from the start. Although there were not many exchanges Gamboa's hand speed and reflexes were on display as he connected with quick and short combinations and managed to avoid some of De Leon's left swings with his characteristic upper body swing move. In the eighth round during a short exchange Gamboa and De Leon accidentally clashed heads, as a result Daniel Ponce de Leon
Daniel Ponce de León
Daniel Ponce de León is a Mexican professional Boxer in the Featherweight division and was a member of the 2000 Mexican Olympics team...
suffered a cut in his forehead, consequently the referee stopped the fight and asked De Leon's corner to check the boxer's wound. After having tried and failed to stop the bleeding it was determined by De Leon's team that their fighter was unable to continue in the fight. The referee, following the rules for the fight determined that the fight was over and that a decision was to be made based on the score cards. The score cards showed a 80-73, 80-73, 79-73 all in favor of Gamboa whom improved his record to 21-0-0.
On October 26,2011 Gamboa hired world famous Emanuel Steward
Emanuel Steward
Emanuel Steward is an American boxing trainer, commentator and inductee of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.-Life and career:...
as his head trainer.
Professional Record
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| Win | 21-0 |  Mexico Daniel Ponce de LeónDaniel Ponce de León Daniel Ponce de León is a Mexican professional Boxer in the Featherweight division and was a member of the 2000 Mexican Olympics team... |
TD 8 (12) |  United States Boardwalk HallBoardwalk Hall Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is an arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States... , Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast... |
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| Win | 20-0 | Mexico Jorge Solis Jorge Solís Jorge Iván Solís Pérez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former holder of various minor and regional titles including, the Jalisco State Featherweight title, WBC Latin America title, Mexican Super Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions and WBA Fedecentro titles... |
TKO 4 Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jorge Solis Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jorge Solis is a 126-pound world title title fight live on HBO's Boxing After Dark. In a featherweight double-header. -The Fight:Gamboa stopped Solis in the fourth round Saturday night to defend his Featherweight title... |
1:31 | United States Boardwalk Hall Boardwalk Hall Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is an arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States... , Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast... , USA |
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| Win | 19-0 | Mexico Orlando Salido Orlando Salido Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21.... |
3:00 | United States Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... , USA |
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| Win | 18-0 |  Argentina Jonathan Victor Barros |
UD 12 | 3:00 |  Germany HamburgHamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| Win | 17-0 |  Tanzania Rogers MtagwaRogers Mtagwa Rogers Mtagwa is a Tanzanian professional boxer who currently competes in the featherweight and super bantamweight divisions. Mtagwa is most notable for having fought for a version of the world title at both featherweight and super bantamweight... |
KO 2 | 2:35 | United States New York City, New York |
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| Win | 16-0 |  Panama Whyber Garcia |
TKO 4 | 0:58 | United States New York City, New York |
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| Win | 15-0 |  Venezuela Jose Rojas |
TKO 10 | 1:31 | United States Primm, Nevada Primm, Nevada Primm is a tiny community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the border between California and Nevada... |
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| Win | 14-0 |  Colombia Walter Estrada |
KO 1 | 0:35 | United States Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010... |
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| Win | 13-0 | United States Roger Gonzalez |
TKO 10 | 2:12 | United States Primm, Nevada Primm, Nevada Primm is a tiny community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the border between California and Nevada... |
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| Win | 12-0 | United States Marcos Ramirez Marcos Ramirez (boxer) Marcos Ramírez is a professional boxer fighting in the Featherweight division. Ramírez is a former WBO NABO and the IBF Latino Featherweight Champion.-Personal life:... |
KO 2 | 1:41 | United States Temecula, California Temecula, California Temecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States with a population of 100,097 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it the lowest populated American city over 100,000 population. It was incorporated on December 1, 1989... |
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| Win | 11-0 | United States Al Seeger Al Seeger Al Seeger , nicknamed "The Quiet Storm", is a boxer from the United States.- Background :Al Seeger was born in on January 23, 1980 to Bonnie and Al Seeger. He spent most of his younger years traveling abroad with the family... |
TKO 1 | 2:30 | United States Primm, Nevada Primm, Nevada Primm is a tiny community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the border between California and Nevada... |
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| Win | 10-0 |  Dominican Republic Darling JimenezDarling Jimenez Darling Jimenez is a Dominican Republic professional boxer from Yonkers, New York.-Biography:Jimenez began boxing at the age of 12. He now resides in the Washington Heights section of New York.-Amateur career:... |
UD 10 | 3:00 | United States Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast... |
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| Win | 9-0 | United States Johnnie Edwards |
TKO 1 | 1:34 | United States Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010... |
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| Win | 8-0 | Mexico Gilberto Luque |
TKO 1 | 1:54 | United States Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast... |
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| Win | 7-0 |  Brazil Adailton de JesusAdailton de Jesus Adailton de Jesus is a Brazilian boxer in the Featherweight division. He was born in Salvador, Bahia. -Professional career:Known as "Precipício", Adailton turned pro in 2002 in his hometown... |
TKO 6 | 0:35 | United States Hollywood, Florida Hollywood, Florida -Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of... |
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| Win | 6-0 |  Ethiopia Samuel Kebede |
TKO 2 | 2:11 | Germany Berlin, Germany |
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| Win | 5-0 | Argentina Nestor Hugo Paniagua |
KO 1 | 1:05 | Germany Lübeck Lübeck The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World... , Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| Win | 4-0 |  Austria Thomas Hengstberger |
TKO 1 | 1:04 | Germany Berlin, Germany |
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| Win | 3-0 |  Chile Joel Mayo |
TKO 2 | 0:35 | Germany Hamburg, Germany |
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| Win | 2-0 |  Czech Republic Araik Sachbazjan |
TKO 3 | - |  Turkey Ankara, Turkey |
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| Win | 1-0 |  Armenia Alexan Manvelyan |
UD 4 | 3:00 | Germany Hamburg, Germany |
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