Gamboa Lights Up The Boardwalk

Gamboa Lights Up The Boardwalk

Atlantic City, NJ- Yuriokis Gamboa came to the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, NJ on a mission and that mission was simple: seek and destroy. Gamboa scored a one-sided TKO against Jorge Solis, knocking down the durable mexican five times in four rounds; Solis was knocked down twice in round two, once in round three, and twice again in round four, prompting the referee to stop the fight. This was Gamboa's twentieth victory and his sixteenth knock out, making him the number one featherweight, in the division, in the eyes of most boxing experts.

Yuriokis displayed a combination of speed, footwork and power that hasn't been seen, in the boxing world, since the great Roy Jones Jr. Every punch that caused a knock down landed with a resounding thud that erupted the crowd. Gamboa darted in and out on his opponent like a coiled cobra, striking at will and evading his opponent, without being touched by a single blow.   

Despite his great performance and the praise he is getting from inside the boxing fraternity, the Cuban sensation, from Quantanamo, has not been able to break into the spotlight that he so desperately craves. The reason is that there has only been one great Cuban fighter, in the last twenty years (Joel Casamayor) and the fact that nobody wants to fight Gamboa.  Its going to be hard for him to achieve that feat.


If Yuriokis can keep winning with these impressive performances, the public will eventually demand that the other featherweights, in his division, fight him. After his win, the other top fighter in his division, Juan Manuel Lopez, came into the ring and agreed to fight him, next. Top Rank promotes both men and with Lopez being such a hot ticket seller, right now; I can't see that match up happening, in the near future.

Until then, Yuriokis Gamboa will probably be the most avoided boxer since Winky Wright. It's not good for him or for boxing, hopefully fighters will be lured into his range. So the Quantonamo cyclone can strike again.

-The Boxing King-