
Yuriorkis Gamboa Released From Jail, Awaits Trial Date For Tragic Accident
Former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa has been released from jail and is currently back home in Cuba, but that does not mean that his legal problems are over.
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Former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa has been released from jail and is currently back home in Cuba, but that does not mean that his legal problems are over.

Concern is growing for former world champion and Olympic gold medal winner Yuriorkis Gamboa, because of the unwillingness of the Cuban authorities to release him from jail while waiting for his legal case to be resolved.

The details are still being confirmed, but several outlets are reporting that former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa is currently jailed in connection to a fatal accident that occurred on the night of December 31 in Santiago de Cuba in Cuba.

Cruz, Gamboa, Fight Photos Gallery - AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas - In a lightweight clash, Isaac Cruz (23-2-1, 16 KOs) dropped former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-5, 18 KOs) four times for a stoppage win in the fifth round. (photos by Amanda Westcott)

AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas - Lightweight contender Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz proved his impressive performance against three-division champion Gervonta Davis last December wasn’t a fluke. In a dominant, knockdown-filled performance, Cruz dropped the proud former unified featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa four times en route to a dominant fifth-round stoppage of Gamboa in the co-main event.

ARLINGTON, Texas – Mark Calo-oy eventually had to save Yuriorkis Gamboa from himself Saturday night. The veteran referee understandably stopped Gamboa’s dangerously one-sided bout against Isaac Cruz once the Mexican lightweight contender dropped Gamboa for the fourth time in as many rounds on the Errol Spence Jr.-Yordenis Ugas undercard at AT&T Stadium. Calo-oy stepped between them and wrapped his arms around Gamboa after he fell into the ropes following Cruz’s vicious left-right combination in the fifth round.

Cruz, Gamboa Scorecard BoxingScene LVIE - Spence vs. Ugas will see WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott)

The commendable performance that invigorated Isaac Cruz’s career still makes him think about what he could’ve done better. The Mexican lightweight contender is proud of how he pushed Gervonta Davis the night of December 5 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. He just wishes he had been even more aggressive against Davis, who was forced to fight off of his back foot more than usual during their highly competitive, 12-round, 135-pound championship clash.

Ryan Garcia has pressed pause on his own vow to no longer call out divisional rivals. The unbeaten lightweight contender is an interested observer for Saturday’s bout between Mexico City’s Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz and Miami’s Yuriorkis Gamboa. The bout—which is part of a Showtime Pay-Per-View event from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas—comes one week after Garcia returned following a 15-month ring absence, outpointing Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe over twelve rounds atop an April 9 DAZN show from Alamodome in San Antonio.

Cruz, Gamboa Weights Photos Gallery - Spence vs. Ugas will see WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott)