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“Rising Star” Yuriorkis Gamboa was shining bright when he beat Darling Jimenez from New York this Saturday in Primm, Nevada by unanimous decision after a ten-round-war. Though criticized for keeping his hands down giving Jimenez the chance to drop the Cuban in the fourth most spectators were pleased by Gamboa’s exceptional speed, great ring movement and absolute dominance over a very experienced opponent.
Two premieres for super featherweight phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa: This Saturday (May 17th) the 2004 Olympic gold medallist will give his HBO debut on "Boxing After Dark“; on his way to the fight – that will actually take place in Primm, Nevada – ‘Gambler’ Gamboa (9-0-0, 8 kos) stopped over in Las Vegas for the first time.
Oympic gold medallist Odlanier Solis and former world heavyweight champion Francois Botha were meant to meet in the ring in December 2007 but the “White Buffalo” drew in his horns on very short notice. Now everything is set and the contracts are signed for the fight to take place on May 30th in Bilbao, Spain.
When unbeaten super featherweight phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa (9-0-0, 8 kos) steps into the ring against Darling Jimenez (23-2-2, 14 kos) this Saturday (May 17th) in Primm, Nevada, it will not only be the HBO debut of the Cuban Olympic gold medallist, but also his chance to win the WBC international championship. The title had been laid down by none other than Phillipinian superstar Manny Pacquiao before “Pacman” stripped the world title from Juan Manuel Marquez on March 15th.
German Interim heavyweight champion Konstantin Airich will face his toughest opponent so far on May 30th in Istanbul in “Brixton Bomber” Danny Williams. Experienced Williams (38-6-0, 30 kos) has a tko-victory over none other but Mike Tyson in his record. Williams has also been in the ring with the two competitors who will fight for the vacant European heavyweight championship in the main event in Istanbul – both Matt Skelton and Sinan Samil Sam were able to beat the “Brixton Bomber”.
“Mini-Tyson” Selcuk Aydin beat South African Lucky Lewele in his hometown Trabzon by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC international welterweight championship. Aydin dominated the fight most of the time but former title holder Lewele kept on fighting back and always stayed dangerous. In the end the judges scored the bout 119:109, 118:109 and 118:110 in favour of “the Thunderstorm from the Black Sea”.
Only a few days after WBO #2 rated Marcos Ramirez (25-0-0, 16KOs) pulled out of his fight against hot Cuban prospect Yuriorkis Gamboa (9-0-0, 8KOs) on May 17th featured on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” joining promoters Ahmet Öner (ARENA Box-Promotion) and Gary Shaw (Gary Shaw Productions) present Gamboa’s new foe: Darling Jimenez from Puerto Rico.
Turkish hero Sinan Samil Sam (30-4-0, 16 KO) and Matt Skelton (21-2-0, 18 KO) will fight for the vacant European heavyweight championship on May 30th in Istanbul, Turkey. Sam’s promoter Ahmet Öner, head of Hamburg based ARENA Box-Promotion, had won the purse bid. “The Bull from Bosporus” wants to recapture “his” title against Skelton who surprised many experts in a close decision loss against Ruslan Chagaev in January. Sam was European Champion between 2002 and 2004 before losing the title controversially to Luan Krasniqi.
Olympic gold medallist Odlanier Solis left Cisse Salif without any chance at ARENA’s show in Munich Friday night. “La Sombra” dominated his opponent with one of the best performances of his young professional career impressing the audience including special ringside guest Roy Jones, jr.
At tonight’s big ARENA-show at Zenith-Kulturhalle in Munich three-time WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer beat Murat Mahmudov from Russia by decision after 17 months of ring absence. All three judges scored the one-sided eight-round bout 80:72 in favour of “Boom Boom” Beyer.