Gamboa vs salido postponed

Although HBO and Top Rank finally came to terms on the money for a July 24 "Boxing After Dark" doubleheader from Las Vegas, to include Yuriorkis Gamboa against Orlando Salido in a featherweight unification fight and a lightweight eliminator between Anthony Peterson and Brandon Rios, the card was postponed Thursday. HBO won't have boxing that night. Top Rank's Carl Moretti told ESPN.com the reason for the postponement was because Salido suffered a cut during his May title win against Cristobal Cruz that hadn't completely healed yet. Top Rank and HBO are talking about moving the card to the fall. "Having come off a very physical battle, the last thing Salido or Top Rank wanted for the fans and HBO is a cut opening up immediately and having an impact on the potential result," Moretti said. "By pushing the fight back, it ensures the quality of the unification match." from dan rafaels notebook

Comments (12)

Cubanborn87

seriously, salido aint no push over.. i see him giving gamboa lots of problems maybe even beating him.......... i saw salido's fight against guerrero where he looked sensational against a very good guerrero. so i def feel you, people say hes a bum and all that but i totally disagree he is a quality opponent matter of fact someone told me that his only clear loss was to marquez since 2002 so its clear hes doing something right, i think most of his losses come form when he was younger than 20 so i think the 10 losses are very overated

15y ago

ruthless_00

I'm disappointed with this news. Was planning to go to Vegas either that weekend or the next to catch this fight or the Marquez-Diaz rematch. Guess I'm going to Marquez-Diaz now lol.

15y ago

TAKEOVER7209

yep, that's what he was doing before he was always fighting whether it be ESPN HBO or Showtime he had a fight every other month at least. I've never been a fan of this fight 2 times a year bullshit it's a waste and it's a disservice because people forget/lose interest/etc. yep im already starting to lose interest in yuriorkis

15y ago

TAKEOVER7209

this will only hurt the kids career

15y ago

Cubanborn87

yuri needs to be fightin. I don't care if it's some bum on Friday Night Fights, he should do what he does best and fight. exactly they need to at least give him a bum this summer

15y ago

Cubanborn87

sucks for gamboa juanma is gettin two big fights while yuri is on the sidelines tell me about it, what did i say last week about top rank promoting yuri this is ridiculous , why does yuri need to sacrifize his hbo date cuz salido isnt ready :omfg:

15y ago

TAKEOVER7209

what in the world if salido is not ready thats his problem, why make yuri wait another 3 months when he already has been off for 3 months sucks for gamboa juanma is gettin two big fights while yuri is on the sidelines

15y ago

Cubanborn87

me too i was also looking forward to peterson vs rios!! what in the world if salido is not ready thats his problem, why make yuri wait another 3 months when he already has been off for 3 months

15y ago

TAKEOVER7209

actually I do Salido is one tough SOB and if Gamboa cannot spark him early then it becomes interesting I think too many people are getting a bit myopic about 126 only talking about Gamboa JuanMa and Caballero fighting each other when there are other fights to make at or around the division that could be salivating this was a good one IMO me too i was also looking forward to peterson vs rios!!

15y ago

Eaner0919

15y ago

Doctor_Tenma4618

I don't even care about this fight.

15y ago

warp1432

Heaven forbid they fight Caballero instead

15y ago