Terence Crawford-Yuriorkis Gamboa in Omaha

LAS VEGAS — A deal has been reached, in principle, to match RING No. 3-rated lightweight Terence Crawford in a defense of his WBO belt opposite Yuriorkis Gamboa on either June 28 or July 12 in Crawford's hometown of Omaha, Neb., Top Rank CEO Bob Arum confirmed on Friday. The 26-year-old Crawford (23-0, 16 knockouts), was last in the ring for a dominant, title-winning decision over Ricky Burns in Glasgow, Scotland in March. A former Olympic gold medalist for Cuba, Gamboa (23-0, 16 KOs) was last in action for a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Darlys Perez in June. The title fight will be the first in Omaha since heavyweight champion Joe Frazier beat Ron Stander in 1972, according to the Associated Press. http://ring tv.craveonline.com/news/336685-terence-crawford-yuriorkis-gamboa-in-omaha WOW! IMO this is better than vsMikey

Comments (19)

PainLucy

T-Craw will enter p4p after this fight!

12y ago

CubanGuyNYC

Dude Crawford is gonna beat the crap out of Gamboa. Taking bets, yessir!! I wonder of Gamboa is gonna pull out, or even show for his press conferences. We can make a wager when the time comes, Bush. Not feeling crazy confident in my boy, but I'm thinking (maybe hoping, really) that Yuri will bring a hint of his former self.

12y ago

CubanGuyNYC

Inactivity is the word of the day. Yuri has all but ruined his career. If he weren't so inactive, I'd have no doubts about him. As it is, it's anyone's guess how this goes. Still, I have to believe Gamboa will see this fight as an opportunity to get make a statement. I think it'll motivate Yuri...and a motivated Gamboa is a dangerous Gamboa.

12y ago

sicko

50/50 Fight...I honestly don't know who will win this one yet, I like both fighters though

12y ago

HanzGruber

Kinda surprised bob still does business with yuri. But I'm favoring yuri for right now

12y ago

Ringlife

I gotta go with Crawford in this one I just think it's Crawford's time to shine.

12y ago

Sugar_Adam_Ali

This is a really good fight... Gamboa has the speed and power to overwhelm anyone, but he also has bad habits that may cost him vs top level elite guys.. I predicted a year ago that crawford would be a p4p guy in the future, so he needs to win this fight to prove me right.. So i am rooting for crawford.

12y ago

gmc_rfc_06

Inactivity is the only thing that can stop Gamboa taking this. Crawford is solid, nothing more. He's stationary and a little robotic, those things were fine against Burns who is extremely upright and stiff. Gamboa is fast, explosive and powerful. How much the inactivity has diminished Gamboa is my only question. Still, I'm rolling with Yuri as always.

12y ago

King_

Fantastic fight. I think Crawford takes it.

12y ago

soul_survivor

Damn clicked it wrong, was meant to vote Gamboa. the Cuban has this, can't see how Crawford will beat him unless the time out of the ring has seriously damaged Gamboa, we'll find out in the first round anyway.

12y ago

Outwest_Exp_355

Crawford is gonna destroy Shortboa with ease.

12y ago

Basco

Excellent fight and a hard one to pick a winner. I Really like this fight!

12y ago

RomeByKo

I like it..I have to go with Crawford in this one..I think it should be a good fight,just to many unknowns to ride with Gamboa..

12y ago

Bushbaby

Dude Crawford is gonna beat the crap out of Gamboa. Taking bets, yessir!! I wonder of Gamboa is gonna pull out, or even show for his press conferences.

12y ago

Rip_Chudd

Heck yeah!! About time Gamboa steps back in there, 50 cent is like the new Don King, just has his fighters sitting on the shelf.

12y ago

4Corners

Great fight. Crawford is legit, we'll see how much Gamboa has regressed or we'll see Gamboa is still for real. He's left a lot to be desired his last couple fights. I like both guys, but I'm riding with Crawford on this.

12y ago

PainLucy

Great fight. I'm slightly in favour if Crawford. very intriguing fight, but I think crawford edge this

12y ago

John_Locke

Great fight. I'm slightly in favour if Crawford.

12y ago

PainLucy

okay poll's up!

12y ago