What the f**k happened to Gamboa?

Mayweather had him blackballed from the boxing industry when he broke up with 50pence You do realize that he was doomed as soon as Abril showed up to the press conference, that's way before he had 50 and Floyd problems. 50 cent did compound the BS when he started calling DLH a cross dresser.

I don't understand why people are still considering him relevant in the upper-level of the sport. I see people saying he'll give Loma a run for his money, etc. Gamboa has a long road before he can prove he's at that level again, IMO. He was a major talent at one point but a lot has happened (or rather, HASN'T happened) between then and now.

He was found working out at Mayweather's gym when he didn't show up in the Rios presscon. Which indicated that he had all the intentions of joining TMT. Unfortunately, Floyd didn't give a crap about him. 50 cent took care of him, fed him, gave him shelter, settled his lawsuit against Arum with the understanding that his partner (Floyd) at the time would get on board.

There are a lot of weird decisions when it comes to Gamboa. Opened his own promotional company without having any clue. Wanted his manager let him go to 50 Cent. Three months later 50 Cent's manager wanted to give him back to his old manager for half the price. He didn't train for long timeframes, that's why he fought at 135. Someone told me he barely trained two weeks for a 12 round fight. Signing with 50 Cent as a promoter was a desaster. 50 had potential, but you have to work for a promotion to make it work.

he was born a cuban.

Seriously!! Used to be one of my favorite but started to get a bit boring than signed with 50 cent.... Than signs to fight a guy wayyyyy too big for him. Should have took the Rios fight instead. He made some very poor decision and now look at him... Gamboa used to be so fun to watch

he left Top Rank and joined a minor league promotional company is what happened.

The biggest waste of talent I can remember. Bad promotional decisions, inactivity, fighting in the wrong weight class, not working with an actual trainer...it has been one screw up after another. His talent level was extraordinary and its extremely disappointing that it was never fully displayed. Despite all of those problems he was boxing Crawford's ears off for the first 4 rounds and then did what he has done so often; got bored and turned it into a fire fight, which was ridiculous against a man who is naturally 3 weight classes bigger than him. True. He had solid resume in the lower weight classes. He could have been the first boxer to beat Juan Manuel Lopez instead of salido.

The biggest waste of talent I can remember. Bad promotional decisions, inactivity, fighting in the wrong weight class, not working with an actual trainer...it has been one screw up after another. His talent level was extraordinary and its extremely disappointing that it was never fully displayed. Despite all of those problems he was boxing Crawford's ears off for the first 4 rounds and then did what he has done so often; got bored and turned it into a fire fight, which was ridiculous against a man who is naturally 3 weight classes bigger than him.

No way man. Gamboa was a featherweight, Rios a light welterweight. This fight never made any sense to me. It was just Top Rank trying to feed a fighter to another one. They wanted to make this fight to boost Rios' career. He was seen as the more marketable fighter for various reasons: entertaining face-first brawler, mexican / mexican-american fanbase, fighting in higher and more appealing weight-classes, potential Pacquiao opponent, etc. Gamboa did fcuk up, not because he backed out of the fight despite having signed the contract, but because he signed the contract in the first place. I had almost forgotten that Pacquiao fought Rios. I see your point but I'd have given Gamboa a real shot. He had a huge handspeed advantage and a very mobile style. His is/was reckless but his boxing IQ was still light years ahead of Rios. Gamboa was a strong featherweight and was juicing back then too. If he hit hard enough to wobble a big lightweight like Crawford then I think he hit hard enough to get respect from Rios. Yeah it's possible he gets walked down, but it's also possible that the fight looks more like Pacquiao-Diaz. Not as dramatic a beatdown obviously, because Gamboa didn't have Pac's skill level and was smaller, but I could definitely see parts of the fight looking like that. With Rios lumbering around the ring trying to pin Gamboa down. We'll never know now but either way that decision was the turning point in his career.

Mayweather had him blackballed from the boxing industry when he broke up with 50pence

Moved to an inexperienced promoter. That should have been a negotiating strategy to squeeze Bob, not an actual career strategy. He probably would have lit up Rios in a great fight and put himself in line for something bigger. Even if he had stuck it out with Bob for another year he could have jumped on the Haymon gravy train once that got going. He played himself big time. No way man. Gamboa was a featherweight, Rios a light welterweight. This fight never made any sense to me. It was just Top Rank trying to feed a fighter to another one. They wanted to make this fight to boost Rios' career. He was seen as the more marketable fighter for various reasons: entertaining face-first brawler, mexican / mexican-american fanbase, fighting in higher and more appealing weight-classes, potential Pacquiao opponent, etc. Gamboa did fcuk up, not because he backed out of the fight despite having signed the contract, but because he signed the contract in the first place.

Moved to an inexperienced promoter. That should have been a negotiating strategy to squeeze Bob, not an actual career strategy. He probably would have lit up Rios in a great fight and put himself in line for something bigger. Even if he had stuck it out with Bob for another year he could have jumped on the Haymon gravy train once that got going. He played himself big time.

not joan guzman??? Guzman was another talented fighter who wasted his potential. Gamboa was more exciting to watch though, he had more potential to be a bigger star. Guzman was very talented, but he wasn't wrecking guys like Gamboa was. He was one of the fastest fighters I've ever seen.

Promotional problems, 50 Cent went bankrupt or something like that and then Gamboa was suing him but then they reconciled and Gamboa fired his manager but then Gamboa and 50 seperated again, no idea what's exactly going on with Gamboa as of right now. He was trying to fight Pedraza or the winner of Salido vs Vargas but that was a draw, Salido will probably fight Lomachenko and Pedraza is fighting Davis, so I don't really know who he can/will fight. Sad when fighters with that type of talent get their careers ruined by bad management and bad decisions outside of the ring.

Gamboa is probably the biggest waste of talent from this generation. I really miss seeing him fight, he was great to watch a few years ago. Now he's fighting once a every year against French pastry chefs. not joan guzman???

Waste of talent who ran out on his contractual obligations against Rios, left TR a professional promotion outfit for one of those hip hop idiots and ended up destroying a promising career.

He was managed poorly and is a retard. He was such a fun fighter to watch

Now he's fighting once a every year against French pastry chefs. I lol'd hahaha

That Crawford fight was like 2 and half years ago. And he's had two stay busy fights since against opponents completely off the grid. And now another. Dude has fallen off the face of the earth.