Gamboa, You think he would have learned his lesson.

[Sin City]

Gamboa just like Roy doesn't need to keep his hands up. We all saw what happened to Roy when he kept his hands up against Tarver in their second fight. He got knocked out right through the guard.

Toney doesn't keep his hands up but he's got a crazy chin on him. Naseem never kept them up but skills there is no comparison to Gamboa, talent power yes but skills no freaking way.

good point.

[Sithis]

[Kball15]

A lot isn't the same as ALWAYS keeping your hands up.. yeah he had them up but he still kept dropping them. true or not true?

It is true but its progress. Hopefully he doesnt take a jump up in competition, like the Rocky Juarez fight that has been rumored for late in the year.

If he takes a couple more of these fights, against lower tier guys that have been in tough, he will get to where he needs to be IMO

[Shalafi]

Nice 1st round KO but after being dropped in his last fight he still doesn't keep his hands up. I like Gamboa, like his style and is exciting to watch but if he don't learn to keep his hands up he is gonna be in lots of trouble when he steps up!

A fight I want to see him in down the line would be Linares though, Linares is moving up. With their styles it would be very entertaining business! Yuriorkis better keep them hands up against Linares though boy, I'll tell you that!

I don't know what fight were you watching but he did keep his hands up for the whole minute or whatever it was for the fight. To little time to tell if he got rid of that bad habit but I did see some minor improvements on his stance and guard. I would of liked the fight to take a little bit longer to get a better picture but he looked better than on his last fight.

[Silencers]

I am not a fan of his new hands up style. It looked like it took a huge toll on his mobility. He was much more stationary in this fight.

I agree, he seemed to be thinking too much about keeping his hands up and it affected his movement, he lowered his hands a little as the fight went on and he became much more fluid.

[pesticid]

I agree, he seemed to be thinking too much about keeping his hands up and it affected his movement, he lowered his hands a little as the fight went on and he became much more fluid.

You could tell all that in a minute? Damn!

[Allucard]

Yeah they do. I mean I thought he kept his hands up a lot better than his past few fights where his hands were completely down and he relied totally on reflexes. It seems Salas his new trainer is already getting through to him, which is good because a guy like him who's had so much success fighting the hands down way could be hard to convert. This fight was only one round so maybe in his next one it could go longer and we'll see just how much he holds his hands up. If it becomes a good habit for him mixed in with his reflexes and offensive talents it's pretty much game over for everybody else except Linares at the weight.

Pretty much although i have never seen Linares fight

[Silencers]

You could tell all that in a minute? Damn!

When he lowered his hands to chest level, he was moving in and out much better than when he had his hands up at head level, it's not second nature to him yet.

[Shalafi]

I agree, he seemed to be thinking too much about keeping his hands up and it affected his movement, he lowered his hands a little as the fight went on and he became much more fluid.

I did notice that too, like the saying says "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" unfortunately on Gamboa's case that style of his can be easily broken

[Gareth Ivanovic]

You could tell all that in a minute? Damn!

I've seen him fight four times now and even though it was a minute you could see a difference. Before he was just really loosy goosy out there with his hands really low. Tonight he seemed not to move as much and was concentrating on keeping his hands up which undoubtedly his new trainer Salas is working with him on.