Gamboa vs. Ramirez next ?

[5burowz]

HBO and promoter Gary Shaw are finalizing an Oct. 4 "Boxing After Dark" card, which is headed for the Pechanga resort in Temecula, Calif. Featherweight sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa (11-0, 9 KOs), a 2004 Cuban Olympic gold medalist, will be on, likely against Marcos Ramirez (25-0, 16 KOs). Also, junior middleweight brawler Alfredo Angulo (13-0, 10 KOs) will face Andrey Tsurkan (26-3, 17 KOs), according to Shaw and Tsurkan promoter Joe DeGuardia. Gamboa and Angulo both put on exciting performances in their May HBO debuts, Gamboa outpointing Darling Jimenez and Angulo stopping Richard Gutierrez in five action-packed rounds. Shaw likes the Angulo-Tsurkan fight. "I gotta keep stepping Angulo up," he said. "I want to know if I have the next Margarito." The third fight for the show under discussion is junior middleweight Joel "Love Child" Julio (who has to win on Aug. 13 on ESPN2) against Sergio Martinez, the overdue mandatory challenger for titlist Vernon Forrest. Martinez promoter Lou DiBella said the chances of it happening were 50-50.


what do you guys think of this matchup?

[Texanballer]

man thats a baddass card.

Gamboa gets a good guy to fight with an impressive record

[THe TRiNiTY]

Wasn't Kirkland expected to be on the card, as well?

[Mojita]

anybody can tellme about Ramirez ? Is he a stepup for Gamboa?

[ИATAS]

Wasn't Kirkland expected to be on the card, as well?

He fired gary shaw, that's why he's not on this card. From my understanding shaw promised kirkland at least 5 fights per year and shaw didn't live up to that end of the bargain. Kirkland wants to remain very active at fight at least 5 times a year. He's truly an oldschool cat

[THe TRiNiTY]

He fired gary shaw, that's why he's not on this card. From my understanding shaw promised kirkland at least 5 fights per year and shaw didn't live up to that end of the bargain. Kirkland wants to remain very active at fight at least 5 times a year. He's truly an oldschool cat

For that night of boxing, that sucks. But overall, that's a cool thing to hear.

[ИATAS]

For that night of boxing, that sucks. But overall, that's a cool thing to hear.

yeah the one thing I liked was they were going to keep all three these guys on the same card in future bouts as well, which is dope because so rarely these days do we see prospects given the chance to grow like that on such a high stage (hbo).

[The Gambler1981]

Ramirez has a nice record but he has not fought in like 15 months.

[Monticello]

Hopefully this card can be made. I'd love to see Gamboa go up against gold medalist Ramirez.

[boxaholic]

NIce Pechanga. I will see it live and hope to see Gamboa in action.