Comments Thread For: Spence-Ugas Undercard: Isaac Cruz To Face Yuriorkis Gamboa In Showtime PPV Co-Feature

[wrecksracer]

I've gotten pretty good at guessing when the main event starts for weak cards like this. I'm glad Haymon gets his fighters paid well into their senior years, but who wants to watch Gamboa limping around the ring again?

[Bronx2245]

Vargas and Gamboa off the scrap heap…sad. Pbc just throwing Latino names in huge mismatch non-competitive undercard fights to try and attract the Hispanic fanbase. The main event cant do it, so throw way past it “punchy” no-hopers Vargas and Gamboa in to get ko’d. Pbc status quo.

Isaac Cruz, Yuriorkis Gamboa agree to lightweight fight on April 16 at AT&T Stadium, sources say

Isaac Cruz and Yuriorkis Gamboa have agreed to a deal for a lightweight fight on April 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, sources told ESPN.

The bout will serve as chief support to the April 16 Showtime PPV headlined by the Errol Spence Jr.-Yordenis Ugas welterweight title unification, sources said. The 147-pound bout between Radzhab Butaev and Eimantas Stanionis also will appear on the undercard, leaving one more slot.

Cruz (22-2-1, 15 KOs) stunned the boxing world by pushing star fighter Gervonta Davis to the brink in a December decision loss. Cruz accepted the fight on a month's notice after Rolando Romero withdrew from the bout, and Cruz established himself as a player in the stacked 135-pound division with the spirited effort.

Despite being a major underdog, the 23-year-old Mexican boxer lost by just two rounds on two cards and four on the third.

Now, Cruz will receive another night in the spotlight on the undercard of the anticipated Spence-Ugas fight at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. He meets Gamboa, a former two-division champion and Olympic gold medalist. At 40, Gamboa hasn't shown much in recent bouts, but he has proved durable.

The Cuban boxer's previous two fights came against Davis and Devin Haney. Gamboa (30-4, 18 KOs) tore his Achilles tendon in the defeat to Davis but made it to Round 12 before he was stopped. Eleven months later, Gamboa was shut out on two scorecards in a unanimous decision loss to Haney.

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/33308723/isaac-cruz-yuriorkis-gamboa-agree-lightweight-fight-april-16-att-stadium-sources-say

Yeah, Al Haymon treating those Latino fighters wrong!

[Sctrojan]

They couldn't just give us Rayo vs Cruz could they,smh. Instead we get both against faded no hopers .If there was an offer for Cruz to face Ryan,which Sean hasn't denied and supposedly "counter offered", and they had him decline to face fuchin Gamboa??Par for the course over there.

[PeepeePoopooMan]

What a weakass card. Should of been expected though

[PBR Streetgang]

I really like the Stanionis/Butaev fight, the rest of the card doesn't really move the needle for me. Cruz and Valenzuela should breeze thru Gamboa and Vargas respectively. Ugas is a tricky and difficult fighter but he's not the most entertaining.

[Rodtang]

Can the 'Dwarf-Slayer' Rolly Romero have the winner?

Only if he can beat Marinez.

[F l i c k e r]

Should've given Cruz a more noteworthy opponent. Not a has been.

Could've made that Cruz vs Haney.

Seems like Kambo is going for Loma.

[Rodtang]

Coulda had Garcia and ends up with Gamboa. That Sean Gibbons is a special kinda manager. Another Haymon lackey doing as he's told. Good boy Sean.

[Rodtang]

Butaev and Stanionis are idiots agreing to fight each other, they would never get any Spence - Ugas winner, Butaev was wba "regular" mando, Stanionis was a mando for wba "super"; instead the Butaev-Stanionis winner will become the mando for the regular wba belt, both are ****ed without a lube

The winner will be the regular champ. That's what they're fighting for. And the winner will be the mandatory to Spence, Ugas.

[Nightfall]

Good fights. Keep adding on Haymon