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By Jake Donovan - From the moment Top Rank signed on two years ago as his co-promoter, Yuriorkis Gamboa was their ideal candidate for the other side of a hoped-for featherweight superfight with Juan Manuel Lopez.
From the moment he topped Jose Rojas for whatever alphabet hardware was made available at the time, Yuriorkis Gamboa sought to take on any featherweight with the belt in hopes of cleaning out the division before moving up and conquering his next weight class.
Fast forward two years later. Lopez suffered a shocking knockout loss earlier this year at the hands of Orlando Salido, thus derailing any plans (rumored or otherwise) for an eventual superfight with the exceptionally talented Cuban export. The sanctioning bodies declared that Gamboa didn’t do his part to follow their rules, thus deciding to remove their belts from around his waist.
As it turned out, Gamboa doesn’t need either to define his greatness. All he needs to do is keep winning, and continue to prove his worth against the best that the sport has to offer – or at least the best among whomever is willing to get in ring with him. [Click Here To Read More]
From the moment he topped Jose Rojas for whatever alphabet hardware was made available at the time, Yuriorkis Gamboa sought to take on any featherweight with the belt in hopes of cleaning out the division before moving up and conquering his next weight class.
Fast forward two years later. Lopez suffered a shocking knockout loss earlier this year at the hands of Orlando Salido, thus derailing any plans (rumored or otherwise) for an eventual superfight with the exceptionally talented Cuban export. The sanctioning bodies declared that Gamboa didn’t do his part to follow their rules, thus deciding to remove their belts from around his waist.
As it turned out, Gamboa doesn’t need either to define his greatness. All he needs to do is keep winning, and continue to prove his worth against the best that the sport has to offer – or at least the best among whomever is willing to get in ring with him. [Click Here To Read More]
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