Roach says Gamboa will kill Donaire.

[mathed]

Sorry but i dont see what people see in Gamboa. Imo hes has been made to look ordinary against ordinary fighters. Skills wins fights and i think donaire is better technically on every level. the only thing that debateable is power, everything else goes to donaire. Like a poster above said earlier, Gamboa is too agreesive and his defense is average at best. i think he gets counterpunched all night.

All that HAS to be the reason why he is still undefeated then. Gamboa is much, much better than you are giving him credit for. I think Donaire is very gifted but Gamboa is not some slow punching bum, he is quick as lightning and his power is going to be something that Donaire has never felt before.

I would favor Donaire based on overall skill but Gamboa on power...it only takes one punch to end it all. It would be a very tough, hard-fought match between the two guys.

[Alx.]

i got donaire in this one and im pretty sure they will meet

[frosty-g]

gomboa didn't jump in N his last 2 fights......he fought them with great awareness, defense, & ring generalship. both darchinyan and montiel are slow brawlers.......... EXTREMELY slow compared to gomboa. also montiel was very very undersized. if you go back and look at my history I predicted that montiel will be a EASY ko for donaire based on the styles...........donaire would know right away that gomaboa is no montiel.........roach is right with this one. if donaire doesn't have the speed advantage he falls apart. gomboa would pick him apart with quick combinations........

yeah, dunno why people always get caught up on the idea that gamboa is just pure gung ho diving in with wild but blistering combinations and not much more.

i mean look at his last fight against ponce de leon, totally controlled the fight against a dangerous fighter. how?- skill, ring intelligence and, um, patience... ok juanma blasted the same guy out in one but i doubt he could have come close to controlling him in such a neat way. gamboa has very underrated boxing skills and intelligence.
with other fights he has had much less regard for what his opponents can do to him and has displayed what his nickname suggests- a ciclone, but the real impressive thing for me is that he doesn't have to rely on that and has much depth to his game.

[frosty-g]

a more unorthodox style like Gamboa

there is a lot that gamboa does that's unorthodox BUT he has excellent fundamentals too when he chooses to draw upon them, which he does do from time to time.
there's different versions of gamboa that he chooses to apply according to the situation which is something that highly impresses me about him.

that's one of the greatest things about the cuban school of boxing- that special characteristics are honed and made the most of but there is ALWAYS a brilliantly solid technical/tactical skill base that has been developed first.

[gayfish]

ofcourse gamboa destroys donaire.

[-Makunouchi-]

yeah, dunno why people always get caught up on the idea that gamboa is just pure gung ho diving in with wild but blistering combinations and not much more.

i mean look at his last fight against ponce de leon, totally controlled the fight against a dangerous fighter. how?- skill, ring intelligence and, um, patience... ok juanma blasted the same guy out in one but i doubt he could have come close to controlling him in such a neat way. gamboa has very underrated boxing skills and intelligence.
with other fights he has had much less regard for what his opponents can do to him and has displayed what his nickname suggests- a ciclone, but the real impressive thing for me is that he doesn't have to rely on that and has much depth to his game.

Agreed with most of your statement. Gamboa is not a straight-forward aggressor. He's an olympic gold medalist so definitely he knows how to box. Donaire will have trouble with him. His speed and intensity is to behold with also.

[steeluv]

Donaire's never been knocked down or seriously hurt. Maybe we oughta see that happen first at 126 or above before Roach goes hating on Nonito. Roach must be jealous Nonito is the only Filipino he's never trained and is not a complete failure like every pinoy other than Pacquiao he's trained

Gamboa kicks his ass simples not hate just obvious, he may even knock down gamboa early but I see gamboa winning as he is just all round better

[tangalog2200]

All that HAS to be the reason why he is still undefeated then. Gamboa is much, much better than you are giving him credit for. I think Donaire is very gifted but Gamboa is not some slow punching bum, he is quick as lightning and his power is going to be something that Donaire has never felt before.

I would favor Donaire based on overall skill but Gamboa on power...it only takes one punch to end it all. It would be a very tough, hard-fought match between the two guys.

agree....

this will be a very exciting match-up...

[chav]

As much as I like Donaire, I would be taking Gamboa to do him if they fought now or in the immediate future.

[garfios]

Gamboa is over aggressive. Over aggression vs Nonito = KTFO.


Gamboa would get starched. He'd come bum rushing in. Nonito would half step back and knock the pigmentation off his body with that ridiculously powerful left hook.

That is exactly how a fight between them would go.

Have you seen his last three fights?