The True Story Behind Gamboa's Actions. (No Bull****)

[PACnPBFsuck]

Gamboa has already said its not about the money..its a bs deal but thats not his biggest concern right now. Hes said hes not comfortable with the conditions of the contract or something along those lines, which to me sounds like the issue with his trainer. All of us can only assume but if they really did force him to leave salas then id be pretty upset too

and lol @ these idiot pac *** riders bringing up floyd for no reason, and calling gamboa scared Hyacinth's post was spot on

But he agreed to the terms in February, now a month later the terms aren't what he wanted them to be, neither party is suing or being sued yet, why all the secrecy? Why can't he go to a spanish media outlet and explain his side of the story, that way nothing gets lost in translation.

My belief is that he wasn't ready for the fight, so he pulled this nonsense.

Edit: I just saw an article that says Gamboa is being sued, I understand why he's quiet, still not excusing him tho.

[Roman Moreno]

Gamboa's attorney, Sekou Gary, confirmed what ******.com was initially informed of through an e-mail which read the "April 14 Top Rank show, Rios v Gamboa is dead on HBO," and which cited an HBO internal email with a cancel notice.

"But I think that the evidence will show that the promotional contract between Gamboa and Top Rank has expired, and that there clearly was never any agreement to fight the Brandon Rios fight. The original promotional contract that Gamboa signed has expired, and then the contract that Top Rank is operating under with Gamboa is not valid."

And, this means what??

[toyboy33]

You're trying to reason with irrational, selfish, "Fuck Gamboa because I really wanted to watch that fight... Who gives a ***** if he gets paid, it's his own fault" **** riders and/or assholes, who are incapable of even attempting to look at the situation and circumstances from a different perspective, let alone Gamboa's.

If Gamboa were to end up broke and having to auction off his Gamecube (see Tommy Hearns), they'd be the same assholes saying "What an idiot... he made $1.2M against Rios, he deserves being broke..."

His current attorney is finally looking out for Gamboa. Way too many people have their hands in Gamboa's pockets, he's in a worse position than Pacquiao was whenhe was signed to Murad Muhammad.

Its easy for boxers like Gamboa to be played like mofo. Just because he's from Cuba and can't speak English is no reason to get played like a chump. I think he did great by not eating the crap they promoters were feeding him. He's probably been worse off in Cuba than he'll be here with any threats they make on him. Floyd knew what was going on and bought out his contract with Top Rank now he's calling the shots.

[Atreyu Khalil]

And, this means what??

It means exactly what it says.....

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

And, this means what??

I think that's what everyone is trying to figure out. Wth is really going on here?

[bojangles1987]

Here is the deal. There are two clear reason's for Gamboa's actions, and they are both in the end connected as well.

1. Top Rank takes at least 30% of Gamboa's purse, Ahmet Oner who is not only Gamboa's co promoter, he also happens to be with Gamboa before top rank and in fact was the guy who paid and got Gamboa out of Cuba takes about another 30%. I'll just focus on the big boys and skip over the managers like Luis DeCubas and Gonzales who are also taking a percentage of his purse.

So just there you are leaving Gamboa, the fighter, taking home only 40%.

But it dosen't end there.

2. Gamboa is used to his cuban trainer 'Ismael Salas' and became champion with him, said he would never want to fight for anyone else. Top Rank forces him to switch trainer and go with Emmanuel Stewart right before the biggest and most dangerous fight of his career, even though gamboa was completely against it. Oh and dosen't speak a word of english by the way.

Not only that, but add to that that Emmanuel Stewart for being who he is would most likely take no less than 10% of gamboa's cut.

At this point Gamboa's purse is left at 30% to fight his biggest fight without his head trainer.

Is he really to blame for not fighting Rios ? Or is the corruption in boxing we should be once again blaming.

Its a good one to think about.

He knew every single bit of information you just posted BEFORE agreeing to fight Rios. So why agree in the first place.

[Roman Moreno]

It means exactly what it says.....

So it means nothing...God job

[jtiger777]

Blah blah bla.. blah!!! Gamhoea is a chicken coward who is getting SUED! EVERYBODY knows he is a poosy and that's it.

gamboa is 126 rios has issues making 135 and is a natural 140 bad fight for gamboa he didnt look to spectacular in his last bout, get real how can u call a pro boxer a possay????

[crold1]

He knew every single bit of information you just posted BEFORE agreeing to fight Rios. So why agree in the first place.

And this is pretty standard contract stuff. It's not abuse. Promoters have a right to make money too and a wide range of expenses. Boxing purses have always been a bit of smoke a mirrors.

[tibbar]

Gamboa is the one who did not show up so are we going to blame the promoters? gamboa's not a kid anymore, saying he's not to be blamed because he's getting the short end of the transaction, he should not have agreed to be part of it in the first place. saying he's not to be blamed is practically saying he is an idiot to let that happen, and he is such a dumb person that he got aware of it only when the press con is about to be held to announce the fight.