Why not Gamboa- Broner at 140?

[Larry the boss]

Big money fight, action packed and will be fan friendly....

[!! Shawn]

Big money fight, action packed and will be fan friendly....

Because Gamboa was small at 126?

[bojangles1987]

Gamboa hasn't looked to good at 135. I'd like him to at least starting fight more and look good against a top lightweight first.

And Broner would probably decide to have some weird aversion to fighting a 50 Cent fighter because of his Mayweather worship.

[way2strong]

sounds good to me both are huge small guys with bad PED acne

[soul_survivor]

This is actually a great fight but I'd rather Gamboa did something at 130 or 135, the guy barely fights these days. There was a time when he was a top, top level fighter but he buried himself by joining 50

[The Big Dunn]

Big money fight, action packed and will be fan friendly....

Not a bad idea, unless there is the HBO/SHo thing. Both fighters kind of at a crossroads. Both need the win. Good style matchup.

Plus, it means floyd can fight maidana and not khan.

[HanzGruber]

Don't think haymon will do business with 50

[Sirius Dogon]

Big money fight, action packed and will be fan friendly....

Gamboa is to small for Junior Welterweight.

[!! Shawn]

sounds good to me both are huge small guys with bad PED acne

Gamboa is not a huge small guy. He is bloated, but when we are talking about size, it always boils down to reach. Lets have a look at the reach of competitive fighters at 140lb.

Gamboa... 65"

Broner... 70"
Marquez... 69"
Bradley... 69"
Maidana... 69"
Garcia 68.5"
Mattyse 69"
Morales 72"

Now lets compare Gamboa with fighters of a size similar to him.

Darchinyan... 64 1/2"
Mares... 66"
Salido... 67"
Arce... 66"
Vazquez Jr... 66"

Historically, the biggest factor in how far up in weight a fighter can successfully move has been his reach. Fighters start to look bad and falter when they start to face fighters who have a larger and larger reach advantage on them.

Gamboa is tiny. He shouldn't even be at 135, much less 140.

[RealIzm]

Gamboa is not a huge small guy. He is bloated, but when we are talking about size, it always boils down to reach. Lets have a look at the reach of competitive fighters at 140lb.

Gamboa... 65"

Broner... 70"
Marquez... 69"
Bradley... 69"
Maidana... 69"
Garcia 68.5"
Mattyse 69"
Morales 72"

Now lets compare Gamboa with fighters of a size similar to him.

Darchinyan... 64 1/2"
Mares... 66"
Salido... 67"
Arce... 66"
Vazquez Jr... 66"

Historically, the biggest factor in how far up in weight a fighter can successfully move has been his reach. Fighters start to look bad and falter when they start to face fighters who have a larger and larger reach advantage on them.

Gamboa is tiny. He shouldn't even be at 135, much less 140.

This. Gamboa is just way too small to make a realistic appraisal of this matchup....As for a fantasy matchup Gamboa has forgotten more than Broner will ever learn in the sport. Couldn't see Gamboa losing to such a mental midget.