Did Gamboa beat himself?

[SeekDaGreat]

Round 5 he decided to turn it into a brawl with the bigger man, why?

Either way Crawford proved he's the real deal and that was a helluva fight.

But Gamboa shyed away from what was working, and good for us it was. Fireworks!

[takingaim]

Yep. He comes in so aggressive he's a ****ing idiot. He was winning 3-1 up, then it all went wrong because he made it go wrong.

[WesleySnipes]

No he beat himself the moment he decided to fight 2-3 weight classes above where he belongs to...

[ChampBox@PR]

No he beat himself the moment he decided to fight 2-3 weight classes above where he belongs to...

Agreed, if those right hands Gamboa landed was Mathysse's right hand, Crawford would had gotten KTFO!

[Killer_of_Sheep]

No, it was crawford who adjusted and was out-boxing Gamboa with his right jab and countering him.

Crawford made Gamboa to over commit and be over agressive and exploited his lack of defense, countered beautifully.

Gamboa even tried do go back to boxing in the latter rounds, but Crawford was outboxing him and breaking his groove with his hard right jab.

[Killer_of_Sheep]

Agreed, if those right hands Gamboa landed was Mathysse's right hand, Crawford would had gotten KTFO!

Yeah, but Matthysse isn't nearly as fast, accurate and technically sound as Gamboa. Give Crawford some credit.

[HarvardBlue]

No, I'm pretty sure it was Crawford that KO'd him

[4Corners]

Nah. He got over aggressive while he was hurt which was dumb.....BUT IF ANYONE PAID ANY ATTENTION....they'd see Crawford started making the correct adjustments late in the 4th while Gamboa was still looking sharp. Then the fight completely changed because of a perfectly timed counter from CRAWFORD.....CRAWFORD.

Crawford made the right adjustments, and started to time him well. Crawford won this fight.

[-PBP-]

No he beat himself the moment he decided to fight 2-3 weight classes above where he belongs to...

Yup. He's chasing the money.

[sicko]

I don't think so, he clearly has the speed advantage so Crawford used Timing and Timing is "Speeds" biggest enemy. Crawford just caught him with some nice shots, Crawford stayed Technical during those exchanges while Gamboa got a little too wild

Gamboa is just too small to be fighting at 135 IMO