Yuriorkis Gamboa: record, next fight and profile →
Last week, former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa announced that he was signing with upstart BB Promotions. For the 34-year old Cuban it's a fresh start and a chance to resuscitate a flagging career that once held so much promise.
Former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (25-1, 17KOs) is hinting that a major fight is coming in the near future. As reported a few days ago, Gamboa signed a promotional agreement with a brand new company, BB Promotions out of Spain. The Olympic gold medal winner is nearly finished up with his current promotional deal with SMS Promotions, which is owned by rapper Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson.
A new promotional outfit based in Barcelona, Spain have announced that they have signed Yuriorkis Gamboa (25-1, 17 KOs) to a promotional contract for the next few years.
The junior welterweight contender isn't overly impressed with Crawford's resume, though. Lundy feels the undefeated Crawford has received more credit than he deserves for victories over Dierry Jean, Thomas Dulorme, Ray Beltran, Ricky Burns, Andrey Klimov, Alejandro Sanabria and Breidis Prescott. Crawford stopped Jean, Dulorme and Sanabria, and won wide decisions against Beltran, Burns, Klimov and Prescott.
50 Cent has reached a legal victory in his fight with former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa, who filed a lawsuit to break their promotional agreement. But a federal court has ruled in favor of the rapper and issued an order declaring that Gamboa's promotional agreement with SMS Promotions was still valid.
A source has told BoxingScene.com that a bout between WBA super featherweight titlist, Javier Fortuna and Yuriorkis Gamboa is being discussed. It would be part of a two-fight deal that would see the two square off in the early summer.
VERONA, NY -- Steve Martinez ended a 53-week hiatus with a second round knockout of Jorge Melendez in the evening's curtain raiser.
Luis Ortiz and Bryant Jennings are ripped and ready for the final HBO telecast of 2015. While a weight limit isn't in place for the heavyweight divisions, both fighters hit the scales during Friday's weigh-in ahead of their 12-round battle Saturday evening at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. Ortiz (23-0, 20KOs) tipped the scales at a healthy 239 lbs. for his third fight of 2015. The unbeaten southpaw from Miami by way of Cuba makes the first defense of his secondary version of the heavyweight title. His most recent performance came just two months ago, knocking out Argentina's Matias Vidondo in three rounds this past October at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
VERONA, NEW YORK – Fighters featured on the December 19 HBO Boxing After Dark and HBO Latino shows shared their final thoughts ahead of Saturdays fights at the final press conference today at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Former heavyweight world title contender Bryant “By – By†Jennings (19-1, 10 KOs) of Philadelphia was joined at the final press conference by his opponent Cuban heavyweight Luis “The Real King Kong†Ortiz (23-0, 20 KOs), who will clash in the main event on the HBO Boxing After Dark telecast on Saturday for the WBA Interim Heavyweight World Title.
"El Ciclon de Guantanamo" Yuriorkis Gamboa (24-1, 17KOs) is ready to get his career back in order, starting with his return on Saturday night against Hylon Williams Jr. (16-1) at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. The fight will be televised by HBO's Boxing After Dark.