Yuriorkis Gamboa: record, next fight and profile →
NEW YORK — Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been impressed thus far by what he has seen from Adrien Broner, the flamboyant fighter who is being groomed by his handlers as the sport’s next Mayweather.
LAS VEGAS, NEV. -- Boxing fans can expect many happy returns this tax season. Former world lightweight champion BRANDON “Bam Bam” RIOS and former featherweight champion YURIORKIS GAMBOA will collide in a battle of the undefeated for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight championship, Saturday, April 14, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The fight will be televised live on HBO as the main event of World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET. The telecast will open with 10-round junior welterweight collision between top-10 contenders “Mile High” MIKE ALVARADO and MAURICIO HERRERA.
Brandon Rios was on the most recent edition of BoxingScene’s official audio show The Boxing Lab to talk about his upcoming fight with Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa on April 14th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV.
The team behind Olympic gold medal winner Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16KOs) are expecting their fighter to dominate the lightweight division. Gamboa will make the jump, from featherweight to lightweight, on April 14th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas - as he challenges former champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22KOs).
For the past few weeks there had been a definite buzz in the air inside of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, California. One of Garcia’s prized pupils, former champion Brandon Rios, has been chomping at the bit for a possible showdown with Cuba’s Yuriorkis Gamboa but while the enthusiasm was high from his end, the days went by without the fight becoming signed.
A recent article by BoxingScene.com’s Chris Robinson quoted Vegas-based trainer and former two-division champion Roger Mayweather on a number of subjects. Bringing up the rear was the outspoken cornerman’s insistence – or perhaps speculation – that Yuriorkis Gamboa has added another promoter to his team.
24-year-old boxing rising star Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta (24-0-1, 12 KOs) is hungry and ready for a big year. Fresh from a 2-month long vacation in his hometown in Mandaue City, Cebu during the Christmas season, the undefeated lightweight pug is back in San Diego training hard and chomping at the bit for his big opportunity.
Luis Sandoval catches up with lightweight Brandon Rios to discuss possible fights with Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Marquez, training and more.
Spring has finally sprung for the boxing world. The much talked potential showdown between unbeaten action star Brandon Rios and the incredibly skilled Yuriorkis Gamboa is now a reality, as both sides agreed to terms for an April 14 showdown at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
BoxingScene.com recently spoke to undefeated super featherweight contender Eloy Perez who gets his first title shot on February 25th when he faces WBO champion Adrien Broner in St. Louis in an HBO televised co-feature fight. Perez has spent the last part of his training camp at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, California.