Juanma-Gamboa Still Has Hope, Then Donaire-Gamboa
Promoter Bob Arum hasn’t given up hope of eventually matching powerful featherweights Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Lopez against each other.
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Arum Feels The WBA is "Crazy" For Gamboa Stripping
Promoter Bob Arum grew testy while discussing the WBA’s recent decision to strip Yuriorkis Gamboa of his “super world” featherweight title, criticizing the organization’s logic as a “business” decision and branding the sanctioning body system in boxing as “crazy.”
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Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Ponce De Leon Interview Transcript
ATLANTIC CITY -- Undefeated former World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight World Champion YURIORKIS GAMBOA and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Featherweight World Champion DANIEL PONCE DE LEON, along with their respective promoters, Bob Arum and Ahmet Öner for Gamboa, and for De Leon, Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions, hosted a media conference call today to discuss their 12-round featherweight rumble, which will take place Saturday, September 10, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The fight will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing®, beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
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Donaire vs Gamboa: Arum Could See it Happening
Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16KOs), currently campaigning at featherweight, fights Daniel Ponce de Leon in Atlantic City on September 10. Looking ahead, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum envisions a super fight between his Cuban power-puncher and Philippines native Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18KOs), taking place in 2012.
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Jhonny Gonzalez: I'm The King, Not Yuriorkis Gamboa
WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (49-7, 43KOs) is looking for an impressive performacen in his next title defense, on September 15th against Roinet Caballero. The card is going to happen in California. Gonzalez wants bigger fights, and bigger names, in the next couple of months.
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Bert Sugar's Take on Donaire-Marquez, Gamboa, More
Earlier this week my colleague Dennis Guillermo caught up with WBC and WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire as he attempted to get some insight into the Fil-Am fighter’s immediate plans. Fresh off of the news that he had re-signed with Top Rank Promotions after an ugly court battle over his services, Donaire offered up some surprising sound bites about who he would like to face next.
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Gamboa, Ponce De Leon Are Ready For War: Ticket Info
ATLANTIC CITY -- Undefeated former World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight World Champion YURIORKIS GAMBOA and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Featherweight World Champion DANIEL PONCE DE LEON will collide in one of the season’s hottest fight, Saturday, September 10, in the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The 12-round featherweight rumble will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.) The two gladiators boast a combined record of 61-3 (50 KOs) – which translates to a winning percentage of 95% and a victory by knockout ratio of 82%.
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Jhonny Gonzalez: I'm Still Going After Yuriorkis Gamboa
WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez has vowed to continue his pursuit of Yuriorkis Gamboa. Gonzalez returned to action on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. He knocked out challenger Tomas Villa in four rounds, and broke the challenger's jaw in the process. Gonzalez, trained by Nacho Beristain, wants a shot at Gamboa, although the Cuban's camp has publically revealed that Gonzalez's team rejected a six figure deal for a September 10 clash. Gamboa will now likely face Daniel Ponce De Leon on the date.
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Team Gamboa Rip Gonzalez, Praise Ponce De Leon Bout
Yuriorkis Gamboa is ready for a tough featherweight battle with Daniel Ponce de Leon of Mexico, which is scheduled to headine an HBO televised card on September 10 at the Boardlwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The fight will be the first co-promotion between rival promoters Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions since 2009.
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Jhonny Gonzalez: I'd Face Mikey Garcia or Gamboa Next
The WBC featherweight champion of the world, Jhonny Gonzalez (48-7, 42 KOs), returns this Saturday on the Paul Williams-Erislandy Lara card at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City against Tomas Villa. An easy win is expected for Gonzalez. Although there are reports that his camp turned down a "lucrative six figure" deal to face Yuriorkis Gamboa on September 10, also in Atlantic City, Gonzalez states that he would be willing to face Gamboa in September. Another fighter on Gonzalez's list is undefeated rising star Mikey Garcia.
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