Turn on your televisons.In a few hours, super featherwight Yuriorkis Gamboa (10-0, 8 Ko's) will be showcasing his talents on ESPN Friday Night Fights. He will square off against last minute replacement, Al Seeger (27-3, 21 Ko's).
Gamboa is a 2004 olympic gold medalist for Cuba and has recently defected from his homeland to turn pro in America. This speed demon walked threw his first 9 opponents, however in his tenth bout against a step up in class, Darling Jimenez, he showed some weakness.
Gamboa stilled dominated the fight and won every round, but his case is very interesting. He may be too fast and too good for is own good (if that makes sense).
Gamboa can throw punches like a machine, sometimes dropping combinations in excess of 15 punches. He is so well conditioned and so much faster than everyone he comes into contact with, that is seems he never really had to learn how to properly defend himself.
He just ducks and dodges every punch, and for the most part his raw ability lets him get away with it. However it did catch up with him for a moment in has last fight, when in the fourthh round he walked into a flash knock down.
It will be interesting to see how he develops in the next year, because with out a doubt, he has greater natural ability than 99% of professional fighters. Tonight should be a chance for him to score a convincing win on a last minute replacement in front of national audience.
Down the line, look for Gamboa to challenge for a world title.
More to come on Gamboa, as well as artwork...
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