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Yuriorkis Gamboa Seeks Equal Billing to Juan Manuel Lopez

Before he ever enters the ring against WBO featherweight (126 pounds) champion Juan Manuel Lopez of Puerto Rico, in a highly-anticipated mega-bout, Cuban-born WBA titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa wants to up the ante. That's because Gamboa (pictured, standing at right) knows that by attaining similar drawing power as the man they...

Peterson-Holt Could be Foreman-Cotto Undercard

Top Rank Promoter, Bob Arum, said that he is "very close to closing the deal" for a June 12 bout between WBA junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion, Yuri Foreman, of New York, and Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto, to be contested at Madison Square Garden."As soon as I talk to Madison [on Thursday,] it will be a definite, and...

Lopez, Gamboa, Vazquez Highlight Saturday Night Fights

On Saturday night, three fights of interest will transpire in the superbantamweight and featherweight divisions.Puerto Rico's WBO superbantamweight (122-pounds) champion, Juan Manuel Lopez (pictured left) and WBA featherweight (126) king Yuriorkis Gamboa (middle) will be involved in two of them at the WaMu Theatre in New...

Yuriorkis Gamboa Beats Darling Jimenez

Yuriorkis Gamboa, the boxer who won a 2004 Olympic gold medal for Cuba and is now a professional fighting out of Miami, headlined a major card for the first time tonight and put on a good show.Gamboa defeated Darling Jimenez by unanimous decision to run his record to 10-0, and he did so in exciting fashion, displaying...

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04/13/12 Keith Idec's Index: Mensah-Katsidis ready to fight Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ FEATURED FIGHT: Michael Katsidis vs. Albert Mensah.
04/11/12 Idec: salvaging the Gamboa debacle Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ Saturday night was supposed to mark the start of a tremendous 10-week stretch for boxing.