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Just saw on Gamboa that the Cuban superstar-in-waiting has secured another impressive victory, winning the NABF Super-Feather title in 96 seconds against a half-decent opponent. Think that makes it nine wins, eight by stoppage.
He sounds amazing but I haven't seen any footage of him yet. Has anyone who's seen him got an opinion on how far he'll go?
Interesting that he's just one weight division below Amir

There are lots of videos of him on YouTube. No reason to not have had a look - and yes, he is very much the real deal.

Deserter wrote:Just saw on Gamboa that the Cuban superstar-in-waiting has secured another impressive victory, winning the NABF Super-Feather title in 96 seconds against a half-decent opponent. Think that makes it nine wins, eight by stoppage.
He sounds amazing but I haven't seen any footage of him yet. Has anyone who's seen him got an opinion on how far he'll go?
Interesting that he's just one weight division below Amir

Old Bones Ian brought his pro exploits to my attention a month or two back - Gamboa is like grease lightning and is cocky as hell.

A world class fighter already, depite only a handful of pro fights.

Check out this thread Deserter:

http://www.boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ght=gamboa

and as has been said, there is plenty of him on youtube.

Prodigious talent.

Thanks guys, that should help keep sleep at bay while I wait for Vlad to unify the titles

His US TV debut from Firday night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnVK3-CPjTM

Gamboa absolutely starched a boy last night in the first round. I watched it on ESPN Friday Night Fights. Couldn't really tell much apart from that his timing is good and his power is for real.

This guy is the Shit!
Been watchin him since he first turned over!
A real talent, will own plaenty of world honors i reckon!
Would handle most the best out there now and hes only had 9 fights!
Quick, Slippery, Solid, Hard Hitter and all the other attribute neccessary

He gets my Vote

Turns out Gamboa ia already rated Number 5 in the WBA World Rankings

No chin troubles so he should do brilliant with his aggressive style.

Terry D wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:No chin troubles so he should do brilliant with his aggressive style.

He has had a count already in his career but he is a sensational talent. A bit of a cocky bugger though.

bullshit call by the ref imo , it wasn't a knockdown and was to do with Gamboa being pushed over while off-balance .

BigEars wrote:

Terry D wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:No chin troubles so he should do brilliant with his aggressive style.

He has had a count already in his career but he is a sensational talent. A bit of a cocky bugger though.

bullshit call by the ref imo , it wasn't a knockdown and was to do with Gamboa being pushed over while off-balance .

agree with that.

it was never a knockdown.

gamboa is pure class.

and yes very cocky.

Terry D wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:No chin troubles so he should do brilliant with his aggressive style.

He has had a count already in his career but he is a sensational talent. A bit of a cocky bugger though.

As said above, that was nothing to do with his chin.

Some users on ESB would like Khan to fight Gamboa so Khan would be exposed, what do you guys reckon?

Would you use the size issue.

Is he going to be a Feather or Superfeather? He was 128.5 for this one and has fougth at Feather before.

nickd wrote:Is he going to be a Feather or Superfeather? He was 128.5 for this one and has fougth at Feather before.

He's now got the NABF 130 title and is number 5 for the WBA belt, so guess 130 is his home now.

In today's environment, when boxers are pushed at a sloths pace, that's pretty impressive!

He's fighting again in mid April.

Just watched it on channel 5. Sweet Jesus, that's the biggest 130 pound (128.5 to be precise) fighter I've ever seen. And only 9 pro fights.

This lad might just be the Floyd replacement we've been looking for in years to come.

agree with everyone , looks like dynamite. shame his rise didnt coincide with floyd's.

Anyone seen Gamboa?

Yes, he was in my local on friday, didnt get his round in, so if anyone else sees Gamboa.....

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:This lad might just be the Floyd replacement we've been looking for in years to come.

God forbid, I sort of like Gamboa.

Don't know about being the new Mayweather, he looks and fights like Cotto to me.
He looks a big talent, Jose Rojas is his next opponent , he just went the distance with Chris John for the Featherweight title, so should be able to put up some resistence.

Old bones Ian wrote:Don't know about being the new Mayweather, he looks and fights like Cotto to me.
He looks a big talent, Jose Rojas is his next opponent , he just went the distance with Chris John for the Featherweight title, so should be able to put up some resistence.

That's how Floyd used to fight at 130, but not as bluntly. He's more of a Floyd/Pac-man (pre Roach) hybrid.

Brings back memories of the good old days. When Wizzers were a penny and you could play outside until it got dark.

Deserter wrote:Just saw on Gamboa that the Cuban superstar-in-waiting has secured another impressive victory, winning the NABF Super-Feather title in 96 seconds against a half-decent opponent. Think that makes it nine wins, eight by stoppage.
He sounds amazing but I haven't seen any footage of him yet. Has anyone who's seen him got an opinion on how far he'll go?
Interesting that he's just one weight division below Amir

Gamboa is the best prospect in world boxing today by MILES.

I would put him in with Alex Arthur today. Gamboa would crush him.