Yuriorkis Gamboa: What happened?

Time moves on its a natural progression. Father time steps in the ring along with a opponent and the next thing you know your fighting two guys in there father time and the young lion. Happens to them all.

bunch of young hungry lions roaring seeking whom they can devour . spence, gervanta usyk, joe smith jr, joshua, charlo, crawford, they all would like to add a battle worn atg to their resume.

 

Don't let Castellanos's record fool you he is more a journeyman, but yeah Gamboa's career has went down in the toilet.

 

Cuban Roids
Cuban Glass
Cuban Heart

 

Castellanos has been springing upsets for years. I guess some "fans" still haven't caught on how turning pro in Mexico as a complete novice with zero coddling and harder match making work.

 

He had no business fighting crawford. He never had the best chin or defense but he got old quick as well

 

This. His inactivity under 50 really ruined him. He didn't have the same reflexes and handspeed.

 

When he started I was really impressed.. I honestly don't know wtf happened to him..

 

He's too short for 135. He should have stayed a featherweight. Probably training all wrong, cause he's put on all that muscle too. And on top of it all he was old and inactive.

 

Didn't Gamboa at one time was represented by 50 cent?

 

Long layoffs due to others ducking him & too much weight jumping

 

Several fighters were. Andre Direll as well, I believe.

 

He might be older than they say he is.

 

He is the sort of fighter who's exceptional in one weight class and just not the same fighter as he moves up - i.e Wilfredo Gomez.
He was extremely athletically gifted in his prime, and his athleticism made him near untouchable at 126lbs. The thing is...he used his athletic ability a lot in his game - that's the first thing to go in boxing as you age.
Additionally, Gamboa's muscle was just too big for his frame, too so he just couldn't boil back down to 126.
Also, ring inactivity accumulating over the years (fighting once a year until 2017). To me, I knew he was done when I was watching the Michael Farenas fight.

If a prime Gamboa was naturally Terence Crawford sized, Crawford would've been knocked spark out - the evidence from their fight is as clear as night and day. That just emphasises how good a prime Gamboa was, P4P.

 

I wonder if Rigo would get knocked out if he jumped up in weight the way Gamboa "recklessy" did.

People forget that Gamboa himself was a P4P phenom several years ago (Like some compliment Rigo) and if you need actual proof of his class... well, that clear win over Salido sure looks good when you consider Siri's run the past several years.