Gamboa's worst fight

His biggest problem is that he literally has no defense. It's going to cost him, someday. Fortunately for him, I don't see there being any real elite fighters in his division. Lopez is overhyped... so is Caballero. They'll all make for exciting fights, but it's possible that no one around the division has the ability to exploit Gamboa's terrible defense.

 

Good comparison with Judah. Both are incredibly cocky/confident and that has prevented them from improving their deficiencies.

 

You just can't blow everyone out in d first round, Salido is not a pushover and all his loses were when he was a teenager, he even went d distance with JM Marquez, and Gamboa got him in real trouble in d last 3 rounds while hurting him in in d 2th or 4th round, I agree it is room for improvement, but tell me which fighter with 18 fights under his belts is fighting this kind of boxers, just check Gamboa's resume and tell me if you c any opponent with a losing record, this fight will only make him better, and he won easy.

 

He should not have come in at 140 at fight night ,I don't know what the hell he was eating but I bet he won't do that **** again.Fighters know what slows them down doing a fight trust me been there done that.He gained 14 lbs ,thats not Gambao at all that extra weight made him slow after the 5th round.

 

His trainer did as much as he could. Gamboa stuck with the gameplan for 3 rounds and then went back to his old style which is always going to look bad against a swarmer.

 

I too was disappointed with Gamboa. I expected him to overpower Salido and finish him off early. I expected him to be brilliant, showing his great combinations, speed, agility, stamina, and power as well as an improved discipline and defence. Although there were times he showed flashes of this brilliance, there were also times where I saw a fighter fighting dirty and lacking the mentality to be world class. Hitting Salido after the bell rang, hitting him after he was knocked down twice (after the first knock down Gamboa still hit him but didn't get a deduction and of course after the second knock down), and wrestling him showed the bad side of Gamboa. My conclusion is that Salido was such a tough opponent for him that he reacted on instinct and his instinct brings back that old habbits he had.

If he wants to improve, he has to have more composure and be smarter in the ring. He has to stop putting his hands down. He has to stop trying to showboat. He has to know when to be a boxer and when he has to be "El Ciclon". Overall, I don't think he is at the level I thought he was. He should take a close look at this video. He has to receive well his criticism in order to improve.

 

And you learn, he still is in d learning process, he fought a very dangerous fighter, and with all d criticism he won almost every round, dropping salido 3 times in d fight, althought Cortez only counted one, d only negative thing I saw last night was the hitting on d floor thing, it was uncall for it, and he was winning d fight going away, IMO Salido didn't got koed because first d headbutt which gave him time to recup, and then d foul.

 

I saw an improvement all in all, but he has more room 4 improvement, I'll ask u this, he is not a polished prof. just yet, still he is whooping some very dangerous fighters along d way, about how many fighters could you say d same, Juanma is there already, he will not learn anything else, Salido, Caballeros etc.. they r where they are and will not learn anything more, gamboa on d other hand has d potential to learn alot more and he is already, an elite fighter, how scary could that b,.

 

I agree that he is still learning and it is scary giving what he has now. I just hope that he is guided in the right direction. His people have to work with him to make sure he maintains discipline.

 

Yes and true ,but featherweights coming in at 140 is way too much ,I can see a fighter like Saliso coming in at 140 He's a veteran ,but an up coming fighter like Gamboa is too much.these fighters nowadays are making so much money ,that they are not watching their weight.If he came into the ring weighting 140 that means his walk around weight is 145 or more and it could be he wasn't in the best shape he could have been.No excuses for Gamboa but when your on this level you got to come correct.

 

I do agree that he needs an experienced pro trainer, Ronnie Shields wouldn't be a bad choice now that his buddies are training with him, or maybe Roach who handles natural talents pretty well (I wonder why they never joines forces, looks like a boxer-trainer relationship made in heaven). But Gamboa did good in a step up vs. a very experienced titleholder, and won like 10 rounds plus came close to close the show. I don't think he looked worse than vs. Barros for example, he just showed his usual bad habits, which is a cause for concern, but I don't think it's because he doesn't respect his trainer. A professional environment with the kind of teacher and sparring that could improve Gamboa's timing, overall defense, strategic thinking, shot selection etc. is something that seems necessary, I think the dedication for the sport is there.

 

I also saw in this fight as i watch it again Gamboa did a lot more holding normal than he did in any of his other fights ,too much weight for him.

 

Every boxer that has faced Gamboa, they all had said d same thing, "this is not the amateurs" still Gamboa has won almost every round, can you imagine when this "amateur prospect" finally learns the tricks of d pros.