GAMBOA did Great Last Night.

dude take off the rose tinted glasses. Gamboas my favorite fighter but he looked bad last night, no ring IQ in there, no idea how to apply the right kind of pressure and he looked slower and more tentative than he ever has. Could be ring rust for sure and I hope that's all it was. I'm not about to say he's past his prime until I see a couple more fights after his return but that's what it looked like last night. Again, ring rust could have been the main reason for his performance last night and i hope that's all it was.

 

Broner destroys Yori.
Gamboa needs to relinquish his interim belt and drop back down to a weight that suits him.

 

pary of me is thinking that he is getting some rounds. but he was always there to be hit by farenas with straight shots. and when he tried to swarm him like he usually does with other opponents, he was turned back by some counters.

 

Down Syndrome acting up again.

 

It was a bad performance by gamboa. He was playing around way too much in which he was thinking (i'm just going to mess around because this is too easy) and yet gamboa got caught with a counter shot that had gamboa hurt when he went down.

 

He did good but not great. I do agree he was a little affected by the inactivity. He looked in great physical condition. He was quick. He missed chances to finished the guy off. Also was careless and got hit more than he had to. I do believe in Yuri. But last night was good. Not great.

One more thing. The Philippine was better than I expected and came well trained

 

He did showed good defense. But he got careless at times. It has happened to him before. Cockyness could be dangerous in this game. Can't do that against guys like Broner. First I thought he didn't want to finish too quick to get rid off the rust and show off. But then he ended up having to work harder than expected.

 

Much credit to you for standing up for Gamboa. I agree with everything you said ( except for the cursing! ) Let's keep it clean!

Everything said is right on the money but here's my final observation. I do believe that Gamboa wanted to last as many rounds as possible to get rid of the rust as he even said it after the fight. Yes I know that many fighters use that excuse when they can't stop their opponents but Gamboa's case is very different.

15 months without an actual fight is a long time. Training and sparring is not the same as an actual fight and it showed that Gamboa was taking his time in there hitting and playing defence. I believe that if he really wanted he could've stopped Farenas early but decided to hit and stop, practice his defence and get rid of the ring rust!

He should get into the ring as soon as possible now that he just went 12 full rounds and dominated a very tough and ranked contender. It's just too hard to tell by just one fight, let's just wait for his upcoming bouts to see exactly where he is at!

:good

 

I dont think he wanted to last 12 rds but i think its good it lasted 12 rds.
Have gamboa knocked out Farenas in 2 rds his camp would be mislead in the areas he has to improve after the layoff. His stamina was still there after a lot of work, and that's good. He didnt crumble after the monster left hook in the 9 rd, and thats good too.He kept moving and boxing the whole fight. Gamboa is back, let the haters hate.