Rate Gamboa as a prospect

I saw clips of him at 122. Since he's moved up, I've actually watched his title fights at the weight class. He didn't get much hype at all. I don't remember any article from a top sports site that priased his performances. It's really disgusting that Valero was on the front page of Yahoo.com under the headlines "The Next Tyson?" while Guzman got nothing. Hopefully he can secure big fights and try to establish a legacy before he starts to go down hill.

 

Ams are a bit different to pro dont you think?

 

Gamboa would destroy Valero in my opinion. Valero is far too crude to really land and I don't think highly of his pressuring skills either. He's like a broke-man's Khaosai Galaxy in my opinion. Gamboa would blast him from all angles, slip his wider punches, and come back with 3 or 4 counter punches. Valero would hang tough since he's a real warrior, but you can't take too much.

The only thing that concerns me is Gamboa's chin. If I knew he had an iron chin right now, I'd have absolutely no second thoughts about picking him over just about everybody at 126.

 

I think Gamboa is the best prospect I have seen since Cotto's early days.

I dont think his team should be risking him against the likes of Valero just yet, if it went wrong he could be totally derailed for a couple of years.

Keep him active, step him up in class with each fight and get him fighting for titles late next year.

 

Im not sold on Gamboa's power yet, he hasnt faced anyone of note this early in his career and fought at 112 in the Olympics, but his speed is awesome, and i think he will go far.

 

Wow. The guy is highly overrated with the public, but to give him a 3.5? Way too harsh.

 

Gamboa is the best prospect I have seen since PBF

Gamboa is a combination of Hameds offense and RJJs defense

 

I think he should fight for the title soon. He's obviously on that level, just how good we don't know. 400 odd amateur bouts and a Olympic gold is nothing to scoff at.

 

Really? I gotta disagree.....I think Gamboa would dispose of Valero tomorrow. Just because he's a belt holder doesn't mean that he's elite by any means. And actually in Valeros case he far from it. Gamboa ko3

 

The Greatest Cuban since Casamayor. But he better hurry up to catch The Pac train.

 

The best way to defend yourself is the way that gets you hit the least. And quick reflexes and feet don't account for punch recognition, which you would need to know where the punches were coming from so you could move. This was also a huge part of his skillset because he always moved in a way that put himself in position to counter. Also, rolling with punches is technique.

As a matter of fact, Hopkins and Toney were technically superior to Jones. And they had a hard time hitting him.

You're trying to put defense in a box and you can't. Unorthodox or whatever, Jones had great defense. In a football game, a team with great speed that makes technical mistakes but still prevents the other team from scoring more than any other because their speed makes up for it STILL has a great defense. Defense is about the results, not how he did it.