Who should train raw talent Yuriorkis Gamboa?

You can't train a Glass Jaw. Just like with Khan these type of questions are stupid.

 

Buddy McGirt

 

Gamboa will turn into a gate keeper just like Zab Judah, they both have all the talent in the world but will never be anything better than a gate keeper.

 

No one can help this man ... he's been fighting this way his whole life and isn't going to change it any time soon ... I don't care how many times he gets knocked down. If he knocks his opponent out every time he gets knocked down -- then he's not going to see what he's doing wrong (me disagreeing with Lennox Lewis)

Put him in there with someone on the world class level he's going to pay for his mistakes ... I don't care if its for a world title or a regional belt.

Like Lennox said ... he was a good amateur, but the pro game is totally different -- and at the rate he's going, he's not making a good effort to become a good pro.

This guy looks good doing pad work, yet it doesn't transition to the fight.

 

Perhaps they should not try to change him, he looked very uncomfortable and out of his element in the first round.

 

I agree. You couldn't change him anyway without seriously inhibiting him, if he can be changed at all at 26. It isn't certain it would even make him better overall. He who lives by the sword falls by the sword. Nothing wrong with that if you can make great money in the meantime. He definitely is! Let him be.

 

a total style revamp is definitely not needed, but some complementary skills would be for the better.

 

very naseem-like.
He has power to save his lack of shield, i cannot imagine him restructuring his style.

 

Rubio

 

If he defended, kept a cool head, attacked only in such as way as to limit risk, etc. , he might go further, but he wouldn't be half as exciting. Better fighters and prospects than him make much less money, because they're much more boring. Why change things? I'd only change things once he got KOed. In the meantime, I'd cash in on all the hype, keeping him away from punchers and not letting him step up in competition for another 4-5 fights, praying on fghters with padded records instead (it seems even hard-core fans are delighted with his level of comp)

 

Until he is ko'd, I see way more positives than negatives. He had a guy who attacked him, and he took him out in less than 2 rounds with a body shot. He has speed and power. Until he sees a 10 count, you can talk about his chin, his style, he imitation of Naseem, but remember... it took a guy like Barrera to actually beat Naseem. Ali suffered knockdowns before he faced Liston. Everyone questioned his chin. Look at him now. No, Gamboa isn't Ali, but he has isn't glass Joe yet.

 

...only as long as he acted as match-maker too!

As Willie Limond said: Rubio might be a defensive master, but his charge ain't.

 

Yeah, my opinion of him isn't bad at all. I see great potential. He is the kind of fighter you love to teach.