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Yuriorkis Gamboa is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on December 23, 1981 in Guantánamo, Cuba. Former WBA and IBF Featherweight Champion, who was also a WBA Lightweight Champion as well as a WBA Super Featherweight champion.
Although he signed a promotional deal with Money Team Productions, which was founded by He signed a promotional contract with Money Team Productions, founded by Floyd Mayweather Jr., though the deal eventaully fell through. the deal fell apart.
After winning his first four fights in Germany, Gamboa made his United States debut on 30 October 2007, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, against Adailton De Jesus, who was dropped to the canvas halfway through the first round. A Gamboa slip in the fourth round was ruled a knockdown by the referee. Gamboa’s relentless pressure eventually forced a stoppage in the sixth and final round.
Gamboa made his professional boxing debut on 27 April 2007, in Hamburg, Germany against Alexan Manvelyan. He prepared for his pro debut and his next seven fights with technical specialist Manny Masson. Gamboa put Manvelyan on the canvas in the third round and won via unanimous decision victory. Two months later, he defeated Araik Sachbazjan when Sachbazjan retired before the beginning of round four.
To support his family, he sold his Olympic gold-medal.
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On 17 May 2008, at Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena in Primm, Nevada, Gamboa fought Darling Jimenez. Gamboa started off well in the first three rounds of the fight, swarming Jimenez and hitting him with punches over and over but got careless and was knocked down by a right hand behind the ear from Jimenez. Gamboa got up and finished the fight strong, winning by unanimous decision and claiming the vacant WBC International super featherweight title. After the fight, Gamboa’s promoter Ahmet Öner fired Gamboa’s trainer Osmiri Fernandez, replacing him with Ismeal Salas. On 18 July 2008, stepping down to featherweight, Gamboa scored a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Al Seeger to win the vacant WBO-NABO featherweight title at Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena. A left hook to the body set up a right hand that landed across Seeger’s face, causing him to collapse backwards flat onto the canvas. The referee stepped over Seeger without bothering to count, officially stopping the bout.
