Quick Jabs: Yuriorkis Gamboa Pulls Out Of Meeting About Pulling Out; Danny Green Vs. ...
New Zealand heavyweights: It is becoming crystal clear that you should avoid Americans with seemingly fatal blemishes on their record that they are trying to erase. Because in the past month, two of them have erased YOU. Last weekend, it was Kevin Johnson zeroing out Alex Leapai. More graphically, Travis Walker erased Kali Meehan so hard in the video above that his name is now ...
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April 05, 2012
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April 05, 2012
More on Rios vs. Gamboa: presser videos & interviews
Yesterday, we talked about the drama surrounding the Brandon Rios vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa fight, and the scheduled press conference in Los Angeles. Surprise, surprise, Gamboa was a no show, but Top Rank put on the front that they were still going on with the fight anyway.
The other piece of news was that they announced they would provide a $100,000 winner's bonus for the fight....
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March 07, 2012
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March 07, 2012
Yuriorkis Gamboa Loses His Damn Mind, Hissy-Fits The Brandon Rios Fight Into Limbo
Before Yuriorkis Gamboa lost his damn mind, the Internet lost its damn mind. Gamboa didn't show up for the news conference in Miami Monday for his April fight against Brandon Rios, so contradictory, far-flung theories flew like so many chicken feathers as though they were fact: Golden Boy was stealing Gamboa away from Top Rank! Or Mayweather Promotions was! Golden Boy's promised...
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March 06, 2012
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March 06, 2012
Top Rank: Still going ahead with Rios vs. Gamboa with $100k winner’s bonus
Brandon Rios vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa Still On for April 14th in Vegas?
What was supposed to be the Los Angeles press conference for the Brandon Rios vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa clash today turned into something quite different. As we all know, yesterday's Miami presser was squashed when Yuriorkis Gamboa didn't show up to his own hometown event, something he had specifically requested...
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March 06, 2012
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March 06, 2012
Gamboa vs Rios in Jeopardy
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Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KOs) is one of the most exciting young fighters on the planet and is scheduled to fight Brandon Rios (29-0-1 22 KOs) April 14th in which would be one of the most exciting fights of the year. That fight could be put of the skids quick as Gamboa failed to show up for a presser today in Miami.
Top Rank, the...
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March 06, 2012
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March 06, 2012
Rios vs. Gamboa press tour in Miami & LA next week
Former world lightweight champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and former featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa will have some promotional roadwork ahead of them before they resume training for their battle of the undefeated for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight championship. Rios and Gamboa embark on a two-day, coast-to-coast media tour, hosting news...
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March 01, 2012
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March 01, 2012
Nonito Donaire “I am not scared to fight Gamboa, he is 100 times better than Rigondeaux”
Current superbantamweight champion Nonito Donaire chimed in on the announced bout between stablemate Brandon Rios and Yuriorkis Gamboa. Donaire expresses his desire to help Rios out and feels he can mimic the speed of Gamboa. The matchup between Brandon Rios and Yuriorkis Gamboa goes down on April 14th but fight fans has expressed their desire [...]
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February 24, 2012
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February 24, 2012
Rios, Gamboa set to meet April 14
A favorite of fantasy matchmakers appears on its way to reality as No. 2-ranked lightweight Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KOs) will take on No. 1-ranked featherweight Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KOs) in a lightweight showdown on April 14 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Rios-Gamboa, reported as a done deal by spokespeople from both camps, will be for the vacant WBA lightweight title...
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February 17, 2012
Gamboa vs. Rios official for April 14th on HBO at Lightweight
In what's sure to be an early nominee for 2012 Fight of the Year, boxing fans will be treated to Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Brandon Rios on April 14th. The fight will be televised on HBO, and will be contested at the lightweight limit of 135 lbs. That means Gamboa will be jumping up two weight classes from featherweight for the bout, and Rios will be forced to make weight at lightweight...
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February 17, 2012
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February 17, 2012
Top Rank president Todd Deboef “I’m pushing for Rios vs. Gamboa on April 14th”
Last Saturday during the Nonito Donaire media workout, Top Rank president Todd Deboef announced to assembled media that he is working hard towards a possible bout between Brandon Rios and Cuban standout Yuriorkis Gamboa. The plan that Deboef has in mind is for the bout to take place on April 14th in a venue yet [...]
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January 31, 2012
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January 31, 2012
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