GAMBOA STRIKES AGAIN!!!

By Laz Izada     Photos: Dalia Duran/Insideboxing.com (click pictures for larger view)

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (InsideBoxing.com, February 22, 2008)-A full house of around 3,000 fight fans from South Florida came

to Xtreme Indoor Karting to see the hottest prospect in boxing  right now. Twenty seven year old featherweight Yuriorkis “El Ciclon” Gamboa (9-0, 8 Ko’s) ,ranked #5 by the WBA, was making his second appearance in South Florida and first televised appearance on ESPN 2, Friday Night Fights.

Fight fans were not disappointed as Gamboa, from Guantanamo, Cuba a former 2004 Olympic gold medalist put on a spectacular show. He was taking on “Lumberjack” Johnnie Edwards (13-2, 6 KO’s) from Aiken, South Carolina. Edwards had no chance as Gamboa displayed lightning quick hand speed and head movement. Gamboa dropped Edwards twice in the 1st round the first time with a right left combination, and the second time with an amazing three punch combination, that caused referee Brian Garry to stop the fight at 1:34 of the 1st round.  With the victory Gamboa took home the vacant NABF junior lightweight title. Gamboa’s 9 straight victories have come from opponents having a combined record of 146 wins and 19 losses. His next scheduled bout is April 11th against Jose Rojas (24-6-1,16Ko’s), at a site yet to be determined.

In other action, another 2004 Olympic gold medalist from Arroyo Naranjo, Cuba bantamweight Yan Barthelemy (5-0,0Ko’s) scored a 6 round unanimous decision by scores of 59-53X3 over Antonio Conchero Diaz (9-9-1,6Ko’s) from Colombia.

In the last televised bout of the evening, the main event, welterweight contender Richard Gutierrez (22-1,13Ko’s)ranked # 10 by the IBF ,from Colombia easily defeated  Jose Varela(23-3,16Ko’s)ranked #11 by the WBO, from Nicaragua, in 10 rounds by scores of 99-91,and 98-92X2.

Tonight’s card was the first promoted by Ahmet Oner’s- Arena Box Promotion of Germany in the United States in association with DeCubas Presents of South Florida.                                                                                      

 

 

 

 

 

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