1. Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano was born on 23 December 1981 and is a Cuban professional boxer.
47 Facts About Yuriorkis Gamboa
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Yuriorkis Gamboa held the World Boxing Association featherweight title from 2009 to 2011, and the International Boxing Federation featherweight title from 2010 to 2011.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa made his professional boxing debut on 27 April 2007, in Hamburg, Germany against Alexan Manvelyan.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa prepared for his pro debut and his next seven fights with technical specialist Manny Masson.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa put Manvelyan on the canvas in the third round and won via unanimous decision victory.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa sent his opponent to the canvas less than 30 seconds into first round with a left hand.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa knocked Edwards down in the first 30 seconds of the fight after connecting with a left hand to the head.
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Edwards got up, but was met with left-hand punches from Yuriorkis Gamboa, ending with two consecutive right hands that knocked Edwards down for the second and final time as the referee moved in and halted the fight in round one.
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On 17 May 2008, at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena in Primm, Nevada, Yuriorkis Gamboa fought Darling Jimenez.
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Yuriorkis 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.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa got up and finished the fight strong, winning by unanimous decision and claiming the vacant WBC International super featherweight title.
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On 18 July 2008, stepping down to featherweight, Yuriorkis Gamboa scored a first-round technical knockout victory over Al Seeger to win the vacant WBO-NABO featherweight title at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena.
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On 5 October 2008, Yuriorkis Gamboa stepped up in class and fought Marcos Ramirez, a Kansas City featherweight in Temecula, California.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa exhibited amazing hand speed and quick combination punching in the first round before he was dropped by Ramirez.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa quickly came to his feet and resumed fighting until the bell rang to signify the end of the round.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa then finished the fight by pressuring Ramirez into the ropes and landing a left hook to the body, followed by a right uppercut to the jaw.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa's next fight took place at Buffalo Bill's Star Arena on 9 January 2009 against Roger Gonzalez.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa used quick combinations from the beginning of the third round to relentlessly attack Gonzalez.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa began his assault after going down during the second round, after absorbing a sneaky right hand by Gonzalez.
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On 20 February 2009, Yuriorkis Gamboa fought Walter Estrada at The University Center at Nova Southeastern University.
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On 17 April 2009 Yuriorkis Gamboa stopped Jose Rojas via tenth-round TKO to win the WBA interim featherweight title.
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On 10 October 2009 Yuriorkis Gamboa stopped Whyber Garcia in the fourth round to win the WBA featherweight title.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa buzzed Mtagwa several times from several angles and scored a knockdown in the final ten seconds with a counter hook.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa continued the damage in the second round, battering Mtagwa and sending him down two more times before the fight was stopped.
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On 27 March 2010 at Hamburg, Germany Yuriorkis Gamboa dominated Argentinian boxer Jonathan Victor Barros in twelve rounds to retain the WBA featherweight title with a unanimous decision.
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On 11 September 2010, Yuriorkis Gamboa fought The Ring No 3 ranked featherweight Orlando Salido to unify the WBA and IBF featherweight titles with the result being Yuriorkis Gamboa winning by unanimous decision.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa knocked Salido down twice in the twelfth round, but was docked two points for hitting Salido in the back of his head while Salido was down.
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On 26 March 2011 Yuriorkis Gamboa fought Jorge Solis to defend his WBA featherweight title.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa took the opportunity to proclaim his desire to fight higher caliber featherweight boxers such as Indonesian Chris John and Puerto Rican Juan Manuel Lopez, who was attending the fight as a spectator and decided to come up to the ring and proclaim his desire for a possible fight with Yuriorkis Gamboa as he made the observation that it was a business decision to be taken by their shared promoter Bob Arum.
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On 10 September 2011, Yuriorkis Gamboa fought Ring top 10 ranked featherweight Daniel Ponce de Leon in a non-title fight.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa managed to connect more punches in every round to keep the scorecards in his favor.
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On 26 October 2011, Yuriorkis Gamboa hired world-famous Emanuel Steward as his head trainer.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa was initially set to return in April 2012 against lightweight champion Brandon Rios, but he pulled out of the bout citing problems with his contract with Top Rank.
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In July 2012, Yuriorkis Gamboa signed a promotional contract with 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather's promotional company, The Money Team Promotions.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa then landed a fight on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez IV on 8 December 2012.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa fought Michael Farenas, who fought to a draw in his previous fight with WBA title holder Takashi Uchiyama.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa was show boating throughout the fight while Farenas maintained his focus.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa stopped show boating after the ninth round, winning the fight by unanimous decision.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa eventually moved up in weight to take on undefeated Darleys Perez for the vacant WBA interim lightweight title.
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Gamboa dropped Perez in the first round and easily won most of the follow-up rounds, Yuriorkis continued to have success on the outside winning almost all the middle rounds as well.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa although fighting at an unusually measured pace at times consistently beat Perez to the punch amassing a clear lead in the bout.
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On 28 June 2014 Yuriorkis Gamboa faced off against undefeated WBO titlist Terence Crawford on HBO Boxing After Dark.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa got off to a hot start, winning the first four rounds and using his superior foot speed and hand speed but was caught and dropped by a right hook in the fifth round.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa continued to fight back but was dropped again in the eighth and finally was stopped in the ninth round after two knockdowns and a huge right hook by Crawford.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa won three straight fights before suffering an upset loss against Robinson Castellanos.
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Gamboa faced Jason Sosa on 25 November 2017 stepping in as a late replacement for Robinson Castellanos, Yuriorkis won a controversial majority decision.
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On December 28,2019, Yuriorkis Gamboa fought Gervonta Davis for the vacant WBA lightweight title.