Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-03-11, disappointing fight between Yuriorkis Gamboa and Rene Alvarado: it gets two stars.The 2004 Olympic flyweight gold medalist and former IBF and Wba Fw champion Yuriorkis Gamboa entered this fight with a record of 25-1-0 (17 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 19, 2015 when he defeated Hylon Williams Jr (=Gamboa vs Williams Jr). He suffered his only loss when he faced Terence Crawford in 2014 (=Crawford vs Gamboa).
His opponent, Rene Alvarado, has a boxing record of 24-7-0 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.52 super featherweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2016, against Andrew Cancio and Manuel Avila (=Avila vs Alvarado), but then he has beat Jayson Velez (=Velez vs Alvarado). Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Rene Alvarado is on the undercard of David Lemieux vs Curtis Stevens. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-03-11
Where: Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York, USA
Division: lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg)
Gamboa’s previous fight: Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Hylon Williams Jr
Alvarado’s previous fight: Jayson Velez vs Rene Alvarado
Gamboa’s next fight: Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Robinson Castellanos
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Gamboa vs Alvarado Fight Video:
Official video
Official highlights
Gamboa – though he weighed 145 for the fight
should loose some of his bulk and fight at 126. He is not Pac Man (same size) and does not look like he will be able to really compete at 130.
Gamboa will never have a chance with the top guys if a guy with 7 losses is able to tag him that frequently then there’s no point mentioning his name with the top 140 pounders or lesser