Yuriorkis Gamboa the 2004 Olympic gold medallist put on on an outstanding boxing display in his HBO 10-round main event against NY Golden Gloves Champion Darling Jimenez. Gamboa threw over 800 punches over the 10 round distance to outpoint Jimenez by scores of: 98-91, 97-92, 97-92. The Jr. Lightweight bout was a good one as both men displayed boxing skill that raised their stock. The diesel looking Gamboa, 10-0, 8 KO’s, displayed all the tricks in the book like a well-schooled 50 fight veteran against Jimenez. Slipping, pulling, countering, bullying and unloading with lightning fast combianations with power. Gamboa was a steep -1100 betting favorite at giant online shop Sportsbook.com for Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Darling Jimenez. 

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Jimenez is a game fighter with fast hands, a flashing left hook, and sound technique. The difference in this fight is that Jimenez was easier to hit with more than one punch, and Gamboa had a few more dimensions to his game and was the bigger man. Gamboa had Jimenez rocked on a few occasions with some sweeping bombs that landed off Jimenez’s skull in the 7th and 10th rounds. The boxing betting OVER\UNDER on the Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Darling Jimenez fight was  9.5 rounds with the Under at -120. 

Jimenez was racoon eyed in the end from Gamboa’s blasts, but Jimenez was never knocked off his feet showing great heart. Gamboa wants a fight with Manny Pacquiao and after giving the fight some handicapping, Gamboa could win. If the books lay Gamboa at +200 or better, Gamboa is a bet to place a wager on. The ArenaBox promoted Gamboa should be the #1 130 Lb. fighter on your power rankings sheet.

On the undercard James Kirkland backed up his reputation as a smaller Mike Tyson fighter when he wiped out Top-20 contender Eromosele Albert, 21-2, 10 KO’s, at 1:06 of the 1st round. Kirkland, 22-0, 19 KO’s, wasn’t ranked in the top-10 at Jr. middleweight, but after his dominant performance flooring Albert hard to the canvas twice and stopping the solid chinned Nigerian, he should be.

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