SMS Promotions fighter Yuriorkis Gamboa will step back into the ring on Saturday, June 28, to face Terence Crawford in a lightweight championship boxing match.
The fight is the main event on HBO Boxing After Dark, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Gamboa told Bad Left Hook that he has trained hard for this fight and believes he has a winning strategy going in.
"Coming from Cuba, the guys were technical and had size, and I fought them a lot. Me, I've perfected my strategy to fighting these type of fighters. I think this will be a counter-vs-counter match. Objective is to get him to the middle range where I can use my speed. Logic says to carry a little more weight as you get older, so I'm comfortable fighting at this weight. The training camp is going perfect."
Neither fighter has lost as a professional. They have identical records of (23-0, 16 KOs). After dominating the featherweight division, Gamboa is fighting for the second time as a lightweight. At stake is Crawford's World Boxing Organization (WBO) Lightweight title.
The fight is being co-promoted by 50 Cent's SMS Promotions and Bob Arum's Top Rank.
"I was looking at the lightweight picture and I think this matches the two best lightweights in the world," Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, who promotes Crawford, told ESPN.com. "I believe the winner legitimately establishes himself as No. 1 in the weight class. The other thing that appeals to me is that we are doing this fight -- a real high-class fight -- in the heartland of the country and, hopefully, this can help bring back interest in boxing in a significant part of the country, where they don't get too many big fights."
50 is expecting nothing less than an action packed battle between the two world class fighters.
"Gamboa has been with me from the beginning. I got the opportunity to see his talents early on. He's here in Miami training hard and this is going to be a great fight."
**UPDATE** June 20
Added Yuriorkis Gamboa's greatest hits video from HBO up top. Check it out, this guy's a problem.
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