just how good is yuriorkis gamboa

many people in the UK now professing this guy to be the next floyd mayweather and the dominant force in world boxing for the `10s.

Ive seen pretty much every career performance from gamboa so far and apart from a few idiotic flash knockdowns solely at the mercy of overzealous and stupidity he has done nothing more than look awesome each time.

He looks huge for a featherweight and no doubt in time will move through the weights and be fighting at 140/147pounds. Im not asking this question on how he would deal with the mayweathers and de-la hoyas of this world today. More matching them up at there exact stages in their careers??

Was floyd mayweather gaining this much attention when he was 17-0??