Re: Am i the only one getting more and more unimpressed with Gamboa?
Gamboa spends to much time on the outside mulling over attack angles now. He used to slip the first punch and then blitz you with hand speeds and short compact punches and head movement and then get out. That used to be the plan every time.
Is he trying to not look bad anymore as opposed to looking good before? now that Juanmas already been beat, Salido was beat, and everyone's pairing off at one of the hottest weights around, a guy like Gamboa is no longer has an easy road to the top of the division. He's got the choice of singing for his supper or taking what he gets fed. It would appear that he prefers the latter; Fighting in a way that noone wants to see anymore and the other guys at the weight are thankful hes uninspired and would be perfectly content if he never caught on and decided he wanted to run the table. I'm not saying the guys unbeatable, but when he decides to use his natural gifts to his benefit, he's got an edge over most fighters.
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