A lot of people here shit talk guys like Rigondeaux and Ward - two Olympic amateur champs - as being boring and talk about how guys like that are ruining boxing. Fair enough.

We also know how when an undefeated guy finally loses, people want to be the first to tell you how smart they were and how they knew they would lose and they weren't as good as everyone thought they were. Everyone's an armchair boxing expert.

So instead of kicking Gamboa while he's down and talking the usual shit, how about we talk about how awesome it is that a guy with his amateur pedigree and physical gifts chooses to throw bombs and make exciting fights instead of stinking out joints like Rigo and Ward. Talk about how much heart he has, how when he got hurt instead of grabbing and holding he chomped down on his mouth piece and started throwing bombs like Arturo Gatti.

Bravo to both guys. Great fight by two monster fighters.

I think Gamboa needs to get his ass back down to 130 though. I think Crawford's size really wore him down. A 7lb weight advantage is too much to be giving away at those lower weights.