Am i the only one getting more and more unimpressed with Gamboa?

[J_Undisputed]

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.

"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent..." - A bronx tale

[ez396979@yahoo.com]

He just seems very hesitant and reluctant to throw. He just threw potshots and ran the whole fight. It was annoying to watch and made the fight closer then it needed to be. He also needs to learn to defend better after he throws his hands, most of his knockdowns have come from counters. Even now that he is more hesitant and seems to be trying to avoid those knockdowns i still see him getting hit with too many shots he should be ducking. The guy seems to be regressing rather then improving after each fight.......

[ICB]

Gamboa reminds me of Guzman, a very talented fighter but he's not fighting in any big fights and if he's not careful he'll be forgotten.

[Spicoli]

I've been thinking for awhile that he has flatlined at his peak. Just seems when he is the early "" he is equally walking into bad things at the c level. His balance has always looked horrible to me and his errors became learned rather than corrected. When he is boxing cautious and trying to keep smart he isn't all that impressive either but still gets clipped. He has never blended the package to threaten level a and gets stuck in the middle with identity crisis. If-when he steps into top tier he'll be in trouble and one way or another will have to be the hard charging, accident prone comer to survive and give himself his best chance.

[CFH]

Has anyone actually been getting more impressed with Gamboa

[Dia bando]

To be honest what a waste of talent,not fighting regular is this some Cuban thing as many Cuban
fighters never seem to fight on a regular bases.!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IamInuit]

Good morning.

The good life seems to have adverse effects on these guys. As crazy as it sounds it seems to counteract the edge brought forth by poverty and struggle. That is to say the modern day version. The last bad ass driven Cuban was probably Casamayor. Guys like Kid Chocolate, Napoles and Gavilan are rolling in their graves at this new crop of Cubans.
Mike Perez is another lost cause. Either that or he’s simply waiting on the K brothers to go away. Something is lost today on this new era of Cubans. Something their predecessors grabbed onto with both hands. Napoles fought over 60 times before he even got a title shot. Imagine a guy like 59 and 4 today and never having a title shot.

[Hulk]

I've been thinking for awhile that he has flatlined at his peak. Just seems when he is the early "" he is equally walking into bad things at the c level. His balance has always looked horrible to me and his errors became learned rather than corrected. When he is boxing cautious and trying to keep smart he isn't all that impressive either but still gets clipped. He has never blended the package to threaten level a and gets stuck in the middle with identity crisis. If-when he steps into top tier he'll be in trouble and one way or another will have to be the hard charging, accident prone comer to survive and give himself his best chance.

To be fair, I think Gamboa has beaten top tier opponents.

Dominating Daniel Ponce De Leon and Orlando Salido is impressive, and they weren't as old as they are now either.

Absolutely obliterating Rogers Mtagwa after the man had put a beatdown on a then unbeaten Juanma was also impressive.

Gamboa seems to have regressed, grown a lil complacent and bored with his opposition and promotion or former promotion.

He needs a fire lit under his ass, but he IS a world class talent and fighter....when he wants to be.