Yuriorkis Gamboa (El Ciclon de Guantánamo) is a 42-year-old Cuban professional boxer. He is a former featherweight world champion, and 2 world-championship elevations. 17 years, 5 months, and 9 days into his career, Gamboa's record stands at 30-5, which includes 18 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.
Yuriorkis Gamboa was born in Guantánamo, Cuba on December 23, 1981. He made his professional debut at the age of 25 years on April 27, 2007 against Alexan Manvelyan. Gamboa defeated Manvelyan via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Gamboa got elevated as the WBA (Regular) featherweight champion at the age of 27 after 16 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Whyber Garcia on October 10, 2009. He stopped Garcia in the 4th of the 12-round fight.
Gamboa's latest fight was a 5th-round TKO loss to Isaac Cruz at age 40, on April 16, 2022.
Some of Yuriorkis Gamboa's best fights so far have been against Jorge Solis, Orlando Salido, Daniel Ponce de León, Jason Sosa, Miguel Beltrán Jr., René Alvarado, and Román Martínez. For a complete list of Gamboa's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Yuriorkis Gamboa".
Gamboa has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Yuriorkis Gamboa Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | Apr 16, 2022 | 40 |
Isaac Cruz 23 22-2-1 | loss | TKO 5 |
34 | Nov 07, 2020 | 38 |
Devin Haney 21 24-0 | loss | UD 12 |
33 | Dec 28, 2019 | 38 |
Gervonta Davis 25 22-0 | loss | TKO 12 |
32 | Jul 27, 2019 | 37 |
Román Martínez 36 30-3-3 | win | KO 2 |
31 | Nov 10, 2018 | 36 |
Miguel Beltrán Jr. 29 33-6 | win | UD 10 |
30 | Nov 25, 2017 | 35 |
Jason Sosa 29 20-2-4 | win | MD 10 |
29 | Aug 12, 2017 | 35 | Alexis Reyes | win | MD 10 |
28 | May 05, 2017 | 35 |
Robinson Castellanos 35 23-12 | loss | RTD 7 |
27 | Mar 11, 2017 | 35 |
René Alvarado 28 24-7 | win | UD 10 |
26 | Dec 19, 2015 | 33 | Hylon Williams Jr. | win | UD 10 |
25 | Nov 15, 2014 | 32 | Joel Montes de Oca | win | TKO 6 |
24 | Jun 28, 2014 | 32 |
Terence Crawford 26 23-0 | loss | KO 9 |
23 | Jun 08, 2013 | 31 | Darleys Pérez | win | UD 12 |
22 | Dec 08, 2012 | 30 | Michael Farenas | win | UD 12 |
21 | Sep 10, 2011 | 29 |
Daniel Ponce de León 31 41-3 | win | TD 8 |
20 | Mar 26, 2011 | 29 |
Jorge Solís 31 41-2-2 | win | TKO 4 |
19 | Sep 11, 2010 | 28 |
Orlando Salido 31 35-10-2 | win | UD 12 |
18 | Mar 27, 2010 | 28 | Jonathan Victor Barros | win | UD 12 |
17 | Jan 23, 2010 | 28 | Rogers Mtagwa | win | KO 2 |
16 | Oct 10, 2009 | 27 | Whyber Garcia | win | TKO 4 |
15 | Apr 17, 2009 | 27 | Jose Rojas | win | TKO 10 |
14 | Feb 20, 2009 | 27 | Walter Estrada | win | KO 1 |
13 | Jan 09, 2009 | 27 | Roger Gonzalez | win | TKO 10 |
12 | Oct 04, 2008 | 26 | Marcos Ramirez | win | KO 2 |
11 | Jul 18, 2008 | 26 | Al Seeger | win | TKO 2 |
10 | May 17, 2008 | 26 | Darling Jimenez | win | UD 10 |
9 | Feb 22, 2008 | 26 | Johnnie Edwards | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Jan 05, 2008 | 26 | Gilberto Luque | win | TKO 1 |
7 | Oct 30, 2007 | 25 | Adailton de Jesus | win | TKO 6 |
6 | Oct 19, 2007 | 25 | Samuel Kebede | win | TKO 2 |
5 | Sep 21, 2007 | 25 | Nestor Hugo Paniagua | win | KO 1 |
4 | Sep 02, 2007 | 25 | Thomas Hengstberger | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Jul 06, 2007 | 25 | Joel Mayo | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Jun 16, 2007 | 25 | Araik Sachbazjan | win | RTD 3 |
1 | Apr 27, 2007 | 25 | Alexan Manvelyan | win | UD 4 |