Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-5, 18) was born in Guantánamo, Cuba on December 23, 1981. At the age of 25 years on April 27, 2007, he made his professional boxing debut against Alexan Manvelyan, winning the fight via 4-round unanimous decision.
Gamboa was elevated as the WBA (Regular) featherweight world champion at the age of 27 years and had his first title defense fight against Whyber Garcia on October 10, 2009. He successfully defended the title, winning the fight via 4th-round TKO.
Gamboa's last fight was a 5th-round TKO loss to Isaac Cruz at age 40 on April 16, 2022. He retired on a 3-fight losing streak.
Some of Yuriorkis Gamboa's best fights have been against Darleys Pérez, Jonathan Victor Barros, Orlando Salido, René Alvarado, Jorge Solís, Miguel Beltrán Jr. and Román Martínez.
Gamboa has 5 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35  | Apr 16, 2022 40 years, 3 months 30-5 (18) | 23 years, 10 months 22-2-1 (15) | LT | 5 | TKO | LOSS |
34  | Nov 7, 2020 38 years, 10 months 30-4 (18) | 21 years, 11 months 24-0 (15) | LT | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBC |
33  | Dec 28, 2019 38 years 30-3 (18) | 25 years, 1 months 22-0 (21) | LT | 12 | TKO | LOSS For WBA (Regular) Vacant |
32  | Jul 27, 2019 37 years, 7 months 30-2 (18) | 36 years, 5 months 30-3-3 (18) | LT | 2 | KO | WIN |
31  | Nov 10, 2018 36 years, 10 months 29-2 (17) | 29 years, 3 months 33-6 (22) | LT | 10 | UD | WIN |
30  | Nov 25, 2017 35 years, 11 months 28-2 (17) | 29 years, 8 months 20-2-4 (15) | LT | 10 | MD | WIN |
29 | Aug 12, 2017 35 years, 7 months 27-2 (17) | Alexis Reyes | LT | 10 | MD | WIN |
28  | May 5, 2017 35 years, 4 months 26-2 (17) | 35 years 23-12 (13) | LT | 7 | RTD | LOSS |
27  | Mar 11, 2017 35 years, 2 months 26-1 (17) | 28 years 24-7 (16) | LT | 10 | UD | WIN |
26 | Dec 19, 2015 33 years, 11 months 25-1 (17) | Hylon Williams Jr. | LT | 10 | UD | WIN |
25 | Nov 15, 2014 32 years, 10 months 24-1 (17) | Joel Montes de Oca | LT | 6 | TKO | WIN |
24  | Jun 28, 2014 32 years, 6 months 23-1 (16) | 26 years, 9 months 23-0 (16) | LT | 9 | KO | LOSS For WBO |
23  | Jun 8, 2013 31 years, 5 months 23-0 (16) | 29 years, 8 months 28-0 (19) | LT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA Interim |
22 | Dec 8, 2012 30 years, 11 months 22-0 (16) | Michael Farenas | SFT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA Interim |
21  | Sep 10, 2011 29 years, 8 months 21-0 (16) | 31 years, 1 months 41-3 (34) | FT | 8 | TD | WIN |
20  | Mar 26, 2011 29 years, 3 months 20-0 (16) | 31 years, 5 months 41-2-2 (30) | FT | 4 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Unified) |
19  | Sep 11, 2010 28 years, 8 months 19-0 (15) | 29 years, 9 months 35-10-2 (23) | FT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Unified) |
18  | Mar 27, 2010 28 years, 3 months 18-0 (15) | 26 years, 1 months 28-0-1 (16) | FT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
17 | Jan 23, 2010 28 years, 1 months 17-0 (15) | Rogers Mtagwa | FT | 2 | KO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
16 | Oct 10, 2009 27 years, 9 months 16-0 (14) | Whyber Garcia | FT | 4 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
15 | Apr 17, 2009 27 years, 3 months 15-0 (13) | Jose Rojas | FT | 10 | TKO | WIN Won WBA InterimVacant |
14 | Feb 20, 2009 27 years, 1 months 14-0 (12) | Walter Estrada | FT | 1 | KO | WIN |
13 | Jan 9, 2009 27 years 13-0 (11) | Roger Gonzalez | FT | 10 | TKO | WIN |
12 | Oct 4, 2008 26 years, 9 months 12-0 (10) | Marcos Ramirez | FT | 2 | KO | WIN |
11 | Jul 18, 2008 26 years, 6 months 11-0 (9) | Al Seeger | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN |
10 | May 17, 2008 26 years, 4 months 10-0 (8) | Darling Jimenez | SFT | 10 | UD | WIN |
9 | Feb 22, 2008 26 years, 1 months 9-0 (8) | Johnnie Edwards | SFT | 1 | TKO | WIN |
8 | Jan 5, 2008 26 years 8-0 (7) | Gilberto Luque | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Oct 30, 2007 25 years, 10 months 7-0 (6) | Adailton de Jesus | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | Oct 19, 2007 25 years, 9 months 6-0 (5) | Samuel Kebede | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
5 | Sep 21, 2007 25 years, 8 months 5-0 (4) | Nestor Hugo Paniagua | 1 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Sep 2, 2007 25 years, 8 months 4-0 (3) | Thomas Hengstberger | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Jul 6, 2007 25 years, 6 months 3-0 (2) | Joel Mayo | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Jun 16, 2007 25 years, 5 months 2-0 (1) | Araik Sachbazjan | 3 | RTD | WIN | |
1 | Apr 27, 2007 25 years, 4 months 1-0 (0) | Alexan Manvelyan | 4 | UD | WIN |
