Gamboa

Gamboa may refer to:

Yuriorkis Gamboa

Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born December 23, 1981) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former WBA and IBF featherweight champion, and as an amateur he won a gold medal in the flyweight division at the 2004 Olympics.

Amateur highlights

Gamboa's 2004 Olympic Boxing results were:

Defection

While training in Venezuela, Gamboa, along with Cuban teammates Odlanier Solis and Yan Barthelemy, snuck out of camp and found their way to Colombia and eventually to Germany, where they applied for visas to enter the United States. Before defecting, he had sold his Olympic gold medal to support his family.

HBO World Championship Boxing

HBO World Championship Boxing is an American sports television series, premiering in January 1973 that has shown a number of significant boxing events since then.

WCB's first event was fought in Kingston, Jamaica, where George Foreman defeated Joe Frazier in two rounds to win the world heavyweight championship.

Memorable events

HBO

HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Home Box Office Inc., the cable flagship division of Time Warner. HBO's programming consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television series, along with made-for-cable movies and documentaries, boxing matches and occasional stand-up comedy and concert specials.

It is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service (basic or premium) in the United States, having been in operation since November 8, 1972. In 2014, HBO had an adjusted operating income of US$1.79 billion, compared to the US$1.68 billion it accrued in 2013.

Overview

As of July 2015, HBO's programming is available to approximately 36,483,000 households with at least one television set (31.3% of all cable, satellite and telco customers) in the United States (36,013,000 subscribers or 30.9% of all households with pay television service receive at least HBO's primary channel), making it the second largest premium channel in the United States (Encore's programming reaches 40.54 million pay television households as of July 2015). In addition to its U.S. subscriber base, HBO broadcasts in at least 151 countries, covering approximately 122 million subscribers worldwide.

Terence Crawford

Terence Crawford (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He is the current WBO junior welterweight champion, as well as a former WBO and The Ring lightweight champion. As of October 2015, Crawford is ranked by The Ring magazine as the #7 pound for pound fighter in the world. Nicknamed "Bud", Crawford is known as a fast, hard-hitting and highly technical fighter, and is recognized for his unique ability to comfortably switch-hit from orthodox to southpaw.

Amateur career highlights

2006 National PAL Championships (amateur), 132 Pounds - Gold Medalist
2006 Blue & Gold National Championships (amateur), 132 Pounds - Gold Medalist
2007 U.S. Pan American Games Box-Offs (amateur), 132 Pounds - Gold Medalist

Professional boxing career

Professional Debut and Development

Crawford made his professional debut on March 14, 2008, knocking out Brian Cummings in Round 1. Compiling an early career record of 19-0 against largely unheralded opposition, Crawford had his first notable bout on the undercard of the second fight between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado, against former WBO lightweight champion Breidis Prescott. Filling in for an injured fighter and accepting the bout on less than a month's notice, Crawford nevertheless outboxed the hard hitting Colombian and secured a unanimous decision victory.