Gamboa fought Jimenez w/ his right hand injured!

[kg75k9]

Gamboa fought D.Jimenez with his right hand injured! He was interviewed tonight by a Spanish network. His right hand is terribly swollen.

 

[kg75k9]

Gamboa got his right hand injured three days before his fight with Jimenez, and they couldnt cancel the fight cause it was too late.

 

[JMyersDTN]

Yes, they could've canceled the fight, but they chose not to. I accept this as a little bit of an excuse for his performance, but from what I've read and heard, it still sounds like he has work to do.

 

[Sinister]

If he injured it then he did it the day he was at Top Rank sparring. And I'm not positive he did it then. Jimenez has a hard head, I'd sooner believe he did it in the fight itself, but realized it's more convenient to say it happened before.

 

[JMyersDTN]

A boxer making an excuse for a sub-par performance? Say it ain't so......

 

[Sinister]

Well, depends on the term "excuse"...I hate when the Public demands to know "what happened", and a Fighter obliges, only to get shit on for it. That's just stupid.

But if he's lying about WHEN it happened, then yeah, he deserves the scrutiny.

 

[JMyersDTN]

I can see your point. Nothing wrong with telling the truth as long as it's the whole truth.

 

[^Ruth_Rage^]

Gamboa needs to work on his defence rapidly ... Yeah he has some great reflexes but thats risky if u hands anit high. That showed when he walked into Jimenez's right hand in the 4th round.

I was quite impressed with his hand speed and how he set up his combo's thou..

Overall a decent performance ... Funny that they where quoting him as the next Mayweather thou .. Hell of along way to go before he can even be compared to Floyd.

 

[kg75k9]

Ive watched all of Gamboas perfrormances so far, he didnt show the power hes used to showing. He also admitted he had learned a lot from last fight, and admitted he still has to work on his defence(which is an issue he had with his trainer in Cuba). So i dont thing was making up excuses about his flaws or performance. Despite his flaws, he has to be given a lot of credit for fight in that condition.

 

[kg75k9]

Gamboa said he injured in on Wednesday, that is 3 days before the fight, while training...

 

[Sinister]

Gamboa needs to work on his defence rapidly ... Yeah he has some great reflexes but thats risky if u hands anit high. That showed when he walked into Jimenez's right hand in the 4th round.

Asking him to put his hands up is a lot to ask. If he keeps his hands high, then he's not going to be able to use the same kind of footwork he uses. There's a subtle balance issue here that people are ignoring when they say all he needs to do is keep his hands high.

If he's going to use wacky head-movement, I think the Philly Shell stance would be better suited for it, and he doesn't use that style as best he could. Guzman does, which is one of the things I feel has kept Guzman safer at the higher levels.

Gamboa said he injured in on Wednesday, that is 3 days before the fight, while training...

Hmm, well it didn't show in his sparring. Like I said given the course of the fight I'd still be more inclined to believe he injured it on Darling's head.

 

[MMAmouse]

People bash Gamboa for a poor performance but they have to realize he fought a very very tough Jimenez who took his best shots and kept coming. You can't expect Gamboa to KO every fighter he faces.

At the same time I think it's stupid for Gamboa to act the way he is for winning in a dominant fashion. It's almost like he expects every opponent he faces to fall down in the first round and that's just not going to happen.

 

[210topdog]

sounds like he is trying 2 put out some excuse 4 his performance. he was hype alot and showed very little. i don't think he is as good as promised. he really didn't favor his hand in the fight.

 

[blindgambit7]

Perhaps a stupid question: obviously, it's harder for Gamboa to throw his right if it's injured. But, does an injured hand play any role in defense? Does catching punches on your gloves hurt a great deal if the hand is injured?

 

[Sinister]

That would depend on the nature of the injury. I had a hurt forefinger knuckle for a while, defense didn't hurt, neither did punching with the last 3 knuckles as opposed to the first two. But landing with the first two hurt like a sumbtich.

 

[Shizzy]

If he injured it then he did it the day he was at Top Rank sparring. And I'm not positive he did it then. Jimenez has a hard head, I'd sooner believe he did it in the fight itself, but realized it's more convenient to say it happened before.

What are your monthly dues at Top Rank out of curiosity?

 

[Sinister]

Depends on your level. Sparring partners are $50, mid-level are $100, and Champs are $200. So mine are $50, and that's without trainer fees, but Mike isn't too tough on Diego and I.

 

[Cracky]

He sure threw it a lot of times at full force. I don't buy it.

 

[Shizzy]

Depends on your level. Sparring partners are $50, mid-level are $100, and Champs are $200. So mine are $50, and that's without trainer fees, but Mike isn't too tough on Diego and I.

Not bad.

 

[deadpool]

Depends on your level. Sparring partners are $50, mid-level are $100, and Champs are $200. So mine are $50, and that's without trainer fees, but Mike isn't too tough on Diego and I.

So does that include training w/out sparring? The competition there must be pretty steep (at least for a bum like me), and those prices aren't bad if thats what you are looking for!