This Saturday, the featherweight who lives up to his nickname "The Cyclone" should have been facing much-feared Celestino Caballero, a bold, over-the-top move worthy of full-blown YURIORKIS GAMBOA! celebrations. Instead, Gamboa is taking his Cyclone self into what still stands as the hardest fight of his career against tough veteran contender Orlando Salido. If for some reason you don't know about Gamboa yet, all I can tell you is that anyone who can legitimately be compared to a force of nature -- he possesses a cocktail of speed and power rivaled only by pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao -- is someone you need to see box.
The undercard is a bit of a bait-and-switch itself; Top Rank had promised HBO Gamboa-Caballero and in the co-feature, a lightweight bout between Humberto Soto and Anthony Peterson. Instead, Peterson is fighting Brandon Rios, which actually might be an upgrade. Soto has become more boring as he has moved up in weight, while Rios is a dynamic fighter like Peterson. There's a chance this meeting of hard-punching youngsters steals the HBO show.
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