I told Gamboa if he's successful in July, we'll bring him back in September in Madison Square...

I told Gamboa if he's successful in July, we'll bring him back in September in Madison Square Garden in a co-feature, and we're gonna keep building him. And the fight I'd like to make down the line that would be absolutely huge would be Gamboa vs. Juan Manuel Lopez.

Bob Arum, at the press conference announcing Latin Fury X.

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Brick,

I just watched the entire press conference and I can’t find Arum talking about this. Did he mention this when the press conference started or when he announced Gamboa. I can’t find this anywhere on the internet. This is a dream fight for me.

by lefthook24 on Jun 19, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions

It was from the Q&A afterwards

Here’s Dan Rafael’s account of what he said, which is slightly different from the source I read:

“A fight between Gamboa and Lopez, to my mind, will be a major, major attraction,” Arum said. “We’ll put them on the same card in September and the plan is to ultimately match them. When that will be is when the stars are aligned.”

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by Brickhaus on Jun 19, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Lopez can, would, and if it happens, will destroy Gamboa

Just wreck him up something awful.

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by Scott Christ on Jun 19, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions

but yes it's a "dream fight" sort of thing

It’d be crazy fire in there.

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by Scott Christ on Jun 19, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Something like Guitterez/Angulo: A back and forth slugfest for as long as it lasts, but where one just keeps a little bit of an upperhand the whole way through (that somebody is Lopez — no knock on Gamboa’s skills though).

by schraubd on Jun 19, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah. I know I’ve said this before but I want to make clear I’m not saying Gamboa stinks or anything. I just think Lopez has insane upside and is much, much better. I might be the world’s biggest non-Puerto Rican JML fan.

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by Scott Christ on Jun 19, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

if you won’t say it i will, gamboa stinks and lopez rocks my world

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by battle axe of doom on Jun 19, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it would be closer than that

But I think Lopez would win. Purely on a head to head basis, I think Lopez is top 5 pound for pound right now. His resume still needs to catch up though.

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by Brickhaus on Jun 19, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll just throw this in here, rather than making a new post

According to Rafael, Arum has also signed Odlanier Solis, and says he wants to match him up with Kevin Johnson. That would be an intriguing fight. In shape and motivated Solis would wreck Johnson, but in shape and motivated Solis appears to be more elusive than in shape and motivated Riddick Bowe.

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by Brickhaus on Jun 19, 2009 1:29 PM EDT reply actions