Tonight at 11pm ET, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Jose Rojas will meet for "the vacant interim WBO ordinary featherweight title," which is just ridiculous. Rojas hasn't fought in a year, and hasn't faced a legitimate opponent since March 2007, when he lost to Chris John in his second fight with the WBA titleholder (John and Rojas had a technical draw after four rounds in 2004).
Gamboa has been on a rampage since going pro and is the heavy favorite tonight, as he should be. Rojas can hit, though. The better fight might be the co-feature, between unbeaten Turkish welterweight Selcuk Aydin and fringe contender Said Ouali.
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| YURIORKIS GAMBOA | JOSE ROJAS | |
| 14-0 | Record | 25-6-1 |
| 12 | KO | 17 |
| Guantanamo, Cuba | Hometown | Caracas, Venezuela |
| 27 | Age | 37 |
| 5'5" | Height | |
| Roger Gonzalez (TKO-10) Marcos Ramirez (KO-2) Darling Jimenez (UD-10) |
Notable Wins | Celestino Caballero (KO-3) Genaro Garcia (UD-12) |
| Notable Losses | Chris John (UD-12) Yober Ortega (KO-4) Antonio Cermeno (UD-12) |
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| SELCUK AYDIN | SAID OUALI | |
| 17-0 | Record | 25-2 |
| 14 | KO | 17 |
| Trabzon, Turkey | Hometown | Tizquin, Morocco |
| 25 | Age | 29 |
| 5'7" | Height | 5'10" |
| 65" | Reach | 71" |
| Luis Hernandez (TKO-1) | Notable Wins | Allen Conyers (TKO-5) Sven Paris (TKO-8) Grover Wiley (UD-10) |
| Notable Losses | Manning Galloway (UD-8) Kermit Cintron (TKO-5) |
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