Yuriorkis Gamboa (El Ciclon de Guantánamo) is a 43-year-old Cuban professional boxer. He is a former featherweight world champion, and 2 world-championship elevations. 17 years, 9 months, and 25 days into his career, Gamboa's record stands at 30-5, which includes 18 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.
Yuriorkis Gamboa was born in Guantánamo, Cuba on December 23, 1981. He made his professional debut at the age of 25 years on April 27, 2007 against Alexan Manvelyan. Gamboa defeated Manvelyan via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Gamboa got elevated as the WBA (Regular) featherweight champion at the age of 27 after 16 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Whyber Garcia on October 10, 2009. He stopped Garcia in the 4th of the 12-round fight.
Gamboa's latest fight was a 5th-round TKO loss to Isaac Cruz at age 40, on April 16, 2022.
Some of Yuriorkis Gamboa's best fights so far have been against Jorge Solis, Orlando Salido, Daniel Ponce de León, Jason Sosa, Miguel Beltrán Jr., René Alvarado, and Román Martínez. For a complete list of Gamboa's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Yuriorkis Gamboa".
Gamboa has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Yuriorkis Gamboa Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | Apr 16, 2022 | 40 | ![]() | loss | TKO 5 |
34 | Nov 07, 2020 | 38 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
33 | Dec 28, 2019 | 38 | ![]() | loss | TKO 12 |
32 | Jul 27, 2019 | 37 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
31 | Nov 10, 2018 | 36 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
30 | Nov 25, 2017 | 35 | ![]() | win | MD 10 |
29 | Aug 12, 2017 | 35 | ![]() | win | MD 10 |
28 | May 05, 2017 | 35 | ![]() | loss | RTD 7 |
27 | Mar 11, 2017 | 35 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
26 | Dec 19, 2015 | 33 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
25 | Nov 15, 2014 | 32 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
24 | Jun 28, 2014 | 32 | ![]() | loss | KO 9 |
23 | Jun 08, 2013 | 31 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
22 | Dec 08, 2012 | 30 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
21 | Sep 10, 2011 | 29 | ![]() | win | TD 8 |
20 | Mar 26, 2011 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
19 | Sep 11, 2010 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
18 | Mar 27, 2010 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
17 | Jan 23, 2010 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
16 | Oct 10, 2009 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
15 | Apr 17, 2009 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
14 | Feb 20, 2009 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
13 | Jan 09, 2009 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
12 | Oct 04, 2008 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
11 | Jul 18, 2008 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
10 | May 17, 2008 | 26 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
9 | Feb 22, 2008 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Jan 05, 2008 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
7 | Oct 30, 2007 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
6 | Oct 19, 2007 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
5 | Sep 21, 2007 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
4 | Sep 02, 2007 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Jul 06, 2007 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Jun 16, 2007 | 25 | ![]() | win | RTD 3 |
1 | Apr 27, 2007 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 4 |