On April 16, 2022, a 40-year-old Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-4, 18 KOs) and a 23-year-old Mexican boxer Isaac Cruz (22-2-1, 15 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Gamboa came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 5 months, and 9 days. Cruz was on a -1-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 11 days.
Isaac Cruz stopped Yuriorkis Gamboa via TKO in the 5th round. Cruz improves his record to 23-2-1 (16 KOs), while Gamboa adds a loss to his record at 30-5.
On November 7, 2020, a 38-year-old Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-3, 18 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight WBC title held by 21-year-old American boxer Devin Haney (24-0, 15 KOs).
Gamboa came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 10 days. Haney was on a 24-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 29 days.
Devin Haney defeated Yuriorkis Gamboa via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC lightweight title. Haney improves his record to 25-0, while Gamboa adds a loss to his record at 30-4.
On December 28, 2019, 38-year-old Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-2, 18 KOs) and 25-year-old Gervonta Davis (22-0, 21 KOs) fought for the vacant WBA (Regular) lightweight title.
Gamboa came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. Davis was on a 22-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
Gervonta Davis stopped Yuriorkis Gamboa via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight. Davis improves his record to 23-0 (22 KOs), while Gamboa adds a loss to his record at 30-3.
On May 5, 2017, a 35-year-old Yuriorkis Gamboa (26-1, 17 KOs) and a 35-year-old Mexican boxer Robinson Castellanos (23-12, 13 KOs) met in the ring.
Gamboa came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 24 days. Castellanos was on a -1-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year and 2 months.
Robinson Castellanos stopped Yuriorkis Gamboa via RTD in the 7th round. Castellanos improves his record to 24-12 (14 KOs), while Gamboa adds a loss to his record at 26-2.
On June 28, 2014, a 32-year-old Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight WBO title held by 26-year-old American boxer Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KOs).
Gamboa came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 20 days. Crawford was on a 23-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Terence Crawford stopped Yuriorkis Gamboa via KO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO lightweight title. Crawford improves his record to 24-0 (17 KOs), while Gamboa adds a loss to his record at 23-1.