Gamboa, Aydin Remain Undefeated

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Talented but still learning Miami-based Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa improved to 15-0 with 13 knockouts with a one-sided 10th-round TKO over Jose “Cheo” Rojas (25-7-1, 17 KOs, 1 No Decision) Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation.

In the co-feature at Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino at Primm, Nev., undefeated Selcuk Aydin (18-0, 14 KOs) of Turkey won his ShoBox and United States debuts with a  hard-fought 12-round split decision over southpaw Said Ouali (25-32, 17 KOs) of Las Vegas via Morocco.

Gamboa, the 2004 Olympic Games gold medalist and 2009 Prospect of the Year, had his way throughout. He cut Rojas over the right eye in the first and dropped him with a right hand in the fifth en route to capturing the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title.

img_8943-gamboa-r-vs-rojas-02 The one-sided battering was stopped at 1:31 of the 10th round. After nine completed rounds, Gamboa, who was making his ShoBox debut, was ahead by the scores of 90-80, 90-81 and 89-81.

“This was a good fight and I am happy,” the flashy Gamboa said. “Rojas took a lot of punches. But I felt good. I am ready for any of the top featherweights in the world.”

It was Gamboa’s fourth appearance at Buffalo Bill’s and he was backed by a lively crowd that chanted “Cuba, Cuba” on several occasions.

“It is always good to put on a show for the fans,” Gamboa, the WBA’s No. 3-ranked contender going in, said. “I think the fans are going to be hearing and seeing a lot from good Cuban boxers from now on.”

Rojas, a lefthander who enter the ring ranked No. 2 by the WBA, used his experience and ring savvy to avoid getting nailed too often with combinations.  He had his moments, catching Gamboa, who still holds his hands too low, with counter left hands on a few occasions.

But the offensive-minded Gamboa was too young, too strong and too powerful to prevent the Venezuelan veteran from falling to 0-4 in WBA title fights.

Despite losing a point for a low blow in the sixth, Aydin survived the toughest test of his career to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) International title by the scores of 116-111, 115-112 and 113-114.  There were no knockdowns, but plenty of solid two-way action.

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A relentless, aggressive-minded puncher, Aydin got stunned a few times but was the busier of the two world-ranked 147-pounders. Aydin came in ranked No. 8 in the WBC and No. 9 in the International Boxing Federation (IBF).

“I can fight better than I did tonight, but still I thought I won that fight easily,” Aydin said. “He may have won a couple of rounds but that was it. It was a huge surprise to me when they said it was a split decision.

“I think I was trying too hard to knock him out. I should not have kept going for the knockout.”

Ouali, who had a 10-fight winning streak end despite a very strong finish, was rated fourth in the IBF, sixth in the WBC and No. 12 in the WBA.

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