Gamboa vs Farenas

Who won Gamboa vs Farenas?

Yuriorkis Gamboa beat Michael Farenas by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 8th December 2012 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 117-109, 118-108, 117-108 in favor of winner Yuriorkis Gamboa.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 KG).

This contest was for the vacant WBA super featherweight championship of the world.

Gamboa vs Farenas stats

Back in December 2012, Yuriorkis Gamboa stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 21 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Michael Farenas made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 3 loses and 4 draws, with 26 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested that Gamboa and Farenas have similar power, both with a 76% knock out percentage.

Yuriorkis Gamboa was the older man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Farenas had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gamboa. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Yuriorkis Gamboa fought out of the orthodox stance, while Michael Farenas was a southpaw.

Gamboa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 less fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 year and 7 months later than Farenas, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 224 to Farenas' 236.

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