Gamboa unifies featherweight titles

Yuriorkas Gamboa had a rough and tough twelve round battle with Orlando Salido at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Gamboa, the WBA champion scored a unanimous decision over Salido with judges scoring the bout 116-109, 114-109, 115-109.

The bout was mostly controlled by Gamboa, hurting Salido in round ten and knocking him down twice in round twelve. Gamboa though was deducted points in that final round accidentally hitting a downed Salido. Salido seemed hurt with many of Gamboa’s strikes but scored a knockdown in round eight.

In other bouts:
Brandon Rios def Anthony Peterson via DQ in R7 due to multiple illegal low blows
Diego Magdaleno def Carlos Oliveira via in R5
Mike Lee (2-0, 1 KO) def Alex Rivera via TKO in R2 (2:59)
Jose Benevidez Jr. def Manuel Del Cid via TKO in R2 (0:41)
Matt Kovobov def Anthony Greenidge via unanimous decision (79-73,79-73,79-73)