The Cyclone of Guantanamo

PUBLICADO PARA HOY 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE

HBO Boxing: Yuriorkis Gamboa Interview (HBO)



Undefeated featherweight beltholder, Yuriorkis Gamboa, talks about the career path that has taken him from Guantanamo to Miami and how much he misses his Cuban family and friends. Watch Gamboa in a featherweight title unification showdown when HBO Sports® presents BOXING AFTER DARK®: YURIORKIS GAMBOA VS. ORLANDO SALIDO and ANTHONY PETERSON VS. BRANDON RIOS Saturday, September 11 at 10:00 PM ET/PT, only on HBO. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

Last night, undefeated World Boxing Association featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa unanimously beat Orlando Salido to take the International Boxing Federation crown in a title unification bout.

First and foremost, our congratulations to him on this extraordinary feat.

Like all Cuban professional athletes that have defected -- or political dissidents banished abroad -- Gamboa, known as "The Cyclone of Guantanamo," is banned from his homeland by the Castro regime and his family targeted and marginalized.