Current WBA Featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (16-0) will take on Rogers Mtagwa (26-13-2) for the title. The fight is taking place at Madison Square Garden and is the co-main event feature being broadcast live on HBO.

The following is the play-by-play call of the fight:

Round 1

Mtagwa comes out aggresive and lands right cross.  Mtagwa goes for body shot and gets tagged hit a left hook counter.  Gamboa lunges with and connect with a left hook.  Gamboa connects solidly again with a combination to the head that shakes Mtagwa.  Gamboa is picking Mtagwa apart, lands uppercut.  Mtagwa comes forward and gets hit again with a counter left.  Mtagwa comes forward and gets hit with another counter left hook to the head that knocks him down the canvas.  Mtagwa is up quickly and the round comes to an end.

Round to Gamboa, 10-8

Round 2

Mtagwa comes out assertively and looks unphased by the knockdown.  Mtagwa moves for a jab and Gamboa connects with left hook followed by a right.  Gamboa lands another combination.  Mtagwa pushes a weak jab forward and is tagged again by a vicious combination of shots.  Gamboa pushes the action and rocks Mtagwa with a right cross.  Gamboa unleashes a combination to the body followed by a right to the head that knocks Mtagwa down for the second time in the fight.  Mtagwa is able to geft of the canvas.  Gamboa shows patience and chooses not to pounce.  Mtagwa paws a jab and Gamboa goes for the kill with a flurry of shots that Mtagwa cannot defend.  Another left hook buckles Mtagwa and he moves back, slumping down to the canvas along the ropes for another knockdown.  The referee steps in and calls the fight.

Gamboa by TKO at 2:35

Tags: boxing, Featherweight, rogers mtagwa, Yuriorkis Gamboa

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