Fights III - Yuriorkis GamboaSJ Fowler

The Red Ceilings PressMMX [rcp 2]

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Cover image by King Conny Wobble © Joseph Lewis.

yurriokis gamboa

do not be perturbed should you see light

emerge from the thumb of his glove

(october62)thereisnothingpettyaboutislandsis nothing thereisnothingpettyaboutislandspetty isabout nothing thereisnothingpettyaboutislandsislands petty is about nothing thereisnothingpettyaboutislandsis nothing thereisnothingpettyaboutislandspetty isabout nothing thereisnothingpettyaboutislandsislands petty is about nothing thereisnothingpettyaboutislandsis nothing thereisnothingpettyaboutislandspetty isabout nothing thereisnothingpettyaboutislandsislands petty is about nothing islands petty about islands

(defection,redacted)whiletraininginvenezuelawithCubanteammatesOdlanierSolisandYanBarthelemysnuckoutofcampandfoundtheirwaytoColombiaandeventuallytoGermany,wheretheyappliedforvisastoentertheUnitedStates.Beforedefecting,hehadsoldhisOlympicgoldmedaltosupporthisfamilyGamboamadehisprofessionalboxingdebutonApril27,2007,inHamburg,GermanyagainstAlexanManvelyan.GamboaputManvelyanonthecanvasinthethirdroundandbeatuphisfoethroughoutthefightfortheunanimousdecisionvictory.Twomonthslater,hedefeatedAraikSachbazjanbyfourthroundtechnicalknockout.Afterwinninghisnextfourfights,GamboamadehisUnitedStatesdebutonOctober30,2007,attheSeminoleHardRockHotelandCasinoinHollywood,FloridaagainstAdailtonDeJesus.DeJesuswasdroppedtothecanvashalfwaythroughthefirstround.AGamboaslipinthefourthroundwasruledaknockdownbythereferee.Gamboa'srelentlesspressureeventuallyforcedastoppageinthesixthandfinalround

(olympicgoldmedallistsatflyweight)

GeorgeFinneganFrankieGenaroFidelLaBarbaAntalKocsisIstvánÉnekesWillyKaiserPascualPérezNateBrooks TerenceSpinksGyulaTörök FernandoAtzoriRicardoDelgadoGeorgiKostadinovLeoRandolphPetarLesovSteveMcCroryKimKwang‐SunChoiChol‐Su

MaikroRomero WiljanPonlid

YuriorkisGamboaSomjitJongjohor

(whisperstoOdlanierSolis)

therealexcitementofsex

withamerican

girlsistheirmixedheritage

(headlines)

CLASHOFSTYLESMEANTLOTSOFFIREWORKS

POTENTIALCHAMPION

GAMBOADESTROYSEDWARDS

GAMBOABOAGAMBO

GAMBOADEFEATSJIMINEZ,FAILSTOIMPRESS

ALLACTIONGAMBOAFUNNINGGOR

WINONFRIDAY

YURIORKISGAMBOABLASTSLATESUBSEEGERINONE

YURIORKISGAMBOADROPPED,KNOCKS

OUTRAMIREZINTWO

GAMBOAGAMBLESGOMBOLAGAMBALALA

GAMBOABOATHREEFOURFIVE

GAMBOAOVERCOMESKNOCKDOWNTO

DEFEATGONZALEZ

CUBANGAMBOAWINEASYEASY

GAMBOACLAIMSWBAFEATHERWEIGHTBELT

GAMBOACONSTRICTOR

(rogersmtagwa)

thethrowback

thrustlespeak

whenourarmsareold

weareseventy

fallingblackly

andwehavegrownchildren

likeatreetrunk

hekeepsoncoming

propelled

weaskasheisbatteredbysot=hedoesn’tfall

butkeepscomingunhurt

forallwesee(afterthefights

unabletothinkfortheheadaches)

notformoney,surely?

yesformoney

aproudmtagwa

hehireshelperstowalk

showingbell–whatliesbeneath

cheeksandchin—bone

bonemtagwa

heneedshishelperstobeproppedinto

bathicebathice

he’sgivenmuch

hemightexpiretoexhausationand

canloseonlytooil,sotheysaidaftertheLopezfight

thenhemet

Gamboa

(punchcountmtagwa)

roundone

rogersmtagwapunchesthrown 29rogersmtagwapuncheslanded 5

yuriorkisgamboapunchesthrown 42yuriorkisgamboapuncheslanded 15

roundtworogersmtagwapunchesthrown 28rogersmtagwapuncheslanded 5

yuriorkisgamboapunchesthrown 65yuriorkisgamboapuncheslanded 38

roundthreehollowspaceforwhereapunchcountreststhereremainsnothing

(busdriver)

Icrossthestreet,hand

inhandwithyuriorkis

gamboa.notaroad

wearecrossingbychance

asiteofformershame

wetakeourstepsatthe

softestwarningoftheon‐

comingcars.hedoesn’t

lookforexplanationinmy

fingers,cracking

waitingforthebus

driverwhowouldnot

stopformewhenIwas

withchildandbearinga

yellowbandana

gamboastopsthebuswith

hishandsanddraggingthe

potbellieddriverthrough

thecarriagewindowfulfils

hispromisepunchingfuck

outoftheelderly

enemy

ageingamidstthebeating

gamboa,cleaningout

mychipshop

(shots)

lefthookrightcross

lefhookritecrosse

;lefthokhookjabjabjabjabjabjaba

speederahtahttahrathraht

uppercutlefthandsrightrar

arararahathahahtah

hasshassuntsraht

hasshassuntsragt

rahtahapprightcrossleft

hook

srighthandrighthandsightand

jabjabajabjabajabajabajab

righthookrighthookrighthook

lefthokk

lefriglefrigeliefielef

jabuppercutcrosscrosscross

stumblesrighthanashefalls

hegetsup

forheismtagwa

jabcrossjabcrosshjab

rightcros

leftleftleftleftleftlefltelft

righthandpunchlandson

mtagwaasitdidbeforebeforebefore

leftjabisleftjabisleftjablefthab

righthooklefthoorightjhook

underuseduppercuts

(pricedglovework)

thereisnothingpettyaboutcuba

pricedglovework

thesailboatthatstalkedmarlin

attritional

turkishbarb

acoltedfin

therestingplaceofcrookedteeth

itwon’tphaseGamboa

hewon’tgetfat

squatfirsburnbeneathwhateverbed

herestshishead

andhe’spunchingsomethingdead

togetwarm

justusenames

hecanfollowyourwords

hereadslipswhilehittingthepads

hecanreadthenameuponyourlips

thenamesofboxers

eager

juanmawaits,oncomesGamboa!

SJ Fowler is a postgraduate student of Philosophy and anemployee of the British Museum. Yuriorkis Gamboa is a cyclefrom a larger work concerned with documenting the lives ofboxers through variant poetic methodologies. He currently edits the Maintenant contemporary European poets series for 3ammagazine and has been published in around two dozen journalsand ezines. www.sjfowlerpoetry.com.

The Red Ceilings PressMMX [rcp 2]

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