Watch the epic showdown between Joshua Edwards and Larry Gonzalez in this full fight replay! 🔥 Relive every punch, combo, and thrilling moment from this intense battle. Who came out on top? Tune in now to find out!
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00:00Rocket is the nickname he has on his
00:08trunks but everybody knows him as good
00:11Joshua Good Edwards
00:14you said yes like mentioned earlier at
00:19the weigh-in 221 walk by me said no fat
00:22he was an athlete represented the United
00:26States but Jalola in Bulgaria a couple
00:32years ago Ronnie Shields I was Ronnie
00:34all hard to hit and these shoulders right
00:36here I feel that when we're doing this and
00:39ever just have a smile and stay left smirk
00:41he's sticking that jab right away coming
00:47out lending that jab on basic command
00:49right now
00:53Gonzalez stand there he's not gonna move
00:56away you're gonna have a target for oh
00:59head snap back from double jab from
01:02Edwards uppercut from Edward now
01:06bouncing on his toes there's the Olympian
01:12Joshua Edwards yeah he did get that
01:14tattoo with the Olympic rings man he's
01:19snapping back the head of Gonzalez right
01:21now Edwards cannot miss he has an opponent
01:25it's not gonna be hard to find you can
01:29hear the thuds on the punches feel him
01:33yeah it's in there and he moves does
01:36Edwards
01:37Edwards was boxing at the age of six his
01:42Edwards was boxing at the age of six his dad took him to the gym and all he did as a kid was box no football no basketball
01:50then finally
01:52sophomore year of high school he said dad I need a break I'm gonna go play basketball
01:56got to the basketball team made varsity as a tent grader in Houston
02:00broke his wrist going up for a dunk landed on his and now I gotta go back to boxing he said he was getting burned down when he was 16 after that that that break fueled them to an Olympic run here he is as a professional
02:14oh good overhand right from Edwards that might have been just what he needed because he's looking sharp after all this time
02:22like something we've got to get back to boxing that's which where
02:33you see Edwards putting that jab down to the body to come upstairs with that right hand he's trying to set up that right
02:38Slipping punches going upstairs as Edwards
02:52Solid opening round in his professional debut
02:57Joshua Edwards
03:01Looking confident having fun
03:04First round is done
03:08Using the inch wall right away is Augustus the cup man look at the
03:37Highlights here a lot of Edwards Eric Priest
03:41Really really really using that jab he's not even not not not not not letting uh
03:45Gonzales even get close to him managing his distance his range moving around that jab can't miss and uh
03:52Jabbing the body come over with the right hand exactly he's trying to set up that right
03:58From Houston but really representing
04:00Sunnyside
04:02Is where Joshua Edwards is from a rough neighborhood in the southern part of Houston?
04:08Sunnyside you say you got to fight your way out of there
04:10And I was like you Houston or Sunnyside man, please say Sunnyside for me man. I don't let people know you get out of there and do things
04:16Here he is as a pro looking good
04:18Looking good is Joshua Edwards
04:20And the development of a heavyweight
04:26You have longer to work with them because they hit their prime later
04:30Yeah, I agree. Yeah, I feel like the heavyweight division is uh you usually usually you can uh the longest lasting career sometimes
04:40He's athletic he's very fast he's strong
04:43Um great movement you can tell
04:45I was asking about
04:47You know finding somebody who's 292 he's like I've always fought in the super heavyweights as an amateur so I've always been
04:52Lighter than everybody else
04:54But they feel my pop
04:56As Gonzalez tries to go lefty to give him a different look it doesn't work
05:00I can feel the popping
05:01Now Edwards goes lefty
05:03He's mixing it up all right you want to do it I'll do it with you
05:06You see they are he's he Edwards is not letting that size uh dismantle him at all he's he's fighting in there
05:17He's he's willing to exchange with them
05:27Gonzalez going southpaw again
05:31And that's not a good move for Gonzalez
05:33Gonzalez
05:34Caught twice three four times body shot upstairs from Edwards
05:39Gonzalez is bleeding now that left eye is busted
05:42Oh another right hand to the left eye
05:45Attacking is Edwards in the corner Gonzalez
05:50Eating punches mouthpiece goes flying
05:53Gonzalez in trouble in the corner turning his back and it is over
05:57Sharon sands has stopped it
05:58As Gonzalez was getting work and his professional debut
06:04Joshua Edwards
06:06Representing Sunnyside it look good
06:09Wow what a performance what a performance those shots landing basically on command and
06:14Picking his shots smart you can see he's thinking in there
06:17An insane amount of athletic ability and wow
06:20Wow
06:26Oh yeah it was overhand right right there
06:28Switching southpaw I don't think was the best move for Gonzalez
06:31He was eating some big shots
06:35They were sitting down on his punches Eric Preece and here's where they ended
06:39Oh
06:44That's the mouthpiece flying
06:46Boom and Gonzalez knew and he turned his back he had had enough
06:51Good stoppage good stoppage
06:53Man
06:55Again we're not going to get all overhyped because it's a pro debut
06:58And Gonzalez only in the second pro fight
07:01But you see something with Joshua Edwards the way that he moved
07:05And it's different going from the amateurs to the pros
07:08This is a young man
07:10Now I see Oscar DeLoya and Eric Gomez really really high on this young man
07:13Absolutely sitting down on his shots
07:15He's literally switched stances in the middle of the fight
07:19Just impressive work
07:21To go from Sunnyside in Houston to fighting in Bulgaria
07:24Winning a championship in the amateurs in Chile
07:27Fighting in Paris in the Olympics
07:29And here now on a Golden Boys show Joshua Edwards
07:32Walk him down two times his Instagram
07:37Because his coach when he was a kid
07:40Nick Gatlin would tell him
07:42Just walk him down walk him down
07:44And he's like well the next fight is a big time tournament
07:46Coach said the same thing so he's like walk him down two times
07:49That's his IG
07:51Joe Martinez ready to make it official
07:53Ladies and gentlemen the end comes officially 1 minute 51 seconds
07:59Round number 2
08:02Referee Sharon Sands put the hold to the fight for your winner
08:05In his professional debut
08:07A KO for the record
08:09The Rocket
08:11Joshua Edwards
08:12You said it earlier Eric Priest
08:24Young fighter your best advice is stay active
08:27I think they're going to keep this young man active
08:29Based on this performance right now Edwards I think could fight in 4 weeks
08:32You know and he looks sharp he looks great he's already in shape
08:36Why not?
08:40Golden Boys going to be busy in May, June, July
08:43Now you got to get the team picture
08:47And there's the man who had him as a kid
08:49Nick Gatlin
08:51Melvin Malone
08:53Ronnie Shields joining him now on the professional side
08:56So the good amateur coaches are with him
08:58Know him from a kid
09:00There's Eric Gomez with the high five ready to go
09:02And then you bring in a man like Ronnie Shields
09:04Only makes your team that much stronger
09:06Yeah Ronnie Shields working with plenty of world champions
09:08The Charlos and
09:10Wow it looks like he's got a great, great, great corner
09:11Great, great corner
09:27Great work
09:29Coming over yes
09:31Yeah, yeah, that's all the switch to southpaw
09:33And then
09:34Wow, yeah, Edwards coming in
09:36Yeah, an onslaught of punches
09:37And yeah, good stoppage by the referee
09:38There's nothing left for Gonzalez to do
09:43Yeah, he's taking punishment
09:45Go
09:53Against his professional
09:55Debut
09:57A second round stoppage
10:00For