Albert Gonzalez after his second-round knockout of Alexis Molina on December 16, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (Picture by Christian Petersen/Getty Photos)
Albert Gonzalez might develop into probably the greatest fighters to come back out of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy.
That claims loads, contemplating the quantity of expertise that Garcia has skilled all through the years.
Gonzalez, a featherweight prospect, remained unbeaten this previous Saturday night time, knocking out Edgar de la Cruz Gonzalez on the Sala Urbana in Naucalpan, Mexico.
The 22-year-old, who resides within the Los Angeles suburb of Perris, improved to 11-0, 7 knockouts.
Garcia, who started coaching Gonzalez after his third struggle as a professional, has been impressed with Gonzalez’s improvement over the past a number of months. Garcia is assured he will probably be a high contender on the 126-pound division.
“Albert is without doubt one of the finest fighters in my fitness center,” Garcia informed The Ring early Wednesday. “This (previous Saturday) was his first eight-rounder, however we plan on shifting (him) to 10 rounds quickly. Albert will probably be among the many 126-pounders quickly.”
In opposition to de la Cruz Gonzalez, Albert Gonzalez dominated the motion from the opening bell. Gonzalez dropped de la Cruz Gonzalez with a mix in spherical three, leading to him being counted out.
Saturday’s win comes six weeks after Gonzalez stopped Damian Alcala, additionally within the third spherical. On July 13, Gonzalez stopped once-beaten Conrado Martinez in spherical six.
Just a few days after the win over Alcala, Gonzalez signed a long-term promotional take care of High Rank. Garcia acknowledged Gonzalez is in good palms with High Rank, which is taken into account the perfect promotional firm at guiding younger prospects to a world title shot.
“This child has an incredible future,” Garcia informed The Ring again in August. “High Rank is nice at growing fighters and I believe they’ll get ‘Chop Chop’ to develop into (a) world champion. (I’m) very excited for his future with High Rank.”
De la Cruz Gonzalez, who resides in San Cristobal Huichochitlan, Mexico, falls to 9-5, 4 KOs.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
