Albert Gonzalez after his second-round knockout of Alexis Molina on December 16, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (Photograph by Christian Petersen/Getty Photographs)
Albert Gonzalez may grow to be among the finest fighters to return out of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy.
That claims quite a bit, contemplating the quantity of expertise that Garcia has educated all through the years.
Gonzalez, a featherweight prospect, remained unbeaten this previous Saturday evening, 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 growth during the last a number of months. Garcia is assured he shall be a prime contender on the 126-pound division.
“Albert is likely one of the finest fighters in my fitness center,” Garcia advised The Ring early Wednesday. “This (previous Saturday) was his first eight-rounder, however we plan on transferring (him) to 10 rounds quickly. Albert shall be among the many 126-pounders quickly.”
Towards 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.
A number of days after the win over Alcala, Gonzalez signed a long-term promotional take care of High Rank. Garcia acknowledged Gonzalez is in good arms with High Rank, which is taken into account the very best promotional firm at guiding younger prospects to a world title shot.
“This child has an excellent future,” Garcia advised The Ring again in August. “High Rank is nice at growing fighters and I feel they may get ‘Chop Chop’ to grow to be (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 lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
