6'5" 270 Pounds Ray Edwards Makes His Boxing debut This Friday

Honestly, the dude looked a lil too cocky to me. He might get his ass whupped. Sparring with fat joe down the street and whuppin his ass is not the same as...

Then again, I'm sure this guy he's in the ring with is a set up.

 

Odds this guy has a Glass Jaw? Very high I would say....

 

Hes a big guy.

 

Ray Edwards is replacing his football mask for a boxing helmet temporarily.

The defensive end isn't waiting around for the NFL owners and the players association to divide the money pie. Edwards is working hard to be a professional boxer, and is taking it very seriously. What started as an alternative workout regime four years ago is now a potential alternative profession.

"I love it, I love football, I love basketball, I love boxing," said Edwards. " Those are my three favorite sports I love. I beat up a lot of people growing up as well so fighting is just instilled in me because of where I came from, and how I grew up and things like that. So I've always been a fighter."

Edwards doesn't have a fight under his belt yet but his trainer, Jeff Warner, says he's a natural boxer. But the praise doesn't stop there.

"I mean he's faster than Muhammed Ali, he hits harder than Tyson on the inside and plus he's like a Mayweather," said Warner. "He's a combination of those three fighters, and people have never seen nothing like that. 6'5, 265 pounds, and he can move.":rofl:rofl

After four years of training, Edwards says there's nothing more he can do here and its time to get into the ring. May 20th will be his boxing debut but that's just the beginning. He wants the hardware, he wants the belts because he thinks that one day he can be the champ.

"Ring Magazine top heavyweight pound-for-pound champion," said Edwards. "That's the bottom line, I always set out to be the best in everything I do, and the sky's the limit. And that's what I plan on doing, reaching the sky and then staying there."

"Its time to get into get the ring and fight," said Warner. "There's a time to fight and its today.
http://www.kare11.com/sports/article/921805/24/Vikings-Edwards-works-towards-boxing
^^video of him sparring in a hall with no ropes

look at his trainers record talk about padded
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=24256&cat=boxer

 

Good luck to him though...

 

If he is going to be serious about this transition to boxing, he'll need to re-shape his body more. Right now, he's too muscle-bound, and it will affect him vs. serious opponents. Also, he needs to build up his legs a bit more for power. His chicken legs aren't gonna get it done down the road. All in all, look forward to seeing how he does Friday. I'll say this much: he's picking the right time to get into HW boxing, as weak as that division is. Maybe in two years, he can tangle with a top 10 and see where he truly stands.

 

I have heard alot of hype on Edwards. I don't think Friday will tell us much though, considering his opponent has never been in a boxing match either and he is tiny. He should beat him down hard. I think the fight is scheduled for 4 rounds? Shouldn't take more than 2 though.

This may be the only good thing that comes out of the NFL lockout.

 

He talks the talk like a boxer. haha

 

Btw his size wont make a bit of difference to how he does tbh.

 

Edwards is big even for todays division, bet he can knock out a truck.

 

Too big for boxing atm, bet he gasses bad, but I hope he succeeds.

 

He will probably knocks some guys around really good.

 

He looks stiff and one-diminsional in the sparring video, no head movement, and wtf is that little guy doing still standing after like 50 straight rights?