Gibson, a former amateur kickboxing champ, said he turned down a shot at a kickboxing world title to face Edwards, who took up boxing four years ago to stay in shape.

Gibson didn't resemble the profile of the beefy linemen Edwards faces on Sundays.īased on appearance alone, few would have pegged the kickboxer/MMA fighter/boxer as Edwards' opponent. 'A little rougher than I expected, but I wrestle 300-pound guys all day so I'm used to it, guys trying to be rough,' he said. In the fourth round, however, Edwards registered another knockdown with a left hook, sealing the final result.Įdwards said he didn't expect Gibson to be so rough. Gibson bounced back in the second round when he connected with a right hand. In the first round, Edwards, a 6-5, 258-pound athlete, scored a knockdown when he connected on a one-two combo that drove Gibson, a 5-9, 222-pound boxer, into the ropes. You can't throw people like that,' said Jeff Warner, Edwards' manager. Edwards' swim move that tossed Gibson to the mat in the second round was the most intense sequence of the evening. There was little meaningful action throughout the bout. He added that diarrhea had bothered him throughout the day and caused him to cramp up in the second round.

'I got some things to work on,' Edwards said. Gibson in the four-round bout, but he didn't win over the crowd. Vikings defensive end Ray Edwards heard jeers during a tumultuous 2010 season.Īnd he heard them again as he stumbled through an ugly professional boxing debut Friday night against an undersized opponent at Grand Casino Hinckley.Įdwards scored a unanimous decision (40-34, 39-35, 40-34) over Duluth's T.J.

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