FORT WORTH, Texas – Four fights in, Joshua Edwards is right on track in performing as the prototype athlete that boxing needs.
An American Olympian from George Foreman’s hometown, Houston. Four knockouts, none of which lasted longer than two rounds. Driven to improve, packing on muscle to now weigh more than 230 pounds after fighting as an amateur at 212.
The 25-year-old Edwards returns to the ring Saturday in Texas, opening the DAZN-streamed main portion of a card headlined by the WBC interim junior-middleweight title fight between champion Vergil Ortiz Jnr and former title challenger Erickson Lubin at Dickies Arena…