Edmund Gerber

This coming weekend is a boxing fans dreams with a huge number of notable fights. Seriously just look at this list of great fights:
Robert Helenius v Dereck Chisora
Alexander Povetkin v Cedric Boswell
Jhonny Gonzalez v Roinet Caballero
Prince Aaron v Brian Rose
Abner Mares v Joseph Agbeko II
Anselmo Moreno v Vic Darchinyan
Pawel Wolak v Delvin Rodriguez II
Brandon Rios v John Murray
Mike Jones v Sebastian Andres Lujan
and of course Miguel Angel Cotto v Antonio Margarito II

Though if you were just thinking it was just a night of big high profile title fights, you'd be wrong, a number of emerging prospects fight on the same night, the most interesting (in regards to the heavyweight division) is quite possibly Edmund Gerber (17-0, 11). Gerber is one of the younger prospects in the division at just 23 years old though is also one who, outside of Germany, hasn't really received much hype despite being a 4 year pro.

Gerber turned professional way back in 2007 and has slowly been improving and racking up victories. Sadly he has a number of things going against him, most notably his style which isn't the most fun to watch, in fact at times he can appear downright lazy. Although he may seem dull he does possess solid skills and genuine 1 punch KO power which he showed in fantastic fashion in his last fight as he sparked Yohan Banks.

When it comes to Gerber's potential he's incredibly young and it's perhaps going to be a while to see him become the complete article, though what we have seen has been a real mixed bag. He's scored a solid stoppage over Rene Dettweiler and shut out Zack Page as well taking on a variety of British journeymen (such as Lee Swaby, Carl Baker, Colin Kenna and Paul Butler) though has yet to really mix it with any solid European level guys. Whilst he does have time on his side it would be nice to see him step in with someone like Yaroslav Zavorotnyi who will come to win and could act as a marking stick somewhat.

Gerber's next fight takes place on the card in Helsinki (which also plays host to Helenius v Chisora and Povetkin v Boswell) and will hopefully be featured on Box Nation in the UK. Although Gerber faces the veteran Marcus McGee (23-18-0-1, 7KO's) it does give us a chance to compare Gerber to David Rodriguez (who was taken the distance by McGee) and hopefully marks the start of Gerber's progression through the levels of opponents.

An updated piece on Edmund Gerber can be found on boxingprospects.info, click here for that.

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