Danny Gonzalez, 1998-2020

By Scott Shaffer

13/09/2020

Danny Gonzalez, 1998-2020

Boxingtalk belatedly sends its condolences to the friends and family of unbeaten but inactive boxer Danny Gonzalez. Just 22 years old, the featherweight Gonzalez was shot and killed in California on Labor Day. He was 3-0 and signed with Mayweather Promotions but had not fought since the day he turned 19 in 2017. The Riverside County (California) sheriff department issued the following statement: "On September 7, 2020, at 9:08 p.m., deputies from the Moreno Valley Sheriff Station responded to the 22900 block of Allies Pl., Moreno Valley, regarding a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. Deputies arrived within minutes and located three male victims with gunshot wounds. One adult male succumbed to his injuries at the scene, and two minors were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Deputies secured the area as a crime scene and investigators from Moreno Valley Sheriff Station responded. The Central Homicide Unit also responded and assumed the investigation. The victim was identified as Daniel Gonzalez, 22 years of Moreno Valley. The investigation is currently on-going and no further information will be released at this time."