Next Saturday night Sunny Edwards and Galal Yafai clash at the BP Pulse Arena in Birmingham in an enticing flyweight clash which could have huge ramifications on both of their careers. Despite the fight from the outset being incredibly tough to call, Edwards has backed himself to do a job on his opponent.
Former IBF World Champion Edwards has wanted to fight Yafai throughout the entirety of his career after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gold Medalist was selected to go to the Rio Olympics ahead of him in 2016 – this was after Edwards had beaten him in the amateurs in 2015.
The counter-punching, slick 5’3 man from Surrey lost his IBF title in 2023 after his shot at greatness against Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez ultimately failed as he was stopped in the ninth round.
He did return to the ring in June when he defeated Adrian Curiel by a unanimous technical decision, following a cut to Edwards preventing the fight from carrying on after an accidental clash of heads.
Yafai is only eight fights into his professional career after picking up his Gold meal in 2020.
He has stopped his last two opponents impressively, which could pose problems to Edwards after he struggled to deal with ‘Bams’ heavy hands.
Moreover, a win for him would provide a huge springboard to kick on in his career.
Nevertheless, Edwards is confident that this will not happen as has backed himself to make the fight easier for him than many are expecting.
He spoke on Matchroom Boxing’s new documentary named ‘Make the Days Count’.
“I think as long as I stay disciplined with my feet I can hurt him, I can definitely outbox him.”
“I think if I lose this fight it’s completely on my doing. I think that it is there for me to win.”
Edwards has said that the result of this fight is in his hands, and he also has the power to hurt his opponent.
Whilst he is only 28 years old, a defeat to Edwards would result in a long way back to the level he once was at.
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