Charlie Edwards: record, next fight and profile →
Charlie Edwards starts his campaign to become a two-weight world champion against world title challenger Keyvin Lara on April 18. Recent WBC flyweight king Edwards (15-1, 6 KOs) will tackle the tough Nicaraguan (27-3-1, 9 KOs) on the #MTKFightNight at York Hall; live on ESPN+ in the US in association with Top Rank and on iFL TV worldwide.
WBO European champion Michael McKinson, recent WBC world king Charlie Edwards & world title challenger Liam Walsh to star at York Hall on April 18. The #MTKFightNight, which will be broadcast on ESPN+ in the US and on iFL TV worldwide, sees the undefeated McKinson (18-0) defend his welterweight strap against Kent’s Louis Greene (12-1).
Kal Yafai has been backed to topple a legend of the sport when he returns to the ring later this month. The Birmingham super-flyweight holds the WBA world title at the weight and will put his unbeaten record and belt on the line on February 29. Yafai, who is a former British, Commonwealth and European champion and has now made five successful defences of his title.
Charlie Edwards will make his return to the ring in April, sixth months after giving up the WBC flyweight title because of weight-making problems, but his next fight will not be promoted by Eddie Hearn, as Edwards’ deal with Hearn’s Matchroom company has expired.
Dubois-Fujimoto, Tommy Fury, Williams Photos Gallery - DANIEL DUBOIS AND his opponent at the Copper Box Arena, Kyotaro Fujimoto, went face-to-face for the first time at the BT studios in Stratford ahead of the bumper ‘The Fight Before Christmas’ show on Saturday night, live on BT Sport 1, with the WBC Silver and WBO International heavyweight titles at stake.
The World Boxing Council has revealed that their flyweight champion, Charlie Edwards (15-1-0-1 NC, 6 KOs), has decided to vacate his title after reporting that it is too difficult to him continue making the weight (50,802 kilos – 112 pounds).
The decision to change the result of Charlie Edwards’s WBC flyweight title defence against Julio Cesar Martinez from a knockout victory for Martinez to a no-contest was not taken by WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman alone, but by a three-man panel.
Eddie Hearn believes the video replays should be used more widely in boxing after Charlie Edwards held on to his WBC flyweight title when Mauricio Sulaiman, the WBC president, unilaterally overturned the result of his title defence against Julio Cesar Martinez.
Charlie Edwards, Julio Cesar Martinez Fight Photos Gallery - O2 Arena, London - Initially, it was ruled that Julio Cesar Martinez (14-1-1, 11 KOs) stopped Charlie Edwards (15-1, 6 KOs) in three rounds to capture the WBC world title. (photos by Mark Robinson, Dave Thompson)
Maurico Sulaiman Video Interview - Vasiliy Lomachenko was presented with quite the test from British challenger Luke Campbell. But after 12 rounds, it was the Pound-for-Pound Picasso who prevailed, scoring a unanimous decision (119-108 2X and 118-109) over Campbell to retain his WBA/WBO lightweight titles and pick up the vacant WBC title in front of a sold-out crowd at the O2 Arena.