
Sunny Edwards started camp for Galal Yafai without a trainer
Sunny Edwards had long worked with Grant Smith at the Steel City boxing gym in Sheffield, but Edwards left earlier this year
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Sunny Edwards had long worked with Grant Smith at the Steel City boxing gym in Sheffield, but Edwards left earlier this year

A late starter to boxing, the Birmingham star made an honest wage packing parcels and delivering boxes of car parts. He did not know what he wanted in life, but he knew what he did not want, and it was not what he was doing.

Former IBF flyweight titleholder Sunny Edwards is not sure drug testing in boxing is working and believes the only way of creating a level playing field is to allow the athletes to take anything they choose.

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has accomplished a lot in less than three years. He went immediately from being a flyweight prospect to becoming a junior bantamweight titleholder. He took out two of the “Four Kings” of 115, moved back down to 112 to add another world title and returned three pounds north to defeat the third king – and seized the lineal throne in the process.

In June, the 29-year-old pushed the bogeyman of the welterweight division, Lewis Crocker, to the absolute limit in one of the best fights of 2024.

The WBO’s latest ratings update includes four new fighters who have been named the number-one contenders in their respective divisions.

Galal Yafai believes that his amateur boxing experience will hold him in good stead when he faces the tricky customer that is Sunny Edwards on November 30.

Sunny Edwards has played down rumors that he will be trained by Adam Booth for his clash with Galal Yafai on November 30.

Sunny Edwards and Galal Yafai faced off today at the launch press conference of their November 30 fight in Birmingham. The contest, which will be held at the Resorts World Arena, will be for the WBC interim flyweight title, with the winner fighting for the vacant title in 2025. Edwards and Yafai are familiar foes, having shared the ring with each other 10 years ago as amateurs and spending years on the GB squad sparring countless rounds.

Birmingham, England, is Galal Yafai’s hometown – and it’s where the Olympic gold medalist will face former flyweight titleholder Sunny Edwards on Nov. 30. But don’t tell Edwards that the Resorts World Arena is the so-called lion’s den.