Former IBF World flyweight champion Sunny Edwards will try to revive his profession tonight, dealing with unbeaten Galal Yafai in a 12-round dust-up for the WBC interim 112-lb belt from the Resorts World Enviornment in Birmingham, England. The cardboard can be proven dwell on DAZN, starting at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Outcomes
– Tremendous middleweight prospect Aaron Bowen (29-5, 4 KOs) knocked out James Todd (4-4-2) within the fifth spherical. Bowen, 25, despatched Todd to the canvas within the spherical with a left to the midsection.
Moments earlier than, Bowen had been touchdown pictures at will in opposition to the harm and drained Todd. Even when Bowen hadn’t dropped him with a physique shot, he was going to knock him out with a headshot as a result of he was reeling.
The combat was waived off after Todd didn’t beat the rely. The time was at 1:46 of the fifth. Within the second, Todd dropped Bowen with a wonderfully positioned left hook to the pinnacle.
– Tremendous featherweight prospect Ibraheem ‘Spider’ Sulaimaan (6-0, 4 KOs) seemed spectacular, scoring a fast second-round knockout win over Marvin Solano (24-21, 8 KOs). In spherical two, Sulaimaan flattened the 34-year-old Nicaraguan Solano with a tough left to the physique. The referee then stopped the combat. The official time was at 2:54.
– Making his professional debut, former newbie star, gentle heavyweight Taylor Bevan (1-0, 1 KOs) crushed veteran Greg O’Neill (7-9-1, 1 KOs), dropping him twice to attain a second-round knockout. The time of the stoppage was at 2:40 of the spherical. O’Neill caught Bevan with an enormous shot moments earlier than getting dropped for the knockout. Fortunately for Bevan, O’Neill isn’t an enormous puncher as a result of he was combating recklessly.
– Former WBA tremendous middleweight champion Callum Smith (30-2, 22 KOs) knocked out journeyman Carlos Galvan (20-5-2, 19 KOs) in spherical 5 of a scheduled eight-round contest on the preliminary portion of the cardboard.
Smith despatched Galvas, 33, to the canvas thrice within the combat, dropping him as soon as in spherical 4 from a left hook to the pinnacle and twice extra in spherical 5 with lefts to the physique. The time of the stoppage was at 1:19 of spherical 5.
On DAZN at 2:00 pm ET: Essential card
Sunny Edwards (21-1, 4 KO) vs Galal Yafai (8-0, 6 KO)
Conah Walker (13-3-1, 5 KO) vs Lewis Ritson (23-4, 13 KO)
Kieron Conway (21-3-1, 6 KO) vs Ryan Kelly (19-4-1, 8 KO)
Cameron Vuong (6-0, 3 KO) vs Gavin Gwynne (17-3-1, 5 KO)
Hamza Uddin (2-0, 1 KO) vs Benn Norman (7-5, 0 KO)
On the preliminary card is gentle heavyweight Callum Smith (29-2, 21 KOs) dealing with Carlos Galvan (20-14-2, 19 KOs) in an eight-rounder. Matchroom didn’t select to position this combat on the principle card for apparent causes. The previous WBA tremendous middleweight champion Smith, 34, is anticipated to attain a quick knockout.
Edwards (21-1,4 KOs) misplaced his IBF belt final yr, shedding to Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez by a ninth-round stoppage on December sixteenth. If Edwards, 28, wins tonight, he’ll be able to combat for the WBC flyweight belt in 2025.
2016 Olympian Galal Yafai (8-0, 6 KOs) is dealing with his first proficient level of his two-year profession, battling Edwards, and it’s going to be attention-grabbing to see how he offers with the leap up in competitors. Yafai isn’t younger at 31, and he wants to hurry up his profession if he desires to perform something earlier than he ages out.
