Former IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards weighed in at 111 lbs whereas his opponent, Galal Yafai, got here in at 111.4 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her 12-round headliner battle for the WBC interim 112-lb title this Saturday, November thirtieth, on the Resorts World Enviornment in Birmingham, England. The cardboard can be proven reside on DAZN.
This would be the 28-year-old Edwards’ second struggle since dropping his IBF title to Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez final 12 months on December sixteenth in a ninth-round stoppage.
The 31-year-old southpaw Yafai (8-0, 6 KOs) is taking an enormous step up in competitors from the fellows he’s been combating since he turned professional in 2022.
Weigh-in Outcomes
Sunny Edwards 111 vs. Galal Yafai 111.4
Conah Walker 146.6 vs. Lewis Ritson 146.9
Kieron Conway 159.6 vs. Ryan Kelly 159.3
Cameron Vuong 138.6 vs. Gavin Gwynne 138.6
Hamza Uddin 112.3 vs. Benn Norman 111.4
Troy Jones 173.6 vs. Michael Stephenson 173.4
Aaron Bowen 162.2 vs. James Todd 163
Ibraheem Sulaimaan 131.8 vs. Marvin Solano 133.8
Taylor Bevan 168.9 vs. Greg O’Neill 167.9
Callum Smith 179.8 vs. Carlos Galvan 175.6
Stowed away on the undercard is former WBA tremendous middleweight champion Callum Smith taking an eight-round tuneup struggle towards journeyman Carlos Galvan.
“When followers begin to perceive the narrative and the storyline, and this can be a pure storyline. Two combating households and the novice code,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to Struggle Hub TV in regards to the struggle between Sunny Edwards Galal Yafai on Saturday.
“Galal was picked for Group GB over Sunny. He went on to win Olympic gold. Kal Yafai and Charlie Edwards had their beef as properly. It’s two nice combating households. Two nice younger males. It’s wonderful to see them danger all of it in a struggle like this.
“Sunny, he’s combating, I suppose, a prospect in Galal Yafai and Galal, he’s combating a longtime world identify. So, plenty of danger for each, and an awesome undercard as properly. It’s a struggle for British boxing that folks can perceive and purchase into and so they’re doing that tomorrow evening.
“He’s [a great self-promoter], and typically you get on with him, and typically you don’t,” mentioned Hearn about Sunny Edwards. “I respect that. One factor you must respect about Sunny is that he’s taking these huge fights on a regular basis.
“He went into the Jesse [Bam] Rodriguez in Phoenix. He went into the Curiel struggle in his yard. Now he’s going into the Galal Yafai struggle. He all the time says, ‘Actual fights solely,’ and he stands on that,” Hearn mentioned about Sunny Edwards. You’ve bought to respect each guys for taking this struggle,” mentioned Hearn.
