Sunny Edwards and Adrian Curiel will clash in a 12-round flyweight battle as the chief support bout for the world title clash between Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada and Jesse “BAM” Rodriguez at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on June 29, live worldwide on DAZN.
Both men will be looking to bounce back to winning ways and get back to world champion status, and for Edwards (20-1 4 KOs), it’s an immediate return to the state where he met headline star Rodriguez in a 112lb unification clash in December. Curiel (24-5-1 5 KOs) moves up in weight after two dramatic 108lb world title clashes with Sivenathi Nontshinga.
Sunny Edwards: “Me vs Curiel is a hell of a fight. He is a former World Champion, like myself, and we’re both fighting to get back into world title contention…I’m looking forward to being back.”
Adrian Curiel: “When you lose, you learn, and I will prove it against Edwards on June 29…if they want to make it 112lbs we will take it even though this is not my weight, all because I am thirsty for revenge. Viva Mexico!!”
That’s an excellent fight and it makes perfect sense with them both coming off losses. Curiel would obviously prefer to fight at 108, but they’re supposedly unifying that entire division and if he can beat Sunny, he should be able to hang at 112 and he can always go back down.
I still can never imagine how men stay at that weight. 108, 112, etc. I met Ivan Calderon ( iron boy) and that was exactly what he looked like, a boy even though I was close to him in age. Anyways, just a thought!
Yeah, I get it. Fully grown man in peak physical condition weighs 105lbs, 108, 112…. and we’ve seen people go from one of those weights 3 or 4 lbs up and, oddly, be undersized.
If Edward’s is the same he might win the fight but we don’t know how he is after his loss against bambam
Lot of fighters are not the same after their first loss both physically and mentally
Once the loss they don’t train with the same heart/willing/desire