Unbeaten 2020 Olympic gold medalist Galal Yafai (9-0, 7 KOs) won by a one-sided six round beatdown over former IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards ((21-2, 4 KOs) on Saturday night to claim the WBC interim flyweight title on Saturday night at BP Pulse LIVE in Birmingham, England. Edwards was never in the fight as Yafai overpowered and punished him until the referee waved it off. Time was 1:10 in round six.
After the fight, Edwards announced his retirement.
Yafi was better fighter of the night I think time Sunny Edwards to retired his heart not in it tell by the comments in his corner damage of Jessie bam rodriguez fight took it out of him he had a great career.
Galal Yafai is en route to being a force at 112 and maybe 114, where a fight against Bam Rodriguez seems very feasible to be made.
Sunny Edwards was probably the most overrated British fighter in this era. Just doesn’t have the heart. Same with his brother quitting against Martinez.
No, I wouldn’t say overrated, he just has a bad case of the Paulie Mallignaggi disease, can’t punch with power. Hard to keep those animals off him.
It’s just that people pay good money and take the time to come see a fight, and then Sunny acts like a frightened child for six rounds and gets the ref to pull him out by not fighting back at all. It’s a fitting end to a short, very overhyped career.
Sunny Edwards doesn’t owe YOU a damned thing. YOU aren’t the one taking punches, he is.
While it was one sided like Edwards I did not like the stoppage. I do not like a fighter trying to force a stoppage as opposed to trying for a ko. Happens a lot where a fighter is overwhelming his opponent with a lot of punches but most are being blocked or slipped. The receiving fighter is not really hurt but just overwhelmed. Again I know it was mostly one sided but I just do not like those type of stoppages. It is like the ref is being sold a bill of goods. I like it when a ref lets it go and the fighter throwing a barrage like that ends up punched out.
If he accepts lots of money for a boxing match, then yes, we should expect him to fight back.
So you were there at the event then, so you feel personally aggrieved? NONSENSE. He figured out REAL fast that he was going to get smoked that night, and he realized he was done. His only “sin” is that he said it in range of a microphone for people to hear it. A foolish attempt at machismo and going out on your sword isn’t worth getting your brains bashed in when you’re outmatched. I DARE YOU to get in the ring for even 4 rounds with a professional boxer at your own weight class. I certainly can’t, and that’s why anyone who says he’s done, no matter when, is fine by me.
I’ve never heard of Sunny Edwards until now. He has never done anything in the ring that would draw my attention, so I’m not surprised by this win by Yafai. Kudos to Yafai. Sunny should retire, or get more serious about his preparation.
A very poor effort from Edwards.