Former IBF World Champion Sunny Edwards and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gold Medallist Galal Yafai will collide in a Flyweight thriller at BP Pulse LIVE in Birmingham on Saturday November 30, proven dwell worldwide on DAZN.
The British rivals have been on a collision course since former Staff GB star Yafai joined the skilled ranks in February 2022 after fulfilling his lifelong dream of changing into Olympic Champion by outpointing the Philippines’ Carlo Paalam to safe gold in Japan.
Edwards (21-1, 4 KOs) produced a elegant show to inflict a primary defeat on Moruti Mthalane in 13 years and grow to be IBF Flyweight World Champion behind closed doorways at London’s York Corridor again in Might 2021.
The gifted 28-year-old, who holds a win over Yafai within the amateurs, went on to make 4 profitable defences of his World Title earlier than struggling the primary lack of his profession in a blockbuster unification conflict with Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez on the Desert Diamond Enviornment in Arizona final December.
‘Showtime’ returned to successful methods towards Adrian Curiel on the undercard of Estrada vs. Rodriguez final outing in June and returns to struggle within the UK for the primary time since June 2023 aiming to shut out the 12 months in model in what guarantees to be a British blockbuster.
Birmingham’s Yafai (7-0, 5 KOs) picked up the WBC Worldwide Flyweight crown on his skilled debut at The O2 in London earlier than making defences on the world-famous Madison Sq. Backyard In New York, the Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi and The O2 as soon as extra in April 2023.
The 31-year-old demolished Tommy Frank inside two minutes to protect his unbeaten file in entrance of his hometown followers on the Utilita Enviornment Birmingham in August 2023 earlier than closing out the 12 months with a factors win over Rocco Santomauro in Arizona.
His final win got here towards Agustin Gauto at Fontainebleau Las Vegas earlier this 12 months in April and now Yafai will run out on the Canon Medical Centre in Sheffield on September 28 earlier than he steps up towards the vastly extra skilled Edwards for the most important take a look at of his professional profession up to now.
“This struggle has at all times been inevitable,” mentioned Edwards. “Our final names maintain weight in British boxing and all over the world – and it’s actually time to place to mattress the Edwards-Yafai Saga.
“Being ignored for the Olympic Video games due to household relationships and metropolis ties – lit a hearth all these years again. I beat Galal and was shelved in the identical 12 months again in 2015 and now that is my likelihood to point out Britain who the true golden boy is.”
“I’m glad that the struggle has been made,” mentioned Yafai. “That is going to be a large struggle for British boxing. I must win a World Title, and it is a struggle that can put me on the cusp of preventing for one after I win in my hometown on November 30.”
“This can be a enormous struggle for British boxing,” mentioned Matchroom Sport Chairman Eddie Hearn. “I’m delighted to get this one over the road because it’s the suitable struggle for each males. For my part these are the perfect two Flyweights on this planet, and they’ll conflict for a shot on the World Title in entrance of an enormous crowd in Birmingham. Former IBF World Champion Edwards will really feel he’s the favorite heading into this one as he appears to be like to recapture gold at 112 kilos. Olympic gold medal hero Yafai hasn’t put a foot mistaken thus far within the professional ranks, it is a large step up for him however one which he shall be assured of overcoming. It has all of the makings of an excellent struggle, and I can not look ahead to the BP Pulse LIVE in Birmingham to be bouncing on November 30. Standby for bulletins on a bumper undercard and we placed on an unmissable evening of motion solely dwell worldwide on DAZN.”
“We love this struggle,” mentioned Alfie Sharman, VP DAZN. “I’ve at all times been a large fan of Sunny, a man who talks the discuss and walks the stroll out and in of the ring. Galal is an exceptional expertise who in his brief professional profession thus far has in all probability not confronted a fighter pretty much as good as Sunny. It is going to be fireworks. Reside and unique solely on DAZN.”
An announcement on ticket particulars shall be made in the end.
