Talented £112 owner Sunny Edwards will defend her title against former champion Felix Alvarado worth £108 on Friday in Sheffield, England.
SUNNY EDWARDS (18-0, 4 KOs) VS FELIX ALVARADO (38-2, 33 KOs)
- Day: Friday, November 11
- Time: 2pm ET / 11am PT (7pm UK) (main event after show)
- Where: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
- TV / Stream: WEBPAGE
- Cost: Freedom
- Assignment: Fly class (112 pounds)
- Under threat: Edwards . IBF title
- Pound-for-pound rating: Not available
- The odds: Edwards 5-1 favorite (multi-store average)
- Also on the card: Thomas Essomba vs. Marcel Braithwaite, the bottom contenders; Jack Bateson vs Shabaz Masoud, a featherweight fighter.
- Guess: Edwards UD
- Story: Edwards is about to face some of the world’s top little men – stars like Julio Cesar Martinez and Bam Rodriguez – but he has to get past the capable Alvarado first. The 26-year-old Londoner, an excellent boxer, won the title by defeating two-time champion Moruti Mthalane in April last year. He then successfully defended against Jayson Mama and Muhammad Waseem, winning both skirmishes by wide decision. Alvarado, 33, of Nicaragua, held the £108 title from 2018 until he abandoned it this year and moved up to 112. He made his flyweight debut in May, when he stopped Luis Cerrito Hernandez in four rounds. He hasn’t lost since consecutive defeats in 2013 and 2014, after which he won 20 games in a row.
