Sunny Edwards
Sunny Edwards is a British professional boxer who has held the British super-flyweight title since 2019. He is the younger brother of boxer Charlie Edwards.
Amateur career
As an amateur he fought out of Repton ABC and later Steel City ABC, winning multiple national championships; the ABA Juniors in 2013; ABA Youth in 2014; and the ABA Elite in 2015. He also won silver medals in the GB Junior, and ABA Elite Championships in 2012 and 2016 respectively.Professional career
Edwards made his professional debut on 24 September 2016 at the Recinto Ferial in Estepona, Spain, scoring a four-round points decision victory over Sergey Tasimov.After winning his first five fights, one by stoppage, he faced undefeated prospect Ross Murray on 27 November 2017 at Grange St. Paul's Hotel in London, with the vacant WBO European super-flyweight title on the line. Edwards won the fight via fourth-round technical knockout. Following two more wins, he successfully defended his WBO European title on 26 October 2018 with a ten round unanimous decision victory over Ryan Farrag at the York Hall, London. Two judges scored the bout 100–90 while the third scored it 99–91. His next fight came on 15 December against Junior Granados at the Brentwood Centre, Essex, for the vacant WBO International super-flyweight title. Edwards overcame a second-round knockdown to add the WBO International to his WBO European title by UD, with the judges' scorecards reading 99–91, 98–91, 97–92. Following the win over Granados, he made a second defence of his WBO European title against Pedro Matos on 27 April 2019, at Wembley Arena, London. Edwards retained his title via eighth-round TKO. His next fight came on 13 July against Hiram Gallardo at The O2 Arena, London, with the vacant IBF International super-flyweight title in the line. Edwards won by UD, adding the IBF International to his WBO titles. All three judges scored the bout 99–90.
Edwards dropped down to flyweight for his next fight, stating: "We dropped down to flyweight because it's looking like I’m more likely to get a world title shot, but it is what it is". On 14 September 2019, he fought Rosendo Guarneros at the York Hall for the vacant IBF International and vacant WBO Inter-Continental flyweight titles. Edwards won by UD, with two judges scoring the bout 99–91 and the third scoring it 100–90.
Professional boxing record
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
15 | 2 May 2020 | The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland.png" /> | ||||||
14 | Win | 14–0 | Marcel Braithwaite | UD | 12 | 21 Dec 2019 | Copper Box Arena, London, England.png" /> | Won vacant British super-flyweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Rosendo Hugo Guarneros | UD | 10 | 14 Sep 2019 | Won vacant IBF International, and WBO Inter-Continental flyweight titles | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Hiram Gallardo | UD | 10 | 13 Jul 2019 | O2 Arena, London, England.png" /> | Won vacant IBF International super-flyweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Pedro Matos | TKO | 8, 0:23 | 27 Apr 2019 | Retained WBO European super-flyweight title | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Junior Granados | UD | 10 | 15 Dec 2018 | Won vacant WBO International super-flyweight title | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Ryan Farrag | 10 | 26 Oct 2018 | Retained WBO European super-flyweight title | ||
8 | Win | 8–0 | Cristian Narvaez | PTS | 6 | 30 Jun 2018 | The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland.png" /> | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Patrik Bartos | TKO | 2, 2:18 | 3 Mar 2018 | ||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Ross Murray | TKO | 4, 2:59 | 27 Nov 2017 | Won vacant WBO European super-flyweight title | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Jose Aguilar | PTS | 4 | 22 Jul 2017 | ||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Gyula Dodu | 1, 0:58 | 20 May 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England.png" /> | ||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Craig Derbyshire | PTS | 4 | 9 Dec 2016 | Recreation Centre, London, England.png" /> | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 4 | 13 Oct 2016 | Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland.png" /> | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Sergey Tasimov | 4 | 24 Sep 2016 | Estepona, Spain.png" /> |