Only one match on a tepid boxing weekend and it's from Matchroom/DAZN from Birmingham, England for an interim flyweight title.
Former IBF champion Sunny Edwards faces 2020 Olympic gold medalist Gal Yafai for the minor title with the winner in position to next face WBC champion Kenshiro Teraji.
Edwards has fought once since the battering that he took in a courageous losing effort to Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez. winning a technical decision in eight rounds over former IBF light flyweight champion Adrian Curiel.
Yafai hasn't faced anyone of Edwards caliber as a pro but his extensive amateur career will carry him well against the former champion.
Edwards is a smooth boxer but lacks much of a wallop and Yafai is the harder puncher of the two.
The key here is how much has the punishment that Edwards took from Bam Rodriguez affected his ability to take a punch?
Yafai will test that and if Edwards retained his chin, this is a 50/50 fight.
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