How can he even think about himself a world champion?
IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards (19-0, 4 KOs) plans on defending his world title in model in opposition to Chile’s undefeated Andres Campos (15-0, 4 KOs) this Saturday on the OVO Area Wembley, stay worldwide on DAZN, earlier than setting his websites firmly on the opposite 112lb world champions – particularly stablemate and WBC flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez.
“There’s nowhere for the opposite champions to cover now,” mentioned Edwards. “One after the other, they are going to get their flip. What I do is completely different to something anybody else does in a boxing ring. The world is ready, and I feel proper now I’m the primary flyweight on the earth. I might argue that I’m among the finest flyweights on the earth.
“Struggle night time is my finest night time of my yr, higher than my birthday and higher than Christmas, it’s the most effective night time of the yr. I feel Eddie, and the remainder of Matchroom and DAZN, they genuinely know that with me, they get a fighter that wishes to struggle and can struggle anybody. I’m Sunny ‘Showtime’ Edwards – IBF flyweight world champion and the most effective flyweight on the earth.”
Edwards regarded set to face WBC ruler Martinez in an enormous unification conflict on the again finish of final yr. The pair had been deep in negotiations to stage a showdown in Mexico, however Martinez as a substitute agreed to face necessary challenger McWilliams Arroyo.
The British star was bitterly disenchanted after shedding his shot at unifying the division, and believes that it was his Mexican rival that pulled the plug on the struggle, as a substitute selecting to face simpler opposition in an effort to hold maintain of his world title belt.
“It’s not simply that I would like the entire belts, I don’t need anybody else to have them,” mentioned Edwards. “It sickens me, it pains me that there’s three different folks at my weight that stroll round saying the identical s**t that I say. The truth that with skilled boxing you’ll be able to’t drive somebody within the ring with you and so they can go round displaying off a belt, like take a look at Martinez for f***s sake – that’s horrible.
“I genuinely consider, how can he even think about himself a world champion? He received it as a vacant title, failed a medicine take a look at, identical fights rescheduled rescheduled rescheduled, preventing simple opposition that I’d get slaughtered for. Each single struggle that he will get is straightforward, horrible information like 11-3 and 15-7, like what? You’re meant to be a world champion.
“You’re strolling round attempting to inform folks that you just’re wherever close to the fighter that I’m. Actually, there are folks that may agree as a result of he’s a world champion at flyweight. Boxing is simply out of date as a result of you might have these world champions headlocking world titles, headlocking good contracts, and simply taking simple fights. That kills the game.”
Earlier than any additional talks of unification fights can happen, Edwards is aware of that he should take care of Campos in convincing trend this weekend.
“I’m preventing Andres Campos from Chile and outdoors of him and his followers, abusing me on Instagram for the final nonetheless a few years, I don’t actually know an excessive amount of about him. I don’t actually care about figuring out an excessive amount of about him. Once I get in there it’s the Sunny present. It’s showtime, and there’s no time like showtime. Once I get in there, it’s no matter I would like it to be. I don’t deal with him. I don’t want to speak about him.”
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