Sunny Edwards v Felix Alvarado 11/11/22

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this could be very competitive. showtime is on a nice little run & el gemelo relinquished his ibf light flyweight title to move up to one twelve. the odds on felix are worth playing here

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i'm going to go with the upset here, i think it should be clear but i could see a dodgy card for sunny in there. so felix by split. not very confident though as i rate sunny

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Sunny Edwards believes it was his rival Julio Cesar Martinez's fault that their potential unification world title fight collapsed.

Edwards looked set to face WBC champion Martinez in a huge unification clash which would likely have been promoted by Matchroom Boxing and kingpin Eddie Hearn. The pair were deep in negotiations to stage a showdown in Mexico, but Martinez instead agreed to face mandatory challenger McWilliams Arroyo.

The British star was bitterly disappointed after losing his shot at unifying the division, and will now instead take on his own mandatory challenger Felix Alvarado at the Sheffield Arena on Friday night. However he believes it was Martinez who pulled the plug on the fight.

"It's not Eddie Hearn's job to deliver me anything," Edwards told Mirror Fighting ahead of his ring return. "I haven't signed a contract with him or anything. But I genuinely believe him Matchroom Boxing and everyone who was involved genuinely wanted the fight. I just think they are sick and tired of Martinez and his unreliability to be honest.

"They also know they have ten fighters that if my name is on a poster with them they are big events. He doesn't need to promote me, it is probably better for us both if he has someone constantly on the other side. I will go there and he will have his arm around Martinez. Who have you got next for me Eddie? We have got Joshua Franco, Roman Gonzalez, we have Galal Yafai and we have so many options. Win lose or draw it is all nice, I just want to be in big events.

"I don't fear anyone in my weight or the weight above. If I do not get a unification at flyweight as my next fight next year, I am moving weight and I could go up or down but the flyweights are scared of me. Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez, he has promised to switch down to fight me but we will see and I will not hold my breath. All I can take of this ordeal is a great compliment, and genuinely you can see that Eddie Hearn knows I accepted everything."

Hearn and Edwards had previously exchanged words over a fight with Martinez, which looked well on its way to completion prior to the collapse. Edwards now works with promoter Probellum after leaving Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions, but has yet to pick up a huge fight to boost his chances of becoming undisputed champion.

A huge potential fight could emerge with rising star Galal Yafai who is starting to gain momentum en route to a world title shot in the future after his gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. However Edwards will now need to progress beyond Alvarado before any fresh talks can be held.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxin...hearn-28458822

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gave the first to sunny

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felix connecting but i've given first two to sunny

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not much in both rounds though & felix investing in the body early

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third was really close. gave it to felix

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the commentary is already pretty biased

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gave sunny the fourth, he has really nice skills

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gave the fifth to sunny but he is starting to hold more

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closer sixth but again to sunny

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seventh to felix. are things starting to turn?

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sunny not looking good, went down but ruled a slip, have to have another look at that. gave the eighth to felix

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gave felix the ninth

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sunny looks spent