SUNNY EDWARDS is turning professional. The younger brother of English flyweight champion Charlie Edwards, Sunny was a champion amateur, winning the England Boxing Elite championships at 49kgs in 2015. A member of the GB squad, he beat 2016 Olympian Galal Yafai in that tournament. Edwards will be managed by MGM Marbella and train out there with Danny Vaughan.
โLosing in the ABAs [this year] on a very, very close one, I think that tipped me overโฆ I thought these three rounds ainโt for me,โ Sunny told Boxing News.
A slick, mobile counter-puncher, Sunny is convinced the pros will suit him better. โCompletely. My fitness is there. For the last 15, 16 months Iโve been doing 10 rounds straight off with Charlie,โ he continued. โEver since Charlieโs been pro Iโve been doing 10 rounds straight off with him.
โI think itโs the right time nowโฆ Things could have gone very differently if Iโd been a bit lucky but it didnโt so Iโve just got to play the cards Iโm dealt. As soon as I saw Charlie boxing on these big shows, boxing, letโs face it, worse opposition than I was boxing in the ABAs and getting paid a lot of money to do it, itโs hard to keep turning up when you see that and Iโm there, front row, for all these big fights and seeing boxers technically and in terms of natural ability Iโm much, much better than doing real good things.
โI want to get to the highest level I can achieve, hopefully thatโs world level, hopefully I can become a world champion. But I just want to have as many fights, Iโll fight everyone and anyone out there. Thatโs what I want to do.
โIโll go for my apprenticeship, have a couple of fights learning the ropes, then I want to get in the big fights.โ