Edwards vs Yafai: Date, fight time, undercard, prediction, latest odds and ring walks

The vacant WBC interim satellite flyweight rubric volition beryllium connected the enactment connected Saturday night, arsenic some fighters look to instrumentality a important measurement towards competing astatine the precise apical of the 112lbs division.

Since then, the 28-year-old proved excessively bully for Adrian Curiel successful June, winning aft it was stopped owed a chopped connected his forehead, and present goes up against British rival Yafai, who has lone 8 nonrecreational fights to his name.

The 31-year-old, who won golden astatine the Tokyo Olympics, has beaten each of those enactment successful beforehand of him truthful far, astir precocious stopping Sergio Oliva successful the 3rd circular successful September, but this is simply a important measurement up for Yafai.

The brace person agelong been rivals, warring against each different arsenic amateurs erstwhile Edwards came retired connected apical successful 2015, and sharing galore rounds of sparring since then.

Edwards and Yafai volition combat connected Saturday November 30, 2024.

The lawsuit is taking spot astatine Resorts World Arena successful Birmingham

The paper is expected to statesman astatine 7pm GMT connected Saturday evening.

The ringing walks for the main lawsuit are scheduled for astir 10:50pm GMT, though that could beryllium pushed backmost depending connected the magnitude of the bouts earlier successful the night.

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Whoever comes retired connected apical connected Saturday nighttime volition surely beryllium connected the verge of a satellite rubric changeable astatine 2025.

What is little casual to foretell is who that volition be, with this promising to beryllium a compelling bout betwixt 2 men who cognize plentifulness astir each other.

Edwards’ sole decision has travel against a genuinely elite combatant successful Bam Rodriguez, who has since moved up and go satellite champion successful a 2nd division.

That was bruising nighttime for Edwards and volition surely person taken a just spot retired of him, and helium past suffered a nasty chopped successful his past bout against Curiel.

The large question for Yafai is whether this bout has travel excessively soon. He has done everything asked of him successful his 8 bouts truthful far, with six knockouts highlighting the powerfulness helium carries, but this is simply a immense measurement up from anyone helium has faced arsenic a nonrecreational truthful far.

It could beryllium to beryllium much of a tactical brushwood than an all-action affair, and 1 that Edwards has the acquisition and method quality to edge.

Edwards to win, unanimous decision.

The fighters volition instrumentality to the scales connected Friday - cheque backmost successful past for the results!

Edwards to triumph connected points oregon by decision: 5/6

Edwards to triumph by knockout, method knockout oregon disqualification: 13/1

Yafai to triumph connected points oregon by decision: 2/1

Yafai to triumph by knockout, method knockout oregon disqualification: 9/2

Odds via Betfair (subject to change).