# Charlie Edwards (boxer)

Charlie Edwards (born 8 February 1993) is a British professional boxer who has held the WBC World flyweight title, the British super-flyweight title and the European bantamweight title during his career. He is the older brother of former flyweight world champion, Sunny Edwards.

## Early life

Edwards was born on 8 February 1993, in Sutton. He started boxing at the age of 11 as a means to lose weight and it was apparent early on that there existed a bright path for him within the sport if pursued with true commitment . He would then go on to represent the long-standing Repton Boxing Club in London, whilst also getting his brother Sunny into boxing. He grew up being influenced by legendary boxers Sugar Ray Leonard and Manny Pacquiao.

## Amateur career

He won the 2011 Amateur Boxing Association British light-flyweight title, when boxing out of the Lynn ABC. Three years later in 2014 he won the flyweight title boxing out of Repton ABC.

## Professional career

Edwards turned professional in 2015, debuting at The O2 Arena with a fourth-round technical knockout win. Edwards compiled a record of 13–1, and was ranked #15 by the WBC before shocking and defeating Cristofer Rosales to win the WBC flyweight title.
In September 2016 on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook title clash at the O2 Arena in London, England. Edwards challenged IBF flyweight Champion John Riel Casimero but lost via 10th round stoppage, suffering his first professional defeat.
On 31 August 2019, Edwards defended his title against Julio Cesar Martinez at the O2 Arena on the undercard of Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell. Martinez came out determined and managed to stop Edwards with 1:43 left in the third round. Edwards was not able to beat the count, and initially Martinez was awarded a knockout victory. After the video replay was shown, it was evident that Martinez had hit Edwards with a body shot with the latter already on the floor with one knee. The fight would therefore be ruled a no contest, with WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman ordering an immediate rematch.
In October 2019, he announced that he had vacated the WBC flyweight title due to health concerns over making weight at flyweight.
On 27 September 2024, Edwards won the European bantamweight title with a unanimous decision win over defending champion Thomas Essomba at York Hall in London. He vacated the title in January 2025 without making any defenses.
Edwards challenged British, Commonwealth and WBC Silver bantamweight champion Andrew Cain at Liverpool Arena on 15 March 2025. He lost by split decision with one of the ringside judges scoring the fight 115–113 in his favour while his two colleagues had it 116–112 and 115–114 respectively for Cain.

## Professional boxing record

| 22 fights | 20 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 7 | 1 |
| By decision | 13 | 0 |
| No contests | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 23 | Loss | 20–2 (1) | Andrew Cain | SD | 12 | 15 Mar 2024 | Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England | For the British, Commonwealth and WBC Silver bantamweight titles |
| 22 | Win | 20–1 (1) | Thomas Essomba | UD | 12 | 27 Sep 2024 | York Hall, London, England | Won European bantamweight title |
| 21 | Win | 19–1 (1) | Georges Ory | UD | 10 | 12 Apr 2024 | York Hall, London, England | Won vacant WBC International Silver bantamweight title |
| 20 | Win | 18–1 (1) | Darwing Martinez | PTS | 6 | 9 Jun 2023 | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England | |
| 19 | Win | 17–1 (1) | Jacob Barreto | TKO | 2 (8), 1:35 | 3 Dec 2021 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 18 | Win | 16–1 (1) | Kyle Williams | PTS | 10 | 26 Sep 2020 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 17 | NC | 15–1 (1) | Julio Cesar Martinez | TKO | 3 (12), 1:43 | 31 Aug 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Retained WBC flyweight title; Originally KO win for Martinez, later ruled NC after Edwards hit while on one knee |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Angel Moreno | UD | 12 | 23 Mar 2019 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Retained WBC flyweight title |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Cristofer Rosales | UD | 12 | 22 Dec 2018 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Won WBC flyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Anthony Nelson | TKO | 3 (10), 2:48 | 16 Jun 2018 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England | Won vacant WBA Continental super flyweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Ricky Little | TKO | 1 (8), 2:49 | 3 Feb 2018 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Craig Derbyshire | PTS | 8 | 13 Oct 2017 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Iain Butcher | UD | 12 | 15 Apr 2017 | The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland | Won vacant British super flyweight title |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Georgi Georgiev | TKO | 3 (6), 2:14 | 26 Nov 2016 | Wembley Arena, London, England | |
| 9 | Loss | 8–1 | John Riel Casimero | TKO | 10 (12), 1:57 | 10 Sep 2016 | The O2 Arena, London, England | For IBF flyweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Jose Aguilar | UD | 6 | 16 Jul 2016 | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Luke Wilton | UD | 10 | 27 Feb 2016 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Won vacant WBC International Silver flyweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Phil Smith | TKO | 6 (10), 0:47 | 21 Nov 2015 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained English flyweight title |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Louis Norman | UD | 10 | 12 Sep 2015 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Won English flyweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Juan Hinostroza | PTS | 6 | 18 Jul 2015 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 6 | 28 May 2015 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Mikheil Soloninkini | TKO | 3 (4), 2:00 | 28 Mar 2015 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Craig Derbyshire | TKO | 4 (4), 2:54 | 31 Jan 2015 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |