Charlie Edwards (born 8 February 1993) is a British professional boxer who held the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title from 2018 to 2019. He has also held the British super-flyweight title and the European bantamweight title during his career.
Early life Edwards was born on 8 February 1993, in Sutton, and is the older brother of former flyweight world champion, Sunny Edwards. 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 Martínez at the O2 Arena on the undercard of Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell. Martínez 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 Martínez was awarded a knockout victory. After the video replay was shown, it was evident that Martínez 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.
He faced Salvador Juarez for the vacant WBC International super-flyweight title at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on 5 September 2025, winning unanimous decision.
On 29 May 2026, Edwards fought Sikho Nqothole in a final eliminator for a shot at the IBF super-flyweight title at York Hall in London, but lost by unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes25LossSikho NqotholeUD1229 May 2026 24WinSalvador JuarezUD105 Sep 202523LossAndrew Cain1215 Mar 2025 22Win20–1 Thomas EssombaUD1227 Sep 2024 21Win19–1 Georges OryUD1012 Apr 2024 20Win18–1 Darwing MartinezPTS69 Jun 2023 19Win17–1 Jacob BarretoTKO2 (8), 3 Dec 2021 18Win16–1 Kyle WilliamsPTS1026 Sep 2020 1715–1 Julio Cesar MartínezTKO3 (12), 31 Aug 2019 16Win15–1 Angel MorenoUD1223 Mar 2019 15Win14–1 Cristofer RosalesUD1222 Dec 2018 14Win13–1 Anthony NelsonTKO3 (10), 16 Jun 2018 13Win12–1 Ricky LittleTKO1 (8), 3 Feb 2018 12Win11–1 Craig DerbyshirePTS813 Oct 2017 11Win10–1 Iain ButcherUD1215 Apr 2017 10Win9–1 Georgi GeorgievTKO3 (6), 26 Nov 2016 9Loss8–1 John Riel CasimeroTKO10 (12), 10 Sep 2016 8Win8–0 Jose AguilarUD616 Jul 2016 7Win7–0 Luke WiltonUD1027 Feb 2016 6Win6–0 Phil SmithTKO6 (10), 21 Nov 2015 5Win5–0 Louis Norman1012 Sep 2015 4Win4–0 Juan HinostrozaPTS618 Jul 2015 3Win3–0 Brett Fidoe628 May 2015 2Win2–0 Mikheil SoloninkiniTKO3 (4), 28 Mar 2015 1Win1–0 Craig Derbyshire4 (4), 31 Jan 2015
See also List of world flyweight boxing champions List of British world boxing champions
References
External links
Charlie Edwards Official Website Charlie Edwards – Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live