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LOOKS can be deceiving. With his boyish face and scrawny physique, Sunny Edwards looks more like someone who should be worrying about exams rather than dethroning a strong boxing champion. But at York Hall in London on Friday, Edwards produced 12 rounds of mesmerising backfoot boxing to topple South Africa’s Moruti Mthalane and win the IBF flyweight title.
Mthalane is a veteran but a dangerous one. He hasn’t lost since boxing Nonito Donaire in 2008, he’s beaten John Riel Casimero and Zolani Tete in the past and began his second reign as IBF flyweight champion in 2018.
Even after more than a year out of action, Moruti hardly looked rusty as he closed in quickly on Edwards. But Edwards was faster, from
