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WEMBLEY

JUNE 10

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IT WAS gone midnight at the Wembley Arena and the words flowed from Sunny Edwards with the speed at which his hands and feet had moved inside the ring an hour earlier.

As expected by many, his Matchroom debut had gone the distance and his hand had been raised after 12 rounds of competitive but reasonably one-sided rounds with little-known yet game Chilean Andres Campos.

It was a case of ‘job done’ for Edwards, but attention immediately turned to what is next for the world’s No.1 flyweight after a performance which only flashed with brilliance without ever really igniting.

“I want the big fights, because you will never get the best out

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