Epic IBF Flyweight Title Fight: Showtime Edwards vs Babyface Mthalane

Last Updated on April 29, 2021 3:25 pm by Gambyl Nation Editorial Team

< wpparagraph > <p>On Friday April 30 we will witness the defense of the IBF flyweight title of South African Moruti Babyface Mthalane 38 years old and who has been a professional boxer for more than 20 years He will face Sunny Showtime Edwards a 25 year old Englishman who has only 4 years as a professional This fight will take place in the city of London at the York Hall and will be a 12 round fight The fight can be watched on <strong>ESPN at 1400 ET 1100 PT <strong> a fight that will be of experience vs youth<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>Experts say it will be a great fight where Sunny has shown his willingness to take on and join the Elite of boxing soon as there is no doubt that Sunny will face a top world champion as Mthalane has extensive experience and has beaten the leaders of his category over the years but they expect it to be the perfect time for a change of leader at the top of boxing<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Lets review important facts about the fighters<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong><em>Babyface <em>Mthalane <strong>is recognized worldwide for being one of the greatest current champions having won his first world title in 2009 with a victory over Julio Cesar Miranda in what was a vacant <strong>IBF Flyweight <strong>title fight plus he also won the IBO Flyweight title with a 2014 victory over Jetha Oliva and who currently holds a <strong>15 fight undefeated <strong>streak His last loss dates back to November 1 2008 Until the day of the fight against Sunny he will accumulate <strong>494 days of inactivity<strong> since his last fight dates back to December 23 2019 but <em>Babyface <em>can boast his record with 41 fights where he has had <strong>39 victories<strong> 26 of them via KO and only 2 defeats<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Lets review the South Africans last win over Akira Yaegashi in 2019 <strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpembed urlhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv= GST 7Ss bUtypevideoproviderNameSlugyoutuberesponsivetrueclassNamewp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio > <figure class=wp block embed is type video is provider youtube wp block embed youtube wp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio><div class=wp block embed wrapper> httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv= GST 7Ss bU <div><figure> < wpembed > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Video courtesy of Nocaut Net<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>For <strong><em>Showtime <em>Edwards<strong> this fight will represent a great opportunity to join the elite of world boxing since in his sixteenth fight as a professional with the flyweight title at stake he could continue consolidating his great presence since he moved down a category to seek to consolidate himself in the world scene and since his victory against Ryan Farrag in 2018 he obtained an important streak of six fights with titles at stake to consolidate his place in the world ranking <strong>The Englishman<strong> will arrive at the title bout <strong>with 244 days of inactivity<strong> since his last fight on August 29 2020 against Cameroonian Thomas Essomba thus increasing his relentless record of 15 submissions and the same number of victories so he comes inspired and will seek to enter the elite with a personal record without a setback to his credit<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Lets review Showtimes last win over Thomas Essomba<strong> <p> < wpparagraph > < wpembed urlhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=0xExx7U5Nn4typevideoproviderNameSlugyoutuberesponsivetrueclassNamewp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio > <figure class=wp block embed is type video is provider youtube wp block embed youtube wp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio><div class=wp block embed wrapper> httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=0xExx7U5Nn4 <div><figure> < wpembed > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Video courtesy of BT Sport Boxing<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Betting line<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Moruti Mthalane <strong>16 165<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Sunny Edwards <strong>225 +135<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Draw <strong>180<p> < wpparagraph >