A look at Charlie Edwards’ record shows that the former WBC flyweight champion won’t be on the bench until June 2023. That doesn’t tell the whole story. In fact, the 31-year-old boxer has been missing from the world of boxing for almost five years.
Edwards last competed at the international level in 2019 when his WBC flyweight bout with Julio Cesar Martinez was declared a no-contest. When Edwards vacated his title just weeks after the controversial fight, he never thought the decision would be with him for so long. He has only boxed three times since then.
Promotions and management have arrived, and Edwards has made several confident statements that things are ready for a return to the top flight. That never happened.
With the lack of work leading to uncertainty and the end of his career, Edwards decided to take a risk. He broke his last bond and decided to take matters into his own hands. The worry is that he’s just slipping away – and waiting for someone to take a chance on him. Instead, he carefully set his own path. He made his comeback on Friday night when he took on former Wasserman champion Georges Ory. Their match will be broadcast on Channel 5 terrestrial television.
Instead of letting go of the frustrations and problems of recent years, Edwards took it as a lesson.
“I’m smarter, smarter, smarter in boxing,” he told BoxingScene.
I was up, I was up, I was down. I’ve climbed ladders and climbed snakes in this sport, now it’s time to prepare myself. This is the best decision I have ever made. I’ve been able to connect with people who were rejected because they weren’t my connection. This is out of my control. I have made peace with many promoters around me and I have built my own career with Wasserman. It was knowledge, power, and as a new family for me as a champion, a new journey for me as a director began.
Now I organize myself, I like it and learn a lot in the process. I may have trouble with other stores in the future. In my current position, I have to give 120% to my work, but this has been a great learning experience, this journey has taken me into uncharted territory, but I know I can develop connections and connections. In the future, when managers come to Team Edwards, I will learn knowledge and build a good foundation that will allow me to continue boxing for many years. “
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Ory is a former European bantamweight champion, but the 32-year-old Frenchman has yet to step into the ring with champion Edwards.
But since Edwards’ record doesn’t really reflect his level of performance, his reputation and past accomplishments are meaningless before the game. This is a new start and Edwards needs to prove that he is still capable of fighting a fighter like Ori, who comes to London with a strong belief that he can beat the weaker Edwards.
Edwards offers as few opportunities as possible. He is the one who decides the direction of his career and is very organized outside and in the gym. When he gets the list of opponents for this weekend’s games, he compares it to his own selection list. He already saw the French as a good attacking opponent.
“It’s a fair fight,” Edwards said. – I chose the right opponent because I want to go back and level up by challenging. It’s great to be interested again, I know on April 12th I’m going to go out there and show that I know I can make it through training, and Charlie Edwards will go down. I got goosebumps. Everyone forgets this bad time.
——I have a headache. He thinks I’m weak, but that’s his biggest weakness because I’m not weak. Maybe in the ring, with all the lights, cameras, and action, but in the gym, I’m still in trouble. I have connected it and it is wrong. I haven’t touched a drop of alcohol in 18 to 20 months. I was interested in boxing. The dark times made me different, and the trials I faced were different monsters. I really gave it my all, like my life depended on it, because boxing is my life. “
It may sound heavy, but Edwards isn’t putting too much pressure on herself to make her return to television spectacular. He knows that almost everyone who watches boxing or participates in the sport has a short memory. If things don’t go well on Friday, he will be overlooked again.
Until game night, Edwards just focused on himself and worked on the physical and mental improvements he had made.
Through this difficult time, I realized that I did not play this game to impress others. I did it to look in the mirror and admire myself, “he said.
I will do everything I can do right to make everything that happened that night, it will be all that I have killed and continue to do. I know that I will go down. the river, do not force anything, my thoughts are right—and the best—I can kill the a person.
“We’ve done our work, Stephen Smith has given us his game plan, we know what we’re looking for and the chances.” We don’t care about this person. From morning to sleep, I give 120% every day. I know that if I do good things at night, everything will come true. I can’t force anything. All these things happened before me. I think there are a lot of things and it’s all up to me. In my mind, I have been in that circle. When I get in the ring, I just have to use my instincts and reflexes and I know I’m going to put on a really bad show. “
According to Edwards, his rise was under the tutelage of former world title challenger Stephen Smith.
Edwards is approaching the second phase of his boxing career with a new mindset, and it’s important that he finds a trainer who can not only train him, but has the same ambition. His enthusiasm and energy matched Smith’s, even at the beginning of the phase of his life. Smith, 38, is a popular athlete who competes at the highest level as a professional. Like Edwards, the Liverpudlian has seen everything the game has to offer and has used his experience to build a coaching career.
Edwards believes the two met at the right time and are at the beginning of a successful journey.
“Everything has led me to this moment,” he said.
I seem to have the right people around me. Stephen’s boxing brain is on a different level. He is the best teacher I have ever worked with. He is very humble and decisive. Mentally, he knows how the camp works. He knows that when thoughts pop into your head he can talk about things. He knows big fights and makes weight. The way he guided me was exactly what I needed in my career.
“I think everyone will see how good Charlie Edwards is and the years we spend together above my career will be amazing. I owe a lot to “Everything has led me to this moment,” he said. because it was a match made in heaven. .” he is a lighter weight class and has been retired for a long time, he is very fast and has a very quick response time. The flow state is maintained. He is still a boxer.
We are in a new era. Boxing is changing. Boxing champions, former world champions and world title challengers who have lived and breathed the sport of boxing will be included, including Andy Lee, Stephen Smith, Anthony Crolla and Jamie Moore. They understand. They have achieved everything in their careers and are now sharing their experience. British boxing lives on with the next generation of coaches and luckily for me, I used my brain wisely and chose the right person to guide me in the long run. The way.
