Sunny Edwards Believes Bam Rodriguez Can Challenge Naoya Inoue
Sunny Edwards says Bam Rodriguez can challenge Naoya Inoue and it is a fight he wants to see.
Edwards suffered a stoppage loss to Rodriguez back in December and after the fight, Edwards realized how good Rodriguez is. With that, he says he would like to see him fight Inoue as he believes it would be a true challenge to Inoue.
“I definitely think he’s one of the best fighters in the world – as I do myself. That’s why the fight was so good. Naoya Inoue is an absolute monster, but it’s a fight I’d love to see,” Edwards said to BoxingScene. “When you’re dealing with this level of fighters, you’re dealing with a group of fighters rather than a one, two, three, four, five. When you have that much physical ability and understanding of a boxing ring – he has the chance to be one of the ones that challenges Naoya Inoue.
“Would I heavily favour him? Probably not. Inoue is one of the most phenomenal fighters there’s ever been,” Edwards added. “After my last fight, where I got a massive gash in my head, I ran to get stitches, put on my clothes, and come and sit ringside to try and support ‘Bam’, actually. I respect him massively for being able to do something that no one else has been able to do to me over 12 rounds.”
Whether or not Bam Rodriguez and Naoya Inoue will end up boxing is to be seen, but as Sunny Edwards says, it would be a massive fight.
As for Sunny Edwards, he’s coming off a win over Adrien Curiel and is expected to fight Galal Yafai in November.
“This sport is what I love; I love competing; I love fighting. The feeling I’m addicted to is that moment where I get caught with a shot and that adrenaline spikes all the way up. That’s the feeling I chase. I don’t chase fame. I don’t chase legacy, really. I don’t chase all the other things that other people really do it for. They’re all by-products of success, and I’m ready to receive them and go forward with that. However, the feeling I chase is that of getting involved in a fight, where it centres me so that the only thing that matters is that fight; that adrenaline spike I get,” Edwards said.
Edwards is 21-1 as a pro and is the former IBF flyweight champion.
