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CHARLIE EDWARDS SAYS CASIMERO IS MADE FOR HIM


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Unbeaten British flyweight Charlie Edwards believes IBF flyweight champion Johnreil Casimero is made for him and is confident he will be crowned the new world champion following their showdown at the O2 Arena in London at 1:00 a.m. Sunday, Manila Time, in a fight that will be televised "live" on Sky Cable pay per view in the Philippines.

Edwards said that when he was offered the fight he said "Get me him now! I looked at what he?s done. Obviously he?s a great fighter but there?s something about his style that I know ? I just know he?s made for me. I just knew it as soon as I saw him, just little clips, and this is when he knocked out that Amnat. I thought no, I want him. He?s well beatable."

Asked by Sky Sports John Dennen "What do you think beating him would mean, given you?ve had so few professional fights? Edwards replied, "It would be massive. He?s a two-weight world champion, a legit champion. He?s no paper champion, do you know what I mean? He?s just knocked out Amnat. In my opinion Amnat beat him in the fight before and I think he beat him quite widely on the scorecards. Amnat going into that last fight, I don?t think he would have been training as hard. Not only that he?s just qualified for the Olympics at 60 kilos, so that sums up to me there was some issue with weight there.

"That?s 10 kilos near enough difference. So there must have been some issues where he got knocked out and it was a bit of a phantom punch out of nowhere.

"So this opportunity, so early in my career, I jumped at it. I?m in a no-lose situation. If I go out there and I?m out of my depth, it?s just too early for me and I?ll hold my hands up. But I really fancy my chances. I?m really going to give it my everything. I can?t see anything else but me taking that title from him that night."

Edwards said he's "going to be in unreal condition. And I?ve heard that in his camp the talks were it was going to be on September 24 on the [Anthony] Crolla card. They put a statement out, his camp, and he was just only getting back into light training [in July when the fight was confirmed]. So I don?t think he?s been in the gym. So he?s got to start from the start and he?s got to rush it now until September 10. He?s got to put it in and get his weight down and come from scratch, where I?m just going to turn it up a gear."


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