Who won Edwards vs Derbyshire?
Charlie Edwards beat Craig Derbyshire by points in the 8th round on Friday 13th October 2017 at York Hall in London.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Charlie Edwards.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).
Edwards vs Derbyshire stats
Back in October 2017, Charlie Edwards stepped into the ring with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Craig Derbyshire made his way to the ring with a record of 5 wins, 22 loses and 3 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Edwards had advantage in power over Derbyshire, with a 40% knock out percentage over Derbyshire's 20%.
Charlie Edwards was the younger man by 1 year, at 25 years old.
Edwards had a height advantage of 4 inches over Derbyshire.
Both Charlie Edwards & Craig Derbyshire fought out of an orthodox stance.
Edwards was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 months later than Derbyshire, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 133 to Derbyshire's 163.
Edwards vs Derbyshire form
Edwards had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Iain Butcher on 15th April 2017 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Super Flyweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had beat Georgi Georgiev on 26th November 2016 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by John Riel Casimero on 10th September 2016 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Flyweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.
Before that, he had won against Jose Aguilar on 16th July 2016 by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Germany.
He had beat Luke Wilton on 27th February 2016 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.2 rounds on average.
What time did Edwards vs Derbyshire start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM BST at York Hall, London, United Kingdom, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.
What were the odds on Edwards vs Derbyshire?
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