On April 30, 2021, Moruti Mthalane (39-2, 26 KOs), the flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against English challenger, Sunny Edwards (15-0, 4 KOs).
Moruti Mthalane is coming in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Akira Yaegashi, 1 year, 4 months, and 7 days ago. Sunny Edwards is on a 15-fight win streak with a 26% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Thomas Essomba, 8 months and 1 day ago.
The winning odds are at 67-33 in favor of Sunny Edwards, but it is going to be a hard-earned victory. Moruti Mthalane is going to put on an exceptional fight, Edwards better be prepared for one of the toughest fights of his life.
Sunny Edwards defeated Moruti Mthalane via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Edwards improves his record to 16-0, while Mthalane adds a loss to his record at 39-3.