On December 16, 2023, Sunny Edwards (20-0, 4 KOs), the flyweight IBF champion, and the flyweight WBO champion Jesse Rodríguez (18-0, 11 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Sunny Edwards is coming in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 20% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Andres Campos, 6 months and 6 days ago. Jesse Rodríguez is on a 18-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Cristian González, 8 months and 8 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Jesse Rodríguez at 99-1 winning odds. Sunny Edwards really doesn't have much to present against Rodríguez.
Sunny Edwards refused to continue the fight in the 9th round, and Jesse Rodríguez is crowned the new IBF flyweight world champion. Rodríguez improves his record to 19-0 (12 KOs), while Edwards adds a loss to his record at 20-1.