![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/world-champion-sunny-edwards-defends-eddie-hearn-despite-title-fight-collapse/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Boxing-SSE-Arena.jpg&description=Sunny Edwards believes it was his rival Julio Cesar Martinez's fault that their potential unification world title fight collapsed. Edwards looked set to face WBC champion Martinez in a huge unification clash which would likely have been promoted by Matchroom Boxing and kingpin Eddie Hearn. The pair were deep in negotiations to stage a showdown in Mexico, but Martinez instead agreed to face mandatory challenger McWilliams Arroyo. The British star was bitterly disappointed after losing his shot at unifying the division, and will now instead take on his own mandatory challenger Felix Alvarado at the Sheffield Arena on Friday night. However he believes it was Martinez who pulled the plug on the fight. "It's not Eddie Hearn's job to deliver me anything," Edwards told Mirror Fighting ahead of his ring return. "I haven't signed a contract with him or anything. But I genuinely believe him Matchroom Boxing and everyone who was involved genuinely wanted the fight. I just think they are sick and tired of Martinez and his unreliability to be honest. "They also know they have ten fighters that if my name is on a poster with them they are big events. He doesn't need to promote me, it is probably better for us both if he has someone constantly on the other side. I will go there and he will have his arm around Martinez. Who have you got next for me Eddie? We have got Joshua Franco, Roman Gonzalez, we have Galal Yafai and we have so many options. Win lose or draw it is all nice, I just want to be in big events. "I don't fear anyone in my weight or the weight above. If I do not get a unification at flyweight as my next fight next year, I am moving weight and I could go up or down but the flyweights are scared of me. Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez, he has promised to switch down to fight me but we will see and I will not hold my breath. All I can take of this ordeal is a great compliment, and genuinely you can see that Eddie Hearn knows I accepted everything." Sunny Edwards will defend his IBF){kind=link}
Edwards was planning to take on Julio Cesar Martinez in a world title unification bout this year – and the Briton does not want to place blame on Hearn
Sunny Edwards believes it was his rival Julio Cesar Martinez’s fault that their potential unification world title fight collapsed.
Edwards looked set to face WBC champion Martinez in a huge unification clash which would likely have been promoted by Matchroom Boxing and kingpin Eddie Hearn. The pair were deep in negotiations to stage a showdown in Mexico, but Martinez instead agreed to face mandatory challenger McWilliams Arroyo.
The British star was bitterly disappointed after losing his shot at unifying the division, and will now instead take on his own mandatory challenger Felix Alvarado at the Sheffield Arena on Friday night. However he believes it was Martinez who pulled the plug on the fight.
“It’s not Eddie Hearn’s job to deliver me anything,” Edwards told Mirror Fighting ahead of his ring return. “I haven’t signed a contract with him or anything. But I genuinely believe him Matchroom Boxing and everyone who was involved genuinely wanted the fight. I just think they are sick and tired of Martinez and his unreliability to be honest.