Charlie Edwards vs Angel Moreno result: Edwards retains flyweight belt as Buatsi and Okolie impress
Edwards successfully defended his WBC flyweight title
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Your support makes all the difference.Charlie Edwards made the first defence of his WBC flyweight title against Spain's Angel Moreno on an action-packed card at the Copper Box Arena.
The 26-year-old won the belt in stunning fashion from Cristofer Rosales back in December and impressed once more, winning every single round against Moreno in London.
Elsewhere, Lawrence Okolie won the commonwealth belt for a second time with a fourth round knockout of Wadi Camacho, Joshua Buatsi won the British title with an impressive third round stoppage of Liam Conroy and Lewis Ritson returned from his first career defeat with a points win at super-lightweight against German Benitez.
Recap on all the action below.
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Key information:
When and where is the fight?
The fight is on Saturday, March 23 at the Copper Box Arena in London.
What time will the main event ring walks be?
Ring walks for the main event will take place just after 10pm.
What is the full fight schedule?
Charlie Edwards vs Angel Moreno - WBC world flyweight title
Joshua Buatsi vs Liam Conroy - British light heavyweight title
Lawrence Okolie vs Wadi Camacho - British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles
Lewis Ritson vs German Argentino Benitez
Jason Quigley vs Mathia Eklund
Sean McGoldrick vs Sean Cairns
Shannon Courtenay vs Cristina Busuioc
Lewis Syrett vs Danail Stoyanov
Tom Ansell vs Chris Adaway
Round 10:
This one has gone the distance! Both men stood their ground in the centre of the ring in that final round but both with a lack of energy.
This decision is going to be an uncomfortable wait for Ritson...
The scores are in...
99-91
98-92
98-92
Lewis Ritson wins the WBA intercontinental super-lightweight title. The scoring there is... questionable.
Lewis Ritson
"I knew it would be tough. I'm not very happy with my performance. He was a slippery customer and that was probably 10 rounds that I needed.
"I felt great, he hit us with a few body shots but I felt OK. The extra five pounds did me well. Back to the drawing board.
"The last couple of rounds where I was boxing a bit more, I should've done that from the start. We're learning things all the time."
Up next, Okolie faces Camacho for the commenwealth and British cruiserweight belts.
No love lost between these two.
Both men are in the ring!
'The Sauce' was serenaded into the ring by his girlfriend and rapper Ms Banks.
Live updates to come.
Round one:
Okolie keeps his distance well and that's where he works best. Camacho tries to get close and tie his opponent up but it's not working.
The British champion landed a nice left hand and it looked at one point as though Camacho was trying to hold on but he sees the round out.
This one almost certainly isn't going the distance.
A performance from Ms Banks as Okolie made his way to the Copper Box ring.
Josh Taylor, are you a fan of Lawrence Okolie vs Wadi Camacho?
Please make your feelings as clear as possible.
Round two:
A really, really sloppy round from both men. Okolie's main issue is that he's so good at distance... yet he so often doesn't utilise it.
As soon as he did, he was able to land a huge right and again looked like he could take Camacho out.
The Canning Town man made it through the second.
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