Rodriguez vs Edwards headlines a night of boxing from Matchroom being held in Glendale, Arizona. The event will be broadcast live on DAZN on Saturday 16 December 2023.
The main event between Bam and Sunny will see a unification in the Flyweight division. Bam Rodriguez stakes his WBO world title against Sunny Edwards IBF world title.
Sunny Edwards is coming off of a successful defence back in June where he easily outpointed underwhelming opponent Andres Campos.
Bam Rodriguez became a two weight world champion when he stepped down from Super Flyweight to capture the vacant WBO Flyweight title. Rodriguez easily outpointed Cristian Hernandez back in April, but suffered a broken jaw in the process, delaying his bout against Sunny Edwards.
The undercard for Rodriguez vs Edwards features 7 different matches, including one for a minor WBC title. A number of British fighters have also travelled out to the States as part of the card.
Yafai vs Santomauro
Olympian Galal Yafai is competing for the WBC International Flyweight title in just his sixth bout, having destroyed Sheffield Flyweight Tommy Frank within a minute during his last contest.
Yafai has been mooted as a future opponent for Sunny Edwards, and faces 22-2 Rocco Santomauro. Santomauro recently lost a closely contested bout to Ricardo Sandoval back in June.
Bostan vs Russ II
Sunny Edwards Steel City Gym stablemate Junaid Bostan is looking to add to his knockout record against Gordie Russ II. Bostan holds a record of (7-0 6 KOs), Ross (6-0, 6 KOs), so expect a knockout in this one. Ross II is taking a big step up in competition, having never faced an opponent with a positive record before.
McGrail vs O’Quinn
Peter McGrail returns to action following his bout on the undercard of Catterall vs Linares back in October. McGrail is competing on the card against (17-1-1) Ja’Rico O’Quinn.
McGrail vs Ortiz Jr.
Peter McGrail’s younger brother Joe McGrail also competes earlier on in the undercard against Edwar Ortiz Jr, in the toughest test of his career so far.
Full undercard:
Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs Kevin Gonzalez
Peter McGrail vs Ja’Rico O’Quinn
Junaid Bostan vs Gordie Russ II
Arturo Popoca vs Carlos Mujica
Joe McGrail vs Edwar Ortiz Jr
Albert Gonzalez vs Alexia Molina
Galal Yafai vs Rocco Santonmauro
Read a preview of the full event, including how to watch below