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
BREAKING
Tyson Fury has confirmed he will fight German Tom Schwarz at the Thomas & Mack Centre in Las Vegas on June 15th.
Sweet Caroline has just rung out and you know what that means!
It's main event time.
Wow!
You can really tell who the home fighter is here. Moreno comes in to a chorus of boos, meanwhile the Copper Box crowd goes wild for Edwards.
The defending WBC champion walked in to Queen's We Are The Champions.
Will he still be after tonight?
Round one:
Edwards is doing everything right so far, Moreno is just coming forward and walking into punches. The Spaniard is pumped up and wants a tear up but... isn't really offering anything back.
If it keeps going like that, Edwards will box his head off.
Round two:
Moreno's guard is all down and Edwards is just picking him off. A good second round for the champion.
Round three:
Edwards is just being allowed to pick his punches and fight at his pace here, a dream for him so far in his first title defence.
Moreno doesn't budge, keeps consistently walking forward but is all over the place in his approach.
Round four:
Edwards is trying to win this one with style and show off, almost dancing around the ring. Shuffling right in front of his opponent, showing Moreno he can't get near and to be fair, he can't. Edwards's confidence is sky high right now.
His coach fumes at him though and tells him 'get back to your game plan'.
Four comfortable rounds to Edwards.
Round five:
A better round for Moreno but Edwards still wins that one, his ability to box and move displays the difference in quality between the two men.
He's back to work after a round of showboating.
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