Edwards coming to knockout Lawrence

Lawrence and Edwards will square off in a light heavyweight WBC/Fecar title fight at Irwin Park, Siparia, on Saturday, from 8 pm.

Lawrence, who hails from Siparia, has had numerous bouts in Venezuela recently has a record of eight wins and one loss. Edwards, who hails from Cocorite, has registered eight wins and one draw in his career.

Edwards, speaking during his final sparring session at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday, said Lawrence should be concerned.

The 37-year-old said, “He supposed to be worried because I am a champ, I am a champ of Cocorite with no losses. He has to prove himself to me that he could beat this pensioner.” During a press conference earlier this month, Lawrence and Edwards traded jibes with Lawrence declaring he will not let a “pensioner” defeat him. Lawrence is eight years younger than Edwards at 29-years-old.

Edwards continued, “I have no pressure on me because I am the champ, the pressure is on Sheldon because I have no losses, Sheldon has a defeat.” Patterson Hassan Matthews, the coach and manager of Edwards, noted that their preparation is almost complete with just some fine-tuning ahead of the title bout. Matthews added: “Right now we are peaking up our preparations, trying to do our final touches of it. After today’s (yesterday’s) sparring there is no more sparring just fine-tuning and that will be it.” Matthews continued: “He (Lawrence) should not be frightened, he should be scared, very much scared. He (Edwards) said he is coming to knock him out and show that a pensioner could do what (George) Foreman did, and what (Bernard) Hopkins did to their opponents because they were suggested to be pensioners too. Saturday night he will be all ready to take Sheldon Lawrence out.”