Edmondson withdraws from Taylor fight with injury

Lewis Edmondson in action at London's Wembley Stadium Getty Images

Lewis Edmondson and Ezra Taylor had been scheduled to fight this weekend

Dan George
BBC Sport, South

Light-heavyweight Lewis Edmondson has withdrawn from Saturday's fight against Nottingham's Ezra Taylor due to injury.

British and Commonwealth champion Edmondson suffered a hip injury in the final stages of his training camp that has forced him to pull out of the bout at the O2 Arena in London.

The pair were due to meet and settle a long-standing feud on the undercard of Joseph Parker against Fabio Wardley.

"Minor setback, we'll be back soon," Edmondson posted on his instagram story as the news was announced.

"The Saint" - who is from Southampton - won his domestic titles a year ago in London when he beat Dan Azeez by majority decision.

Since then he cruised to a unanimous decision win over Oluwatosin Kejawa in early 2025 before suffering a first career loss in July to Ukrainian Daniel Lapin.

Unbeaten Taylor is still set to fight on Saturday's bill in London despite the late change in opponent.

The 31-year-old has 12 wins to his name with eight knockouts.

Southampton's Garner vacates European strap

Ryan Garner looks on at a press conference for his fight Queensberry/Leigh Dawney

Ryan Garner won his European title earlier this year

Meanwhile, British and Commonwealth super-featherweight champion Ryan Garner has officially vacated his European title.

The unbeaten 27-year-old had been ordered to defend his blue and gold belt but the European Boxing Union have now declared the title vacant.

Briton Josh Padley has now been ordered to compete for the belt against Frenchman Jaouad Belmehdi.

Garner won the European title in March when he defeated the previously unbeaten Salvador Jimenez in Bournemouth.

He added the British and Commonwealth titles to his collection thanks to a late stoppage of Reece Bellotti.

BBC Sport understandS Garner and his team are aiming for one more outing before a big show at St Mary's stadium in the summer of 2026 - providing he keeps winning.

His promoter Frank Warren has previously teased that a fight at the 30,000 seater arena could be for a world title.

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