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Charlie Edwards retains world flyweight title with dazzling performance against Angel Moreno Angel Moreno suffered unanimous 120-107 defeat to Charlie Edwards  Edwards dominated opening rounds in first defence of his WBC flyweight title  Fellow Briton Joshua Buatsi earned win over Liam Conroy on the undercard   Lawrence Okolie also beat Wadi Kamacho by knockout at the Copperbox

By Jeff Powell For Mailonline

Published: 23:22 GMT, 23 March 2019 | Updated: 23:22 GMT, 23 March 2019

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Charlie Edwards put on a dazzling display of boxing skills interspersed with some showboating to retain his world flyweight title in London's Olympic Park last night.

The WBC champion won every round against Spain''s Angel Moreno but the brave, smaller veteran find not deserve to be humiliated by the occasional Ali Shuffle impersonation and kindred taunts.

One debatable knock down and the unanimous 120-107 scorecards were ample reward for a masterful performance.

Charlie Edwards retained his world flyweight title by beating Angel Moreno at the Copper Box

Charlie Edwards retained his world flyweight title by beating Angel Moreno at the Copper Box

Edwards is a special talent who will surely go on to unify more titles.

But it is never easy for the ring's tinier men to catch the public eye and he admitted he felt a need to entertain a half full Copper Box as well as defend the belt he won in December.

As usual Edwards' mother, to whom he dedicated his winning of the world title, was at watching at ringside from

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