Wolverhampton's Jermaine Osbourne-Edwards dedicates victory to late grandmother
Wolverhampton welterweight Jermaine Osbourne-Edwards paid an emotional tribute to his late grandmother after continuing an unbeaten start to his professional boxing career.
The 32-year-old held up a photo of his nan in the ring at The Hanger Events Venue when Friday’s unanimous points victory over Newark’s Fonz Alexander was confirmed.
Osbourne-Edwards had almost pulled out of the contest when his grandmother passed away earlier in the week.
But he managed to channel the strength to fight and impressed in front of a partisan home crowd.
The Kundalini King controlled all four rounds of the bout to record a 40-36 decision and his third straight win since turning over to the paid ranks last year.
Cannock middleweight Ollie Cooper also moved to 3-0 with a composed performance against Manchester’s Josh Cook, while Staffordshire super middleweight Andy Owen had too much for Walsall’s Kearon Thomas.
Darlaston’s Vicky Wilkinson moved to 2-0 beating experienced Pole, Bojana Libiszewska, with Essington’s Ryan Cotterell delivering the shot of the night to knock out Dudley’s Dave Preston on debut.
