Boxer Lewis Edmondson says that people can expect to “see the best” of him when he fights Ukrainian Daniel Lapin later this month. <\/b><\/p>\n
The unbeaten British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight champion will box at Wembley Stadium on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk v Daniel Dubois on 19 July. <\/p>\n
“It’s going to be a great night on a historic card,” 29-year-old Edmondson told BBC Sport. “I’m proud to be part of it.<\/p>\n
“As a little boy when I first walked into an amateur boxing gym I used to dream about nights like this.<\/p>\n
“This is as big as it gets really, I think people are going to see the best of me, I can’t wait for it.”<\/p>\n
His opponent Lapin is also unbeaten and part of Usyk’s promotional company and has been involved in the heavyweight champion’s training camp. <\/p>\n
In his last two outings, the 6ft 6ins southpaw has fought on big cards in Saudi Arabia and impressed with knockout and unanimous decision wins. <\/p>\n
Edmondson, who is 5ins shorter, is coming into the fight off the back of his first victory since picking up the British and Commonwealth light heavyweight titles. <\/p>\n
In late 2024 he beat Londoner Dan Azeez<\/a> to claim the vacant belts and in March defended his Commonwealth title<\/a> against the previously unbeaten Oluwatosin Kejawa.<\/p>\n In May, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBOC) set a deadline of October for Edmondson to defend his titles<\/a> against domestic rival Ezra Taylor. <\/p>\n But after negotiations for that fight broke down, the Southampton man – who still hopes the Taylor fight can happen later this year – then jumped at the opportunity to appear on what will surely be one of the biggest cards of the year. <\/p>\n “Lapin is an avoided fighter,” he said. <\/p>\n “A lot of people turn this opportunity down but not me, these kind of fights are what I’m in boxing for, a big night at Wembley Stadium with three belts on the line.<\/p>\n “To go from being in hospital with septicaemia, on death’s door thinking I’d never box again, to fighting at Wembley Stadium it is crazy.<\/p>\n “Sometimes you don’t get the chance to look back enough and I think it is important to appreciate the journey.”<\/p>\n Earlier on in his career Edmondson had some serious health scares, most notably septicaemia, external<\/a>, another term used to describe blood poisoning. <\/p>\n It is a potentially life-threatening infection caused by large amounts of bacteria entering the bloodstream.<\/p>\n