{"id":644851,"date":"2026-06-18T06:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/644851\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:50:12","slug":"lewis-edmondson-eyes-joshua-buatsi-after-lyndon-arthur-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/644851\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Edmondson eyes Joshua Buatsi after Lyndon Arthur clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

While refusing to overlook Lyndon Arthur, Lewis Edmondson is nonetheless eager to collide with Joshua Buatsi later this year, believing he can cause the Londoner \u201cbig trouble\u201d.<\/p>\n

First on the agenda, though, is his light-heavyweight clash with Arthur, which takes place at St Mary\u2019s Stadium, Southampton, on June 20.<\/p>\n

Edmondson was supposed to face domestic rival Ezra Taylor<\/a> in October, only for a hip injury to keep him out of the ring since last July, back when he lost a majority decision to Daniel Lapin.<\/p>\n

Having now recovered from his setback, the 30-year-old admits he was initially gutted not to face Taylor, but tells Boxing News that the rest and recuperation has done him a world of good.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it was gutting. I did the camp, lost a lot of money through flying sparring partners over, and there was a lot of heat on that fight as well. But it\u2019s boxing \u2013 these things happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a fighter out there that\u2019s not had injuries. But now, I\u2019ve had a long time to fully recover and am back sparring, performing really well in the gym.\u201d<\/p>\n

As mentioned, Edmondson will lock horns with Arthur, a former European champion, on the undercard of Ryan Garner vs Michael Magnesi.<\/a><\/p>\n

With a home advantage and no small amount of tricks up his sleeve, \u2018The Saint\u2019 firmly believes he has the beating of Arthur, who comes off a majority decision victory over Brad Rea in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the fight we wanted, this is the fight that we pushed for, and this is the fight that\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe I\u2019ve got the best team behind me and that we can beat anyone who\u2019s put in front of us. We know this [fight] will skyrocket us towards the world scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a good fighter who\u2019s been in with [Dmitry] Bivol and [Anthony] Yarde, but I wonder how much he\u2019ll be up for this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a way to beat any fighter, and we believe we\u2019ve put together the right gameplan [to beat Arthur].\u201d<\/p>\n

Should he defeat Arthur, which is no foregone conclusion, then Edmondson will be angling for a showdown with Queensberry Promotions stablemate Buatsi.<\/p>\n

Despite coming off a debatable points victory over Zach Parker in November, Buatsi is still regarded by many as a top 10 light-heavyweight, especially given his gallant effort against Callum Smith in February 2025.<\/p>\n

According to Edmondson, however, the 33-year-old has now reached a stage where he is there for the taking.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we come through [Arthur], we want Joshua Buatsi. I know I\u2019ll cause him big, big trouble. He\u2019s a well-respected fighter, a big name, but I know I\u2019ve got the style to beat him.<\/p>\n

\u201cZach Parker should have got the decision. I think that Callum Smith fight took a lot out of him, and I think Zach Parker was the wrong style for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having identified several chinks in Buatsi\u2019s armour, perhaps Edmondson will eventually be given the opportunity to expose them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While refusing to overlook Lyndon Arthur, Lewis Edmondson is nonetheless eager to collide with Joshua Buatsi later this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-644851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}