Charlie Edwards believes experience will be the deciding factor when he meets Andrew Cain in an intriguing bantamweight fight in Liverpool this weekend.

Edwards, 20-1 (7 KOs), spent almost five years battling to remain relevant after vacating his WBC flyweight title in 2019. Last year, he finally worked his way back to prominence.

Firstly, he signed a promotional deal with Wasserman and then won the European title in front of a large audience on terrestrial television.

Then he caused a shock by agreeing to fight the dangerous and on form British and Commonwealth champion, Cain.

In 2023, Cain, 13-1 (12 KOs), was campaigning at super bantamweight when he lost a close split decision to Ionut Baluta after a brutal ten round war. Cain dropped Baluta twice in the opening round but badly damaged his hand in the process.

Edwards has done his homework. The 32 year-old is a smart, savvy operator and he has rewatched the fight. It isn’t difficult to spot the qualities that make the Liverpudlian so dangerous but Edwards spotted a couple of signs that lead him to believe that should the fight get difficult and go long, Cain will begin to doubt himself.

“I know he's a threat, Andrew, but it's a threat that I can look very special on,” Edwards told The Ring.

“You know, he's a knockout artist. He's inexperienced. He hasn't done a 12 rounder before. That's going to sit in the back of his mind. The only 10 rounder that he has done was with Baluta and he says his hand went in the first round and he broke it.

“I've studied the fight. He throws that backhand all the way through until the seventh or eighth round and then he stops throwing it. So then getting out and saying it was done in the first round, is that an excuse or is it legit? Only he knows that in his own head.”

As Edwards suggests, he does hold a major advantage in professional experience. He has been boxing for titles since 2015; the same year Cain turned professional. His British, European and world title victories have all come over the twelve round and he believes that that know how combined with his footwork and movement will give the aggressive Cain serious issues.

“He's going to say he's going to knock me out but when he don’t and it goes later on into the fight, into championship rounds [what will he do],” he said.

“And let's be real, I'm fit as f—k. Everyone knows my fitness and energy and not only that, I move my feet.

“All his other opponents in front of him have never moved their feet.”