edwards fought once more for a title in january 2009, this time moving back down to flyweight to challenge once more for the still-vacant british and commonwealth flyweight titles. the fight in edwards' home town of stoke against fellow challenger wayne bloy saw edwards pick up both belts when bloy retired hurt in the fourth round. on 29 may 2009, edwards made the first defence of his new title with a 12-round decision over a man he had defeated previously, derby's usman ahmed. edwards lost the title, fighting in bolton to shinny bayaar, a mongolian fighter who had recently gained british nationality, making him eligible to the fight for the belt.