after the moffett fight another period of inactivity followed for edwards and he would not fight again until november 2005, meeting delroy spencer for the third time, this time scoring a points victory over four rounds. in february 2006 he lost to gary ford and then travelled to italy in march 2006 to meet andrea sarritzu the reigning european champion in a non-title fight. it was the first time edwards had travelled abroad to fight professionally and the fight ended with the champion knocking edwards out in the fourth round.