edwards rebounded from his italian adventure by scoring victories later in the year over novice fighters gary shiel and usman ahmed. the wins set edwards up for a shot at the vacant english flyweight title against huddersfield's former commonwealth champion, dale robinson who entered the contest with a professional record of 19-2-1 making him a strong favourite to win considering edwards' record of 9-12-1. the fight, at the kings hall, stoke-on-trent in november 2006 resulted in one of the upsets of the year with edwards scoring a tko in the eighth round to lift his second professional title and the english championship.