By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super flyweight champion Kal Yafai (23-0, 14 KOs) says he’s going to make one more defense of his title in May of this year, and then defend against former three division world champion Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez (46-2, 38 KOs), and then face WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (45-4-1, 40 KOs) in a unification fight.
Khalid Yafai
Hearn turns down Yafai vs. Inoue fight for SuperFly2
By Marcus Richardson: Eddie Hearn has reportedly turned down an offer for his fighter WBA super flyweight champion Khalid Yafai (23-0, 14 KOs) to face WBO champion Naoya Inoue for the SuperFly2 card on February 24 in Los Angeles. California.
Loeffler says Inoue, Ancajas & Yafai possible for SuperFly2
By Allan Fox: Tom Loeffler says super flyweights Naoya Inoue, Jerwin Ancajas and Khalid Yafai all want to take part in the SuperFly2 card in early 2018.
Khalid Yafai to fight on May 13
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World super flyweight champion Khalid Yafai (21-0, 14 KOs) will be making his first defense of his newly won WBA strap on May 13 against an opponent still to be determined at the Barclaycard Arena. Yafai, 27, won the vacant WBA title on December10 in beating Luis Conception by a 12 round unanimous decision.
Yafai looked good against Conception, but he didn’t anywhere near as good to beat the talents in the super flyweight division like Roman Gonzalez, Carlos Cuadras, Naoya Inoue, Koki Komeda, Anmat Ruenmeng, Jamie Conlan, and Omar Narvaez.
Khalid Yafai decisions Luis Concepcion – Results
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten #11 WBA Khalid Yafai (21-0, 14 KOs) defeated former WBA super flyweight champion Luis Concepcion (35-5, 24 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to capture the vacant WBA 115lb title on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The final judges’ scores were 120-108, 119-108 and 117-110.
Khalid Yafai vs. Johnson Tellez – Results
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated super flyweight contender Khalid Yafai (20-0, 14 KOs) defeated Nicaraguan journeyman Johnson Tellez (9-28-5, 6 KOs) by a 3rd round knockout last Saturday night at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, UK. The 27-year-old Yafai nailed Tellez with a left to the midsection to put him down on the canvas. The fight was then halted by referee Kevin Parker at 2:48 of the round after Tellez failed to get back to his feet.
The official time of the stoppage was at 2:48 of the 3rd round. In looking at the knockout blow on replay, it appeared to be partially low, as it was a belt-line shot where most of Yafai’s left glove was below the belt-line rather than on it.