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The fight between former IBF World Flyweight champion Sunny Edwards and undefeated contender Galal Yafai was one of experience versus youth. Edwards, a former world champion who was looking to get himself back into position to fight for a world championship in his second fight since losing the IBF crown in a unification bout against WBO World Flyweight champion Jesse Rodriguez. With an interim designation on the line between Edwards and Yafai in the WBC’s Flyweight ratings, the winner of the fight would essentially be in position to challenge current WBC world champion Kenshiro Teraji. What had all the appearance of a high-stakes encounter took place before an enthusiastic crowd at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England on November 30th. In previewing this bout, this observer pointed out that the strategy of Edwards, a fighter with only four knockouts in twenty-one previous fights going into this encounter, and one who was used to going a world championship distance of twelve r...

Boxing’s 112lb. Flyweight division takes center stage this Thanksgiving weekend as an intriguing battle will occur at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England as former IBF Flyweight world champion Sunny Edwards will face undefeated top contender Galal Yafai. An encounter that will determine Interim/Regular champion status in the World Boxing Council (WBC) Flyweight ratings, which can be seen worldwide on digital subscription streaming network DAZN . While Boxing’s lower weight divisions do not always receive consistent exposure here in the United States, it is often the lower weight classes that offer battles often fought at a high pace and no shortage of action. This fight figures to follow in that tradition. In this case, this particular bout has an interesting contrast in a former world champion looking to get back into position to fight for a world championship going against a young, unbeaten contender, who some might feel has yet to be tested.   Edwards is looking ...

The story going into the Flyweight bout between 2020 Olympic Gold medalist Galal Yafai and former British Flyweight champion Tommy Frank on August 19th at the Birmingham Arena in Birmingham England was whether Yafai, who entered the bout ranked number fourteen in the world in the World Boxing Council ( WBC ), could continue on what has been a fast track since beginning his career in February of last year. Although it is not uncommon to see fighters who are able to benefit from the exposure that the Olympics offers, and to be more specific, those fighters who are able to reach the medal rounds, progress at a faster pace upon embarking on professional careers as compared to those with limited or no amateur experience, Yafai has been able to work his way to a low top-twenty ranking in a world sanctioning organization's rankings in only four professional fights. While Yafai entered the bout unbeaten in four bouts having gone the distance in one of those fights, the question this observ...

Originally, August 19th in the world of Boxing was to be spotlighted by the highly anticipated World Light-Heavyweight championship fight between undefeated champion Artur Beterbiev and former Super-Middleweight world champion Callum Smith. As some know, the bout between Beterbiev and Smith has been postponed to January 2024 due to Beterbiev needing time to recover from recent dental surgery. While that fight was initially one of the highlights of the month of August 2023, a bout that could be described by some as under the radar could prove to be interesting. This observer is referring to the Flyweight bout between undefeated Flyweight contender Galal Yafai and former British Flyweight champion Tommy Frank, which will take place at the Birmingham Arena in Birmingham, England that can be seen globally on digital subscription sports streaming network DAZN.  While the 112lb. Flyweight division does not always get much exposure, particularly here in the United States, one thing that m...

  Press Release: By DAZN January 27, 2022 – Tokyo 2020 gold medallist makes pro debut on February 27th  Credit: DAZN   Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion  Galal Yafai MBE  has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his highly anticipated professional debut on the Lawrence Okolie vs. Michal Cieslak WBO Cruiserweight World Title show at The O2 in London on Sunday February 27, live worldwide on  DAZN  (excluding New Zealand and Australia).   Birmingham’s Yafai fulfilled his lifelong dream and became Olympic Champion as he brilliantly won Team GB’s first boxing gold of Tokyo 2020, impressively outpointing the Philippines’ Carlo Paalam to secure gold in the Flyweight division – Britain’s 19 th  gold medal of the Games.    Yafai comes from a proud boxing family, with old brothers Kal and Gamal having successful careers in the professional ranks after beginning as amateurs. 2008 Olympian ...