Galal Yafai

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Galal Yafai
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(2016)
Statistics
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Born (1992-12-11) 11 December 1992 (age 31)
Birmingham, England
Boxing record
Total fights 5
Wins 5
Wins by KO 4
Losses 0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Flyweight
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Flyweight
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Light-flyweight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kharkiv Light-flyweight

Galal Yafai MBE (Arabic: جلال يافعي‎‎; born 11 December 1992) is a British professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2017 European Championships; gold at the 2018 Commonwealth; bronze at the 2019 European Games; and gold at the 2020 Olympics.

Early life

Yafai was born to Yemeni parents. He is the younger brother of boxers Kal Yafai and Gamal Yafai.[2] Yafai was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to boxing.[3][4]

Amateur career

While representing England in the light-flyweight division, the southpaw won a silver medal at the 2017 European Championships and gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and bronze while representing Great Britain in the flyweight division at the 2019 European Games. He also competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

At the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Samsun, Turkey, Yafai defeated Samuel Carmona Heredia of Spain by unanimous decision in his semifinal to secure his place in the 2016 Olympic.[5][6] He won his round of 32 fight defeating Simplice Fotsala of Cameroon. He lost his Round of 16 fight to Joahnys Argilagos of Cuba.

In May 2019, Yafai was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[7] He also competed at the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia,[8] where he lost by unanimous decision to Billal Bennama in the quarter-finals.[8] He qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[9] where he won the gold medal in the flyweight division beating Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the final.[10]

Professional career

Yafai faced Carlos Vado Bautista for the vacant WBC International flyweight title on 27 February 2022, in his professional debut, on the undercard of the Lawrence Okolie and Michal Cieslak cruiserweight title bout.[11] He captured the regional title by a fifth-round technical knockout, as Bautista's corner decided to throw in the towel near the end of the round.[12]

Yafai successfully defended his WBC International flyweight title against Miguel Cartagena on 30 April 2022, in his United States debut, on the undercard of the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano title unification bout, via a second round corner retirement.[13]

Professional boxing record

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No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
5 Win 5-0 Tommy Frank TKO 1 (10) 1:40 19 Aug 2023 Uilita Arena, Birmingham, England Retained WBC International flyweight title
4 Win 4–0 Moisés Calleros TKO 4 (10), 0:44 1 Apr 2023 The O2 Arena, London, England
3 Win 3–0 Gohan Rodriguez Garcia SD 10 5 Nov 2022 Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Retained WBC International flyweight title
2 Win 2–0 Miguel Cartagena RTD 2 (10), 3:00 30 Apr 2022 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. Retained WBC International flyweight title
1 Win 1–0 Carlos Vado Bautista TKO 5 (10), 2:11 27 Feb 2022 The O2 Arena, London, England Won vacant WBC International flyweight title

References

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