He then pulled out of the final due to injury. It is hard enough making waves domestically in the lighter weights. En route to the semi-finals Yafai beat Israels Peter Moyshenzon 11-1 in the 1st round, Italy's Vittorio Parrinello 5-3 in the second and Irelands John Joe Nevin, a World bronze medalist, in the quarter finals. [11], On 5 March 2016, in his ninth professional fight, Yafai stopped Bobby Jenkinson (9-1-1, 2 KOs) in seven rounds at the Genting Arena in Birmingham to take the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title. Despite a height disadvantage, Yafai outclassed Cunningham from the opening bell winning a clear unanimous decision (119-108, 120–107, 120-107). [15], On 22 February 2017, Yafai lost his Commonwealth super bantamweight title after failing to take part in a mandatory. [27][28], Yafai's next fight date was announced in July 2018, to be part of the JD: NXTGEN card on 4 August at the Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales. [18] At the official weigh in, Yafai weighed in at 8st 2lbs and Concepción weighed 8st 5lbs, which was above the limit. Gonzalez walked out of the ring after the scorecards were read. He is the brother of Galal and Kal Yafai. [16] On 27 February, promoter Eddie Hearn announced that Yafai would travel to Germany for his first fight not on home soil on the undercard of the WBA (regular) light middleweight title fight between Demetrius Andrade and Jack Culcay at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. Kal Yafai will face Yaqub Kareem for the vacant Commonwealth Super Flyweight title on Wednesday May 21 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, live on Sky Sports – with younger brother Gamal Yafai making his professional debut on the bill. Yafai landed quick jabs in round 3 snapping Carmona's head back each time. Moseley-based Yafai, 24, will face former champion Yaqub Kareem, from Nigeria, on Wednesday, 21 May at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. Yafai started off sharp and cut Wale over the right eye in the round 1, although a replay showed that it was due to a clash of heads. At the end of the second it was 5-5 and Gamal then went all out to win and stormed to success 11-5...It was a cracking victory and now Gamal can go on and establish his own career and will, for instance, be boxing in the three nations for England at Liverpool at the end of May. Carmona was knocked down twice in round 5. [29] He fought Nicaraguan boxer Jose Aguilar in a 6 round fight and stopped him with a left hook body shot in round 3. Just a couple of days later, his twin brother and former bantamweight world title challenger, Jason will be headlining another card. The fight also involved both fighters landing low blows on their opponent, as well as a highly questionable knockdown in favor of Yafai in the closing round. No … Kal Yafai is currently our most successful world champion but you wouldn’t know it. [53] Both fighters stood in the pocket and were trading punches from the opening bell. In round 4, Yafai landed a borderline shot which floored Carmona once again. Referee Steve Gray warned Yafai early in the fight for low blows, before docking a point in round 8. The 25 year old now meets ‘Showtime’ on the undercard of his brother Kal’s World title defence, and Yafai plans to do a comprehensive job on Davis to show he’s ready to move to the next level. After a 7-month lay off, on the undercard of Brook vs. Senchenko at the Sheffield Arena in October 2013, Yafai defeateds Spanish boxer Santiago Bustos via points (59-55) after 6 rounds. [citation needed], Yafai lost to Andrew Selby 26:12 on 11 November 2011 to deny him qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games after the pair both reached the last eight of the 2011 GB Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku. Hearn, who has promoted Yafai since he debuted highly praised him on his performance. In August, Yafai defeated Spanish boxer Angel Lorente at the Craven Park Stadium in Hull via a 6-round points decision, after knocking him down once in round 5. Speaking on Ishida, Yafai said, "I’m a huge favorite to win and a lot of people think Ishida has no chance, but I’m always on the ball. Kal Yafai’s brother Gamal was on straight after him. By this point, it was looking like a clear win for Yafai and Ishida was lacking the punching power to get himself back in the fight and score a knockdown. He stated that he wanted to fight British champion Thomas Patrick Ward in 2018. Yafai sustained the injury inside the opening three rounds and was put on the back foot, but regained his composure in the fifth and was on top by the sixth as he started landing hooks on Ramadhani, who struggled to connect. His brother Khalid Yafai is also a boxer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was also a member of the Great Britain elite squad.[3][4]. Yafai and Selby were scheduled to face each other three times to decide the winner, but Yafai pulled out of the second fight, thus handing a shot of the Olympics to the Welshman. In December 2012, Yafai fought Spanish boxer Jorge Perez (11-5, 6 KOs) at the Olympia in Kensington, London. Davis instead met Paul Economides for the crown he defends tonight, while Yafai returned from injury in Germany in March in a six rounder. Boxing made its return to the Second City on Saturday and served up a host of terrific battles. [46][47] On his first attempt, Yafai weighed slightly over the 8st 3lb limit. In his 13-years as a professional, it was the first time Muranaka fought outside of Tokyo, where all his previous 28 bouts took place at the Korakuen Hall. Gamal Yafai (born 4 August 1991) is a British professional boxer. Referee wisely stopped contest in round 1 with just 20 seconds remaining. Final to the body Russian Misha Aloyan but ultimately could not keep up his work rate match. 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