Khalid Yafai (Kal Yafai) boxer

Khalid Yafai boxer
bouts
26
won
26
lost
0
draw
0
Status
active
Division
super fly
Debut
2012-07-07
Height
5′ 4″/163cm
Reach
-
Age
30
Born
1989-06-11
Death
-
Nationality
United Kingdom

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Khalid "Kal" Yafai (Arabic: خالد يافعي; born 11 June 1989) is a British professional boxer who held the WBA super-flyweight title from 2016 to 2020. As an amateur, he represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2010 European Championships as a flyweight. As of January 2021, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active super-flyweight by The Ring magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and sixth by BoxRec.Yafai is the son of Yemeni parents. He currently lives in the Moseley area of Birmingham. Yafai has two brothers who are also boxers. Gamal Yafai is a professional boxer and Galal Yafai is an Olympic flyweight boxing champion. In June 2005, he won a silver medal in the European Cadet Championships in Hungary, recording 4 wins before losing in the final to Russian Farid Aleshkin. He received the BBC Midlands 2005 "Junior Sportsman of the Year" award, after he became England's first ever U17 World Boxing Champion, when he won the World Cadet title winning the junior flyweight title against Luis Yáñez of the United States.Fighting for Birmingham City ABC, he became one of the youngest British (ABA) champions in December 2006 while still 17, at the World Junior Championships 2006 in Agadir, Morocco. He lost in the quarter final to the eventual Cuban winner Alexei Collado.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2019-06-29 Norbelto Jimenez WWWWWW Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-11-24 Israel Gonzalez WWWLWW Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin, Monte Carlo WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-05-26 David Carmona DWLLLW Save Mart Arena, Fresno WIN
Corner retirement
2017-10-28 Sho Ishida WWWWWW Principality Stadium, Cardiff WIN
Unanimous decision
2017-05-13 Suguru Muranaka WWWWWW Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham WIN
Unanimous decision
2016-12-10 Luis Concepcion WWLWWW Manchester Arena, Manchester WIN
Unanimous decision
2016-10-22 Johnson Tellez WWWWLL Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham WIN
KO
2016-06-25 Jozsef Ajtai WLWWWL O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
Technical knockout
2016-03-05 Dixon Flores WWWWLW Genting Arena, Birmingham WIN
KO
2015-10-17 Jason Cunningham WLWWWW Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham WIN
Unanimous decision
2015-09-05 Aron Juarez WWWLWW First Direct Arena, Leeds WIN
KO
2015-05-09 Isaac Quaye WLWLLL Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham WIN
Technical knockout
2015-03-28 Cristofer Rosales WWWWWW Sheffield Arena, Sheffield WIN
Points
2014-11-15 Everth Briceno LLDWWL 3Arena, Dublin WIN
Unanimous decision
2014-09-20 Herald Molina WWLDWW Wembley Arena, Wembley WIN
KO
2014-05-21 Yaqub Kareem WWWLWW First Direct Arena, Leeds WIN
KO
2013-12-14 Ashley Lane DWLWLW ExCel Arena, Dockland WIN
Technical knockout
2013-10-26 Santiago Bustos WWLWWW Sheffield Arena, Sheffield WIN
Points
2013-03-30 Michael Ramabeletsa LLLWWL Echo Arena, Liverpool WIN
Points
2013-01-19 Gonzalo Garcia Duran WWLLLW Civic Hall, Wolverhampton WIN
Corner retirement
2012-12-08 Jorge Perez WLWWLW Olympia, Kensington WIN
Technical knockout
2012-11-17 Pio Antonio Nettuno WWLLLL Nottingham Arena, Nottingham WIN
KO
2012-10-20 Scott Gladwin WWWWWL Sheffield Arena, Sheffield WIN
Technical knockout
2012-09-22 Victor Koh LLWWWL Odyssey Arena, Belfast WIN
Points
2012-09-08 Richard Voros WLLWLL Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill WIN
Technical knockout
2012-07-07 Delroy Spencer LLLLLL Sheffield Arena, Sheffield WIN
Corner retirement

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