Galal Yafai v Francisco Rodriguez Jr

Galal Yafai is set to fight Francisco Rodriguez Jr on Saturday, June 21st, 2025, at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham.

The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds in the Flyweight division,

Also on the undercard will be Peter McGrail's and Ionut Baluta's contest, and Conah Walker's and Liam Taylor's bout for the BBBOC British Welterweight belt.

Galal Yafai steps into the ring with an undefeated record of 9 wins, in his last fight, he defeated Sunny Edwards on November 30, 2024, by technical knockout in the 6th round.

Francisco Rodriguez Jr will make his way to the ring with a record of 39 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, with 27 of those wins by knockout.

https://box.live/fights/yafai-vs-rodriguez-jr/

i hope chihuas can pull off the upset but i think he's a bit passed his best & i'm not sure how he'll go moving back down to flyweight. i also hope ionut baluta can pull off an upset. i enjoy watching conah walker fight. he ran lewis crocker close

Mcgrail boxing like Loma in there against Baluta. Hope he can keep this up.

Baluta thought he won! A judge gave it a draw! Fortunately the other 2 judges rightly gave it to Mcgrail.

Rodriguez has hurt Yafai in the first round. Excellent round from both.

Brilliant action packed second round from both. Rodriguez may have just edged it.

i've given francisco the first two rounds

third was closer. gave it to francisco

Yafai boxing smarter now in round 3 and making Rodriguez now.

fourth to francisco

Very fast paced fight but Yafai just getting on top round 4 now.

gave the fifth to galal. had to mute the commentary. can't stand the brits bias

These are close round but give Yafai round 5.

war. sixth to francisco

Yafai just getting to land the better punches but very close in round 6. Damn, could be anyone's fight.

that should have been a knockdown

big seventh for francisco

Rodriguez hurts Yafai in round 7 but he survives and comes back.

eighth to francisco

Excellent round from Rodriguez in round 8. Fantastic fight from both. Fight of the year contender.

galal looked ready to go at the end of the nineth

Rodriguez just does not stop punching and hurt Yafai.

tenth to francisco

Rodriguez relentless and stronger than Yafai who is holding on in round 10

eleventh to francisco

Rodriguez is a tough and rough fighter who is just relentless. Takes round 11.

galal down early in the twelfth

goes the distance. should be a wide decision for francisco. i must say the ref is a cunt

Yafai knocked down in the last round and barely survived. Rodriguez is unbelievable. Not seen a boxer throw that many power punches in a fight. Phenomenal.

Rodriguez should get the decision. I am going to watch some of his previous fights.

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goes the distance. should be a wide decision for francisco. i must say the ref is a cunt

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The ref was a Homer. Totally bias.

chihuas!!!!!!!!!!!! wins by unanimous decision

Rodriguez wins by UD 11-1 by 2 jusges and 10-2.

kenshiro v chihuas would be a brawl

Gonna have to catch up with this, haven’t seen anything, but if Rodriguez gave Yafai such a beating, he must be great to watch.
I know Rodriguez is highly ranked , but Yafai’s team look like they messed up here and he’s bitten off more than he can chew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDaYzogvj8

there are reports about francisco's post fight tests, waiting to see what vada has to say

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there are reports about francisco's post fight tests, waiting to see what vada has to say

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Francisco Rodriguez Jr was throwing so many punches per round and never got tired. I did not want to say it was PED but now that he has tested positive I can understand why he was just so relentless.

Yafai must be understandably very angry about this.

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there are reports about francisco's post fight tests, waiting to see what vada has to say

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Francisco Rodriguez Jr was throwing so many punches per round and never got tired. I did not want to say it was PED but now that he has tested positive

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where was it confirmed that he tested positive for something? i read it was an adverse finding

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there are reports about francisco's post fight tests, waiting to see what vada has to say

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Francisco Rodriguez Jr was throwing so many punches per round and never got tired. I did not want to say it was PED but now that he has tested positive

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where was it confirmed that he tested positive for something? i read it was an adverse finding

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I was assuming. I may well be wrong.

Francisco Rodriguez Jr failed a drug test in America in December, six months before his fight with Galal Yafai in Birmingham.

It has now emerged that this is the second time Rodriguez has failed a drug test in six months.

Rodriguez's win over Josue Jesus Morales on December 15 in San Antonio was declared a no-contest by the Texas Commission after he failed a post-fight drug test.

"Francisco Rodriguez failed his drug test on 15/12/24 and was put on a 90-day suspension and was assessed a $500 administrative penalty," the Texas Combative Sports Program said.

There is no world governing body in boxing and the Texas Commission are not required to inform other commissions of the decision.

The commission did say Rodriguez's suspension was recorded on the national data base Boxrec.com as "rules violation" which the British Boxing Board of Control have access to.

Before Rodriguez's fight with Yafai, BBC Sport reached out to the Texas Commission to ask why his fight with Morales was registered as a 'no-contest' but received no reply.

Any fighter in the top 15 of the WBC's rankings must register for drug testing and Yafai v Rodriguez was for the sanctioning body's interim flyweight title.

Whoever holds the interim title, is the number one contender to Kenshiro Teraji's world title.

The WBC announced on Saturday, external they had cleared Rodriguez of intentionally doping, saying an over-the-counter energy booster caused the positive test.

The WBC now consider the Yafai fight a no-contest and has ordered an immediate rematch between him and Rodriguez.

The BBBofC can officially overrule a fight result once Ukad has decided on whether Rodriguez should be banned, although any potential suspension will only apply to fights in the United Kingdom.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/a...s/cgerjjl1y2jo