Boxing

Yafai stops Edwards in six to win WBC interim flyweight world title, rival retires

Galal Yafai punches Sunny Edwards as Referee Lee Every watches on during their WBC Interim World Flyweight title fight at BP Pulse Live on November...

Many expected this to be tactical and tense over twelve rounds. Instead, Olympic champion Galal Yafai wasted no time with a clinical showing en route to the seventh stoppage win of his career, clinching the WBC’s interim world flyweight title after a dominant display to banish Sunny Edwards’ revival ambitions. His ex-amateur rival announced an immediate retirement post-fight. Continue reading “Yafai stops Edwards in six to win WBC interim flyweight world title, rival retires”