Galal Yafai vs. Francisco Rodriguez Jr Weigh-In
GALAL YAFAI successfully made weight for his top-of-the-bill clash against Francisco Rodriguez Jr tomorrow night at the Resorts World Arena, Birmingham.
The two flyweights both came in just under the 112lb. Olympic gold medallist Yafai fights for just the 10th time while Rodriguez will climb through the ropes for his 48th contest.
Yafai defends his WBC Interim flyweight belt knowing that a win against Rodriguez will likely see him face WBC world champion Kenshiro Teraji next.
The nine-fight card also features Conah Walker’s British welterweight title defence against Liam Taylor as well as Peter McGrail facing the familiar Ionut Baluta over 10 rounds at super-bantamweight.
Full weights for the Galal Yafai vs. Francisco Rodriguez Jr card
12 rounds – WBC Interim flyweight title
Galal Yafai 111.6lbs
Francisco Rodriguez Jr 111.1lbs
12 rounds British welterweight title
Conah Walker 146.8lbs
Liam Taylor 146.7lbs
10 rounds super-bantamweight
Peter McGrail 121.9lbs
Ionut Baluta 121.9lbs
6 rounds cruiserweight
Pat Brown 209.6lbs
Ivan Duka 206.7lbs
6 x 2 rounds super-bantamweight
Tiah Mai Ayton 119.9lbs
Sara Orszagi 117.6lbs
8 rounds middleweight
Aaron Bowen 164.1lbs
Mykola Vovk 163.5lbs
8 rounds featherweight
Giorgio Visioli 133lbs
Elias Federico Duguet 132.5lbs
8 rounds super-featherweight
Ibraheem Sulaimaan 132.4lbslbs
Brian Phillips 132.8lbs
8 rounds flyweight
Hamza Uddin 115.7lbs
Leandro Blanc 114.9lbs
