The WBC Tus-Time Flyweight Champion Galal Yafai and challenger Francisco Rodriguez both raised weight today on Friday’s weigh-in for their 12-round main setup on Saturday, June 21, in the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England.
The Yafai-Rodriguez event will be shown Live on dazn At 2pm Et/11:00 am pt. It is expected that ring step for the head liner will take place at 17:00 ET/2:00 pm pt.
Galal Yafai weigh in for Rodriguez Fight
– Galal Yafai 111.6 vs. Francisco Rodriguez Jr .: 111.1 – Main event
-Peter McGrail 121.9 vs. Ionut Baluta: 121.9-Co-Fatures
Promoter Eddie Hearn is concerned about the inexperienced Olympic Yafai (9-0, 7 COs of 2016) that goes against former United Minimumweight World Champion Francisco Rodriguez (39-6-1, 27 COs).
Yafai’s soft match problems
Despite his Olympic experience, Yafai was softly linked during his three-year career and was led to capture his WBC-Tuss-enthusiast 112-pound belt without fighting one of the murderers. Like his brother, Kal Yafai, Galal looked uncomfortable when he opposed a hint of power.
He is not yet linked to one of the big punches or tough fighters. Saturday’s battle gives a look at how good Yafai is. It still won’t say anything, Francisco Rodriguez is not the best at flyweight; Therefore he is why he was chosen. If he were a killer, he would probably have been transferred by Eddie Hearn of Matchroom.
Rodriguez’s tough opponents and losses from the past
Although the Mexican Rodriguez, 32, lost six times as a pro, his defeats came against solid fighters, such as Roman Gonzalez (x 2), Junto Nakatani, Kazuto Ioka, Donnie Nietes, and Moises Fuentes. Most of these fighters are likely to beat Galal Yafai without any problems.
“I think it’s a very difficult struggle. Galal doesn’t like my question about sunny Edwards. The reality is, whatever you want to look, we didn’t know when Sunny Edwards entered that ring, whatever Galal says, Sunny didn’t go 100% spiritually in battle, ‘Eddie Hearn said Math box About Galal Yafai’s recent win over former world champion Sunny Edwards.
How do you expect Sunny to be spiritual? The man was beaten and stopped by Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez in a ninth round demolition in December 2023. Of course, Edwards, 32, will not shoot at all eight cylinders when he fought Galal Yafai in November last year.
The right question is: Why was Sunny chosen as Galal’s opponent in the first place? If you know that Edwards was badly knocked out by ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, why was he chosen on earth as the opponent of Yafai? We already know the answer. To make Yafai look artificially good. You have a down-and-out, recently chosen fighter, and you use the person as the opponent for Galal. It’s matchmaking 101 on how to create a false fighter.
“He (Yafai) still took him to pieces, and it was a brilliant performance, but I think he wants his flowers for the performance to be, and he has to do it, but the mindset of (Francisco) Rodriguez and the mindset of the sunny Edwards are very different to go into this battle. I know these guys, ‘says Hearn.
Eddie is right. Francis Rodriguez is not going to enter the ring that looks depressed and is already beating against Yafai. He goes to fight tooth and nail as long as it lasts. The only concern is his age. He is 32 and had a long 15-year career.
Although he is at the same age as Galal and looks physically younger than him, he still has many miles on his kilometer count when he is with the murderers such as Chocolatito Gonzalez, Donnie Nietes, Kazuto Ioka and Moises Fuentes.
Rodriguez’s determined battle set up
“I work with many Mexican fighters. When a man comes to me and says, “Thank you for the opportunity. I won’t let you down on Saturday night. “It’s Rodriguez.
What this means is that Francisco Rodriguez will fight on Saturday. He understands the importance of this struggle for his career. If he beats Yafai and looks like a diamond in the process, it is possible that he can get the eye of Turki Alalshikh and be selected for one of his Riyadh season meetings and big money.
“He is a former (two -time) world champion, and he (Rodriguez) will give Yafai everything he can handle. I believe Yafai will get through,” says Hearn.


Last updated on 06/20/2025