Yafai

IF you didn’t know it already Saturday night proved that Galal Yafai is far beyond British title level. It took just 80 seconds for the 30-year-old to overwhelm and stop former flyweight Lonsdale Belt holder Tommy Frank in Birmingham. Yafai…

Galal Yafai has been sparring IBF belt-holder Sunny Edwards, but both expect to fight in the not too distant future. John Dennen reports OLYMPIC gold medallist Galal Yafai will be in unfamiliar territory on Sunday…

JUST before noon last Thursday I was in a studio finishing a 10-part podcast series on the Winter Olympics for the BBC. It was a mixture of the truly great, Jean-Claude Killy, the heroic, Philip Boit, the ridiculous, Eddie The Eagle, the…

Galal Yafai has signed with professional promoters Matchroom and he won't be hanging about. In an exclusive interview he tells John Dennen why he wants to be fighting at world level in two years' time GALAL YAFAI, the…

Galal Yafai is adjusting to being an Olympic gold medallist. He speaks exclusively to John Dennen WHAT would go through your mind if, in the biggest contest of your life, with the eyes of the world watching, you dropped your opponent in…

The future can wait as Galal Yafai absorbs his Olympic gold medal triumph, writes John Dennen CARLO PAALAM wanted to beat Galal Yafai at his own game. In the 52kgs Olympic final on Saturday (August 7) he had wanted to…

Galal Yafai and Joe Choong grabbed golds for Great Britain on day 15 of the Tokyo Olympics.Yafai beat Carlo Paalam of the Philippines after a split decision to give Team GB their best boxing medals haul for over a century.Choong became the…

Galal Yafai beats Carlo Paalam in the Olympic flyweight final in Tokyo GALAL YAFAI is the Olympic flyweight champion. At the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on Saturday (August 7) he took a split points decision over the…

Galal Yafai wins Team GB's first boxing gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics as he defeats Filipino Carlo Paalam in a brutal, all-action fight after dropping his opponent in the first roundGalal Yafai put on a boxing masterclass to…

Galal Yafai wins through to Olympic final after mini-epic with Saken Bibossinov, while Ireland's Kellie Harrington also advances to the lightweight gold medal match IN a three-round mini-epic, GB flyweight Galal Yafai…