Khalid "Kal" Yafai (Arabic: خالد يافعي; born 11 June 1989) is a British former professional boxer who held the WBA super-flyweight title from 2016 to 2020. As an amateur, he represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2010 European Championships as a flyweight. As of January 2021, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active super-flyweight by The Ring[1] magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board,[2] and sixth by BoxRec.[3]
^"Ratings". The Ring. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^"RANKINGS | Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^"BoxRec: Ratings". boxrec.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
Khalid "Kal" Yafai (Arabic: خالد يافعي; born 11 June 1989) is a British former professional boxer who held the WBA super-flyweight title from 2016 to 2020...
Galal Yafai and former world professional flyweight champion KalYafai. Like them, Yafai was also a member of the Great Britain elite squad. Gamal boxed...
gold at the 2020 Olympics. Yafai was born to Yemeni parents. He is the younger brother of boxers KalYafai and Gamal Yafai. Yafai was appointed Member of...
champion KalYafai in a unification bout at the "Superfly 2" card in US. But Yafai promoter Eddie Hearn turn down the fight. Saying, "it would be Yafai's highest...
8 September 2018. "Lebedev, Yafai headline 11/24 Monte Carlo card". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 14 November 2018. "KalYafai, Denis Lebedev, Frank Buglioni...
Sports. Retrieved 8 March 2022. Benson, Michael (27 January 2022). "Galal Yafai signs with Eddie Hearn – Olympic gold medallist follows in footsteps of...
2016 Carlos Cuadras UD 12/12 WBA (Super) Super flyweight Feb 29, 2020 KalYafai TKO 9/12 17 Mikey Garcia WBO Featherweight Jan 19, 2013 Orlando Salido...
– (born 1968) World Boxing Champion John Wyndham (1903–1969) – author KalYafai (born 1989) – World champion boxer Dorian Yates (born 1962) – 6x Mr. Olympia...
bouts, before being booked to challenge the WBA super flyweight title KalYafai on 29 June 2019, at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Ohio, on...
21, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021. Rathborn, Jack (December 9, 2016). "KalYafai's world title opponent Luis Concepcion fails to make weight and vacates...
victorious via eighth-round TKO. After Román González won his fight against KalYafai, originally set for the WBA (Regular) super-flyweight title, González...
Wright-Phillips Association football United Kingdom ( England) KalYafai, Gamal Yafai, Galal Yafai Boxing Great Britain ( England) Adam Yates, Simon Yates...
2016 – March 2017 0 6 Anthony Nelson 4 April 2015 – 30 April 2016 0 5 KalYafai 21 May 2014 – March 2015 0 4 Paul Butler 20 April 2013 – April 2014 1...
2015 Polideportivo Augusto Sandino, El Rosario, Nicaragua 12 Loss 10–2 KalYafai PTS 8 28 Mar 2015 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England 11 Win 10–1 Herald...
Assuncao, Miguel (25 June 2016). "Felix Cash, Anthony Ogogo, Andrea Scarpa, KalYafai Win at O2". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020. Horan, Matt (26 November...
Polideportivo Augusto C. Sandino, El Rosario Carazo, Nicaragua 18 Loss 12–4–2 KalYafai KO 1 (12) 5 Mar 2016 Genting Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands, United...
Ken Achiwa UD 8 Dec 6, 2017 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan 29 Loss 25–3–1 KalYafai UD 12 May 13, 2017 Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England, UK For WBA...
Birmingham: Victories for Craig Cunningham, Don Broadhurst, Corri Gibbs, KalYafai, Sean Davis and Ryan Kelly". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 17 July 2019....
beats Jermaine Franklin on points". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2024. Kal Sajad (2 May 2023). "Anthony Joshua v Jermaine Franklin: Briton returns to...