As quickly as Galal Yafai had overwhelmed, and overwhelmed up Sunny Edwards of their flyweight combat on Saturday evening, speak started relating to the opportunity of Yafai, who gained the WBC interim title at flyweight, going up and fascinating in a large combat with super-flyweight champ Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez. Yafai’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, stated that after watching Yafai do a job on Edwards for a number of rounds, he was pondering to himself how superior a combat between Bam and Yafai might be in a few years or so.
However now, in talking with the George Groves Boxing Membership, Yafai, 9-0(7), stated it could be “foolish” for him to maneuver as much as 115 kilos to face “one of the best man” at super-flyweight when he makes 112 kilos simply. Yafai stated the combat isn’t one he’s proper now, or possibly ever.
“Bam is a weight above me, primary. He’s a two-weight world champion. He’s within the pound-for-pound rankings – now right here’s me,” Yafai stated. “I’m 9 fights in. I’m the load under. I’m 31, which I’m most likely not gonna go up as a result of I make the load very easy. I make flyweight simple. For me to essentially go up – it could be foolish, actually, as a result of I’m combating one of the best man on the weight, who is very large in comparison with me. The one purpose I’d be combating him is for some huge cash. I ain’t gotta reside off Bam Rodriguez’s identify. I’m Olympic champion.”
As with Bam saying he’s too small, a minimum of proper now, for Naoya Inoue, it is a combat so many individuals have referred to as and are calling for. Yafai is being life like about him transferring as much as combat Bam. Good on Yafai for not simply on the lookout for the massive cash. Who is aware of, some months from now, possibly Yafai will change his thoughts and really feel that he can transfer up and problem Rodriguez, however for now, it appears Yafai feels he has loads to maintain him busy at flyweight.
Unification fights with Kenshiro Teraji, possibly in Japan, could be large for the Birmingham man, and it could be an enormous achievement if Yafai may scoop up all of the belts at 112 kilos. Yafai’s pure weight class is flyweight, and he isn’t in any rush to try to pressure issues by including on these three additional kilos. Not proper now, anyway.
