Galal Yafai faces Francisco Rodriguez Jr at BP Pulse LIVE in Birmingham, England on Saturday, June 21. The pair square off in a scheduled 12-round bout at flyweight. Yafai’s interim WBC title is on the line.
Stepping through the ropes in front of his hometown crowd, unbeaten 32-year-old southpaw Yafai (9-0, 7 KOs) makes his first defense of the belt in what he described as his “hardest fight, on paper.” Mexico’s 32-year-old former unified minimumweight champion Rodriguez Jr. (39-6-1, 27 KOs) looks to pull off an upset in his UK debut.
In the 12-round co-feature, Conah Walker (15-3-1, 6 KOs) defends his British welterweight title against Liam Taylor (28-2-1, 14 KOs). Among the Yafai vs Rodriguez undercard bouts, Peter McGrail (11-1, 6 KOs) of Liverpool meets Romania’s Ionut Baluta (17-5-1, 3 KOs) in a 10-rounder at super bantamweight.
Also, Manchester’s Pat Brown (1-0, 1 KO) takes on Ivan Duka (5-5, 3 KOs) of Croatia in a six-rounder at cruiserweight. Plus, Bristol’s Tiah-Mai Ayton makes her pro boxing debut in a six-round super bantamweight matchup against Sara Orszagi (2-7) of Hungary.
Yafai vs Rodriguez airs live on DAZN. The start time in the U.S. is 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT. The local start time in the UK is 7:00 PM BST. The prelims begin at 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT in the U.S. and 4:00 PM BST in the UK.
Yafai vs Rodriguez live blog
Yafai vs Rodriguez prelims
Yafai vs Rodriguez: Before the Bell features four eight-round prelims leading into the main card. Among the bouts, Aaron Bowen faces Alvaro Godoy at middleweight, and Hamza Uddin meets Leandro Jose Blanc at flyweight. Two super featherweight matchups include Giorgio Visioli versus Elias Federico Duguet, and Ibraheem Sulaimaan against Brian Phillips.
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Yafai vs Rodriguez: How to watch & start time
Yafai vs Rodriguez airs live on DAZN. The start time in the U.S. is 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT. The local start time in the UK is 7:00 PM BST. The prelims begin at 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT in the U.S. and 4:00 PM BST in the UK.
Yafai vs Rodriguez results
Get Yafai vs Rodriguez full fight card and stay tuned for live results below.
Main card (2:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM BST)
- Galal Yafai vs. Francisco Rodriguez Jr
- Conah Walker vs. Liam Taylor
- Peter McGrail vs. Ionut Baluta
- Pat Brown vs. Ivan Duka
- Tiah-Mai Ayton vs. Sara Orszagi
Prelims (11:00 AM ET / 4:00 PM BST)
- Aaron Bowen vs. Mykola Vovk
- Giorgio Visioli vs. Elias Federico Duguet
- Ibraheem Sulaimaan vs. Brian Phillips
- Hamza Uddin vs. Leandro Jose Blanc