Khalid Yafai

Khalid Yafai
Statistics
Real name	Khalid Yafai
Nickname(s)	Kal
Rated at	Flyweight Super Flyweight Bantamweight
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality	English
Born	(1989-06-11) June 11, 1989 Birmingham, England
Boxing record
Total fights	14
Wins	14
Wins by KO	9
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0
Medal record Competitor for  United Kingdom European Amateur Boxing Championships Silver 2010 Moscow Flyweight

Khalid Yafai (born 11 June 1989) is an English professional boxer from Birmingham, England. He is the former Commonwealth Super Flyweight and the IBF Inter-Continental Super Flyweight champion, having relinquished the titles to concentrate on the lower weight.

Amateur career

Like Naseem Hamed, Yafai is the son of Yemen parents.^[1] He currently lives in the Moseley area of Birmingham.^[2]

In June 2005, he won a silver medal in the European Cadet Championships in Hungary, recording 4 wins before losing in the final to Russian Farid Aleshkin. He received the BBC Midlands 2005 "Junior Sportsman of the Year" award,^[2] after he became England's first ever U17 World Boxing Champion,^[1] when he won the World Cadet title winning the junior flyweight title against Luis Yáñez of the United States.^[3]

Fighting for Birmingham City ABC,^[1] he became one of the youngest British (ABA) champions in December 2006 while still 17,^[1] at the World Junior Championships 2006 in Agadir, Morocco. He lost in the quarter final to the eventual Cuban winner Alexei Collado.

At the 20ian Misha Aloyan.^[4] As Britain's youngest team member at the 2007 Seniors World Championship, the 18-year-old beat his Armenian opponent Derenik Gizhlaryan, but later lost to Violito Payla of the Philippines.

He then qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 1st Olympic qualifying event in Pescara, Italy,^[1] where he stopped team mate Mo Nasir of Wales and then went on to beat the 2004 Olympian Igor Samolencko of Moldova to qualify. He then pulled out of the final due to injury.

After qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games he participated in the 2008 European union championships in Poland where he won a silver medal beating former olympic boxer Redouane asloum of France (RSCO2) in the semi finals but then losing a controversial 13-10 decision to home favorite and Beijing Olympian Rafal Kaczor.

At the Olympic Games, Khalid was beaten in the round of 16 by Cuban veteran Andry Laffita who went on to claim the silver medal. Khalid was absent at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England but made a return in the GeeBee Championship in April 2009 in the 54 kg class (bantamweight) and claimed gold beating European silver medalist Salomo N'tuve of Sweden.

Yafai lost to Andrew Selby 26:12 on 11 November 2011 to deny him qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games after the pair both reached the last eight of the 2011 GB Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku. Yafai and Selby were scheduled to face each other three times to decide the winner, but Yafai pulled out of the second fight, thus handing a shot of the Olympics to the Welshman.

In 2012, Yafai was named "Young Boxer of the Year" by the British website BoxRec.^[5]

Professional career

14 Wins (9 knockouts, 5 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	Rey Megrino	style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	2015-05-09	Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands	For vacant WBC Silver Flyweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	14–0	Cristofer Rosales	PTS	8	2015-03-28	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	13–0	Everth Briceno	UD	12	2014-11-15	3Arena, Dublin	Retained IBF Inter-Continental Super Flyweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	12–0	Herald Molina	KO	2 (12), 1:50	2014-09-20	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London	Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental Super Flyweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11–0	Yaqub Kareem	KO	3 (12), 0:30	2014-05-21	First Direct Arena, Leeds, Yorkshire	Won vacant Commonwealth Super Flyweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10–0	Ashley Lane	TKO	4 (6), 2:59	2013-12-14	ExCeL Arena, London Docklands, London
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9–0	Santiago Bustos	PTS	6	2013-10-26	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8–0	Michael Ramabeletsa	PTS	8	2013-03-30	Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7–0	Gonzalo Garcia	RTD	4 (8), 3:00	2013-01-19	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6–0	Jorge Perez	TKO	3 (8), 2:14	2012-12-08	London Olympia, Kensington, London
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5–0	Pio Antonio Nettuno	KO	1 (8), 0:52	2012-11-17	Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4–0	Scott Gladwin	TKO	2 (6), 1:05	2012-10-20	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3–0	Victor Koh	PTS	6	2012-09-22	Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2–0	Richard Voros	TKO	1 (4), 1:08	2012-09-08	Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1–0	Delroy Spencer	RTD	2 (4), 3:00	2012-07-07	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire	Professional debut.

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