khalid yafai

Khalid Yafai, aged 23 started his pro career on May 2018 against Delroy Spencer where he started his current unbeaten streak as he moves mid way into his current 24 fight career. Yafai's longest KO streak is 4 fights long out of his 24 career fights.

Early Career

In July 2012 Yafai faced Delroy Spencer in his debut bout over 4 rounds, but only 2 were needed as Yafai became the quickest person ever to stop Spencer via a 2 round RTD victory. Continuing on from his successful debut, Yafai continued his winning streak by winning his next 12 fights. In this time he fought and beat Yaqub Kareem, Jorge Perez and Herald Molina to name just a few, fighting 6 times in 2012 and 2 times in 2014.

Khalid Yafai Vs Cristofer Rosales

Cristofer Rosales was up next for Yafai on March 28th, 2015. Yafai continued with his winning streak by beating Rosales. Yafai was the 4th person to go the distance with Rosales. Yafai fought Cristofer Rosales in 2015, the result was via PTS.

Khalid Yafai Vs Isaac Quaye

Yafai entered his next fight with 14 wins and took this to 15 with a win against Isaac Quaye on May 9th, 2015. The win happened in the 1st round of a 8 round fight via TKO. Yafai then went on to win a further 7 fights taking his record to 22 wins, 0 losses and 0 draws.

Khalid Yafai Vs Sho Ishida

Next was Sho Ishida on October 28th, 2017 where Yafai took the win continuing his unbeaten streak. An impressive win for Yafai as he proves his technical boxing talent by taking Ishida the 12 round distance and becoming the first person to beat Ishida. The fight ended in a UD victory for Yafai.

Latest Fight

Khalid Yafai retained his unbeaten record in his most recent fight by beating David Carmona on May 26th, 2018, increasing his record to 24 wins. Yafai was the 2nd fighter to stop Carmona in round 7 of a 12 round fight, Yafai won via RTD.