DiscoverBoxing Life StoriesKal Yafai On Galal Yafai's Loss To Francisco Rodriguez, His Own Career, And Life After Boxing
Kal Yafai On Galal Yafai's Loss To Francisco Rodriguez, His Own Career, And Life After Boxing

Kal Yafai On Galal Yafai's Loss To Francisco Rodriguez, His Own Career, And Life After Boxing

Update: 2025-07-16
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Kal Yafai was a 2008 Olympian who claimed a WBA world title before retiring. Before he was done, he got to fight the great Roman Gonzalez.


However, two weeks ago he was ringside to watch his brother Galal – an Olympic gold medallist – lose for the first time. Francisco Rodriguez was inspired in beating Yafai over 12-gruelling rounds, but afterwards failed a VADA test for performance enhancing drugs.


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Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, and the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.”  























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Kal Yafai On Galal Yafai's Loss To Francisco Rodriguez, His Own Career, And Life After Boxing

Kal Yafai On Galal Yafai's Loss To Francisco Rodriguez, His Own Career, And Life After Boxing

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