Matchroom Boxing wins Yafai vs Rodriguez purse bid

Flyweights Galal Yafai and Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez Jr are slated to meet for the interim WBC flyweight title on DAZN

Matchroom Boxing claimed the rights to stage the WBC interim flyweight title fight between Galal Yafai and Francisco Rodriguez Jr today, winning the purse bid unopposed with an offer of $222,222.

Jake Donovan reports that the fight, which would earn the winner a shot at unified champion Kenshiro Teraji, “is targeted for June/July.”

Yafai (9-0, 7 KO), who claimed Olympic gold in Tokyo...