Francisco Rodriguez beat Galar Yafai to win the WBC transition boxing title

In the early morning of June 22, 2025, in the flyweight competition held in Birmingham, England, Mexican boxer Francisco Rodriguez (40-6-1, 27KO) defeated the British star Galar Yafai (9-1, 7KO) at home with a 12-round point advantage, successfully winning the WBC Flyweight Transition Fistwinner Belt. This victory took Rodriguez's boxing champion's right to challenge, and also won him the opportunity to challenge the WBC's flyweight official boxing king-speaking Shiro.

Wonderful match review

At the beginning of the game, Rodriguez quickly entered the state and suppressed Yafai with a strong offensive. In the first round, Rodriguez's precise blow caught Yafai off guard, and the latter could only hug him frequently to avoid more blows. As the game progressed, Rodriguez's advantage became more and more obvious. His punches and effective hits far exceeded those of the sub-made method, and he led the way in scoring.

In the seventh and tenth rounds, Rodriguez severely damaged Yafai twice, showing a huge advantage. In the twelfth round, Rodriguez successfully knocked down Yafai. Although Yafai persisted until the last moment of the game through hug, the three referees unanimously determined that Rodriguez won, with the scores being 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109 respectively. This victory allowed Rodriguez's professional record to 40 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, and knocked down his opponent 27 times.

After the game, Rodriguez called for a duel with WBC's official flyweight boxing official boxing king Shiquan Silang. He said: "Shiquan Silang, call me, let's make an appointment." The victory of this game not only made Rodriguez's position in the flyweight level more stable, but also won him the opportunity to challenge Shiquan Silang. Silang of Tera Diquan has a record of 25 wins and 1 loss, knocking down his opponent 16 times, and is also the WBA Flyweight World Super Boxing King.

For Galar Yafai, this failure was the first loss in his career. Despite the outstanding performance against Sunny Edwards, the future schedule is unclear.

Rodriguez's glorious history

Rodriguez won the IBF/WBO second-flyweight world boxing title in 2014, but later failed to challenge the second-flyweight and superflyweight boxing champions. In the past two years, he has also lost to Runto Nakatani and Ikka Jinggang. Now, with this victory, Rodriguez has once again proved his strength to the world and is expected to make a new breakthrough in the field of flyweight.

Summary

This wonderful game once again demonstrated the strong strength and tenacious fighting spirit of Francisco Rodriguez. He was not afraid when facing Yafai, who was fighting at home, and won the game with his excellent tactics and strong attack power. Boxing fans are looking forward to a showdown between Rodriguez and Shidiquan Silang, which will be a top-notch battle in the boxing world.

This victory is not only an important milestone in Rodriguez's personal career, but also heralds a new wave in the flyweight boxing world. In the future, Rodriguez will have the opportunity to launch an impact on more honors, so let us look forward to him continuing to write glory in the next game.