Galal Yafai vs. Tommy Frank: date, time, how to watch, background
Flyweight contender Galal Yafai is scheduled to take on Tommy Frank on Saturday in Birmingham, England.
GALAL YAFAI (4-0, 3 KOs) VS.
TOMMY FRANK (15-3-1, 3 KOs)
Date: Saturday, Aug. 19
Time: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT (main event later in show)
Where: Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England
TV/Stream: DAZN
Division: Flyweight (112 pounds)
At stake: No major titles
Odds: Yafai 16-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets
Pound-for-pound: None
Also on the card: Cyrus Pattinson vs. Conah Walker, welterweights; Jordan Flynn vs. Kane Baker, junior lightweights; Solomon Dacres vs. Chris Thompson, heavyweights
Prediction: Yafai KO 7
Background: Yafai, the 2020 Olympic champion from Birmingham and younger brother of Kal and Gamal Yafai, is being fast-tracked toward a title shot. The 30-year-old southpaw is coming off a fourth-round knockout of Moises Calleros in April. That followed a scare, a split decision victory over Gohan Garcia in November. Yafai is ranked by all four major sanctioning bodies, No. 10 by both the IBF and WBO. Frank, from Sheffield, is coming off a 10th-round knockout loss to Jay Harris but he’s a solid, experienced boxer. His low knockout ratio is evidence that he’s a light puncher.
