A Night Of Championship Boxing

Kal Yafai will make the first defence of his WBA World Super-Flyweight title at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Saturday May 13th, live on Sky Sports.

Yafai became Birmingham’s first world champion with a dominant performance over Luis Concepcion in Manchester in December to claim the vacant strap, and the unbeaten 27-year-old cannot wait to headline his homecoming show.

'It’s a dream come true to be topping the bill in Birmingham as a world champion', said Yafai. 'Winning the title in Manchester was amazing, but Birmingham is the place I want to fight, and want to turn the Barclaycard Arena into my hometown fortress.'

Yafai’s opponent will be named soon, and the champion is looking to make a big statement in his first defence before looking to huge unification bouts later in the year, in the star-studded 115lbs division.

'The world champions at Super-Flyweight are all top, top fighters', said Yafai. 'Roman Gonzalez is considered to be one of the pound-for-pound best and Naoya Inoue is a huge name in Japan and looks very impressive, so it’s an exciting division to be in. I want to prove that I can mix it with those guys and I need to kick my reign off in style on May 13 to do that.'

Announcement’s on Yafai’s opponent, the undercard and ticket details will be made soon.