KAL YAFAI says that Galal’s brother’s future rivals must be empowered to hold him back.
Galal, 9-0 (7 KOs), produced a career performance to stop former IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards, 21-2 (4 KOs), in six rounds. The writing was on the wall from the start as the undefeated contender flew out of the traps, ensuring Edwards couldn’t get into any sort of rhythm.
At the end of the second round, however, Edwards confessed to his trainer, Chris Williams, “I don’t want to be here.” The 28-year-old dug deep and fought back, but he didn’t have enough in his arsenal to stop Yafai from doing what he does best.
“To keep Galal at bay, you have to be able to hit,” Kal said Boxing news afterwards.
“With Galal, if you can’t punch, he will choke you and I don’t think Sunny can. He knows what Galal can do.”
Cal, a former WBA super flyweight champion, had predicted the fight would go to the eighth round before his brother triumphed.
“He’s just an animal,” he said of Galal. “It’s just a little beast and it went exactly as we thought it would.”
