Yafai To Fight Champion Sandoval After Wbc U-turn

The WBC person made Galal Yafai nan mandatory challenger to unified flyweight world champion Ricardo Sandoval amid an ongoing anti-doping scandal.

Birmingham's Yafai was beaten by Francisco Rodriguez Jr successful June successful Birmingham earlier nan Mexican failed a supplier test connected conflict night.

The WBC initially stated Rodriguez was not blameworthy of intentionally doping and ordered an contiguous rematch pinch Yafai.

It past emerged Rodriguez had besides grounded a supplier trial successful December successful Texas, testing affirmative for THC, nan superior compound successful cannabis.

He was fixed a 90-day suspension and neither nan WBC aliases Yafai's squad were alert of nan incident earlier nan conflict successful June.

Yafai's promoter Eddie Hearn publically lobbied for nan WBC to alteration its ruling arsenic nan conflict was ruled a no-contest.

WBC president Mauricio Suliaman connected Thursday confirmed to nan Ring Magazine, external nan sanctioning assemblage had changed its mind and installed Yafai arsenic nan mandatory challenger.

The trial was conducted connected conflict nighttime and administered by nan Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (Vada), arsenic portion of nan WBC's Clean Boxing Program.

Any combatant successful nan apical 15 of nan WBC's rankings must registry for supplier testing and Yafai v Rodriguez was for nan sanctioning body's interim flyweight title.

The British Boxing Board of Control is yet to make a determination connected immoderate suspension for Rodriguez.