WBC unified flyweight champion Ricardo Sandoval now has both opponent and venue set for his next defense: he will face Britain\u2019s Galal Yafai on June 6 in Sheffield, in a fight that pits two very different trajectories within the 112-pound division.<\/span><\/p>\n Sandoval enters as the established champion. In 2025, he shocked the boxing world by dethroning Kenshiro Teraji via split decision, a victory that crowned him unified champion and confirmed his ability to compete, and win, at the highest level.<\/span><\/p>\n Yafai, the WBC interim champion and Olympic gold medalist, receives a direct shot at the title on home soil.<\/span><\/p>\n The bout will be part of a major card in Sheffield, supporting the event headlined by Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello, further boosting the event\u2019s competitive and media appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n From a stylistic and narrative standpoint, the fight is especially compelling: Sandoval represents professional experience and consistency over long fights, while Yafai embodies elite amateur pedigree with rapid professional progression. In essence, it is a clash between proven legitimacy and emerging opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n Beyond the belt, the fight also raises a key question in the flyweight division: can Yafai translate his amateur pedigree to the highest professional level, or will Sandoval reaffirm his place as one of the division\u2019s most solid champions?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ricardo Sandoval vs Galal Yafai set for Sheffield: WBC flyweight champion to defend his world title WBC unified flyweight champion Ricardo Sandoval now has both opponent [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":181142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181146,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181144\/revisions\/181146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}