Unified flyweight champion Ricardo Sandoval will defend his titles against Galal Yafai as part of Matchroom\u2019s June 6th Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello show in Sheffield.<\/p>\n
Sandoval (27-2, 18 KO) is coming off the biggest win of his career, an upset split decision over multi-division titlist Kenshiro Teraji in July<\/a>. The victory, his seventh since a controversial decision loss to David Jimenez, earned him the WBC and WBA belts.<\/p>\n Olympic gold medalist Yafai (9-0, 7 KO) has not fought since a vicious beatdown at the hands of Francisco Rodriguez Jr last June<\/a>. \u201cChihuas\u201d wound up failing a drug test, prompting the WBC to put Yafai back at the top of the queue and erasing the defeat from his record<\/a>. Considering the damage he took, it\u2019s a hell of a bold move to jump back in with a top operator.<\/p>\n As an aside, Rodriguez received a two-year ban from UKAD, but is apparently free to fight Angelino Cordova in another eliminator next month<\/a>. Not sure if this is the WBC\u2019s longstanding leniency towards Latino fighters who fail drug tests or just bog-standard corruption.<\/p>\n