Galal Yafai will defend his interim WBC flyweight title against  former unified minimum weight champion Francisco "Chihuas" Rodríguez of Mexico on June 21st at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Yafai, a gold medalist at the 2021 Olympics, has been out of action since stopping Sunny Edwards in six rounds last November. The victory was a breakthrough performance for Yafai (16-3 including the World Series of Boxing), who will be fighting in his hometown. Rodriguez Jr., (38-6-1, 26 knockouts) is more than a decade removed from his championship reign, but he is trained by Eddy Reynoso. The winner will face WBC flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji, one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of the moment.