Smith’s compatriot Yafai, from Birmingham, fights Sandoval in the 27-year-old American’s first defence of the titles won from Kenshiro Teraji, also in July 2025. His previous contest, with Francisco Rodriguez Jnr a month earlier, became a no contest when it was revealed that Rodriguez Jnr had failed a drugs test. It until then had represented the 33-year-old Yafai’s first defeat.
Injury means Ricardo Sandoval-Galal Yafai replaces Dalton Smith-Alberto Puello
