Yafai retains WBA super flyweight title with points win over Muranaka

WBA super flyweight Khalid Yafai (22-0, 14 KOs) defeated Suguru Muranaka (25-3-1, 8 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham.
The judges scored the fight 118-108 and 119-107 twice in favour of Yafei, who was making the first defence of his WBA title.
Previous champion Luis Concepcion was stripped the day before his fight against Yafei for failing to make weight.
Yafei defeated him by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA belt last…


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