On November 18, 2023, a 34-year-old Kal Yafai (27-1, 15 KOs) and Jonathan Rodriguez met in the ring in a bantamweight bout.
Yafai came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 13 days.
Kal Yafai lost to Jonathan Rodriguez via unanimous decision in the 12-round bantamweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 27-2.
On February 29, 2020, the 30-year-old WBA super-flyweight world champion, Kal Yafai (26-0, 15 KOs), faced a 32-year-old Nicaraguan boxer Román González (48-2, 40 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Yafai came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months. González was on a 2-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 6 days.
Román González stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA (Super) super-flyweight champion. González improves his record to 49-2 (41 KOs), while Yafai adds a loss to his record at 26-1.