Comments Thread For: Kal Yafai: Whatever Hearn Throws at Me, I'll Take It

Difficult to match at the moment I suppose. But he probably could go up to British and European level very quickly. Otherwise he is just knocking people over fairly easily.

I heard it's Martin Ward next. I like the look of Yafai but I'm still not completely sold on him. I get what you mean, Billy Joe Saunders-style of conundrum. But he has the tools, and not many people do.

Josh Wale looks a good fight at some point for Yafai though I'd stay away from Jamoye for the time being, the Belgian is probably a bit too good for the next 12 months. Yafai though should be looking to moving in to the world rankings. It's perhaps a shame that Bantamweight it's self, especially at world level, is very tough with Yamanaka, Moreno, Santa Cruz (even if he's not staying their for long), Ruiz, Kameda, Singyu and Rungvisai. Even on the fringes of world level you have guys like Iwasa, Ceja, Santillan, Demecillo. Yafai can run to through the British level guys, and maybe even get close to Jamaoye by the end of the year, but let him walk when he reaches European level and not run or he'll end up coming undone against an opponent with the experience to punish his mistakes.

He should fight Martin Ward next, maybe a couple of eight-rounders after that, and then towards the end of the year target Haskins and then Jamoye for the European title. Yafai is going places.