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- Updated: October 22, 2016
Kal Yafai will fight for the WBA super-flyweight title on December 10 after comfortably stopping Johnson Tellez on Saturday.
The unbeaten Birmingham star was a late addition to the undercard of Sam Eggington and Frankie Gavin’s all-Birmingham welterweight scrap and he quickly got rid of his outclassed Nicaraguan opponent.
The 27-year-old landed a brutal left hook to the body in the fourth that was enough to finish the fight and immediately after, promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that he will next be challenging WBA champion Luis Concepcion on December 10.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Hearn said: “It’s all officially done, Kal Yafai will challenge Luis Concepcion on December 10 on the undercard to Anthony …
