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Who you guys seems the most of twitter have yafai and lot of them think he's going to get wale out there fairly easy I disagree wale is a tough tough fighter and a hards night work for anyone on the domestic scene I think Josh has a good chance of finally getting his hands on a good title in the commonwealth title he's never just got over that final hurdle think he's in with a shout in this one yafai blows hot and cold for me looked reckless in his last fight but got the guy out there and wasn't upto much against the African in the fight before

dhb-raging bull wrote:Who you guys seems the most of twitter have yafai and lot of them think he's going to get wale out there fairly easy I disagree wale is a tough tough fighter and a hards night work for anyone on the domestic scene I think Josh has a good chance of finally getting his hands on a good title in the commonwealth title he's never just got over that final hurdle think he's in with a shout in this one yafai blows hot and cold for me looked reckless in his last fight but got the guy out there and wasn't upto much against the African in the fight before

Easy bout for Yafai imo, yes Josh is tough but he has already taken so much punishment in his career and Yafai is a very hard puncher. I think that Yafai gets the win inside the distance maybe with Josh Wale being saved by his corner

Think it's going to be a cracker personally and reckon it will be the best bout of the night

dhb-raging bull wrote:Think it's going to be a cracker personally and reckon it will be the best bout of the night

Josh is never in a dull fight but if we are honest then its about levels and Josh is English level at best and Yafai will challenge for World honours

Yeah i think Wale's long,hard career will catch up with him in this one,Josh is still a tough fighter who can probably still expose fringe level fighters but Yafai looks the part so far,he totally destroyed Jenkinson,broke him up downstairs and i think he'll give Wale a bit of a beating before the ref/corner stops things

Wale could count himself unlucky not to be a British champ after drawing the McDonnell rematch,im sure i had Gavin nicking it but a lot of people thought Wale beat him but i think he's missed the boat now,still its the toughest test of Gamal's career so far so hopefully Josh can make it competitve

Wale is limited but tough. Yafai will have too much for him. Stoppage 6-8.

I can't believe the amount of title shots Wale gets on the back of beating nobody's. ..

Tommy Gunn13 wrote:I can't believe the amount of title shots Wale gets on the back of beating nobody's. ..

His a step from the level of opposition Yafai has faced.

Looking at who wale has been in with and never been stopped,world ,European,British and commwealth champs Yafai must be some puncher with a big percentage favouring a Yafai stoppage ,although his record does not suggest it with only 4 kos at low level,wale been rtd by his corner twice due to eye injuries ,I think it could be a hard night for novice pro who's best wins came against a negative african who was only a superfly weight,he weighed 117lb ,and Bobby jenkinson who has draw with Brett fideo and was stopped by a foreign import,I think it's a good fight and will show just where Yafai is but it could also be time wale finally gets over the line,we shall see.

Wale is tough fight for anybody at domestic level at super bantamweight , certainly a step up for Yafai who's beaten nobody to warrant all the hype

Brocky wrote:Wale is tough fight for anybody at domestic level at super bantamweight , certainly a step up for Yafai who's beaten nobody to warrant all the hype

This is were i am at I'm not knocking yafai he's only had 9 fights and if he's as much talent as his brother he could go on to big things but I've just not been that impressed as of yet and he will be going in against a big strong super bantam here who can do the distance easy I think he can take yafai into deep waters here if yafai blasts wale out of there I will be impressed good fight for Yafai to take see where he is at but could be a potential banana skin

dhb-raging bull wrote:

Brocky wrote:Wale is tough fight for anybody at domestic level at super bantamweight , certainly a step up for Yafai who's beaten nobody to warrant all the hype

This is were i am at I'm not knocking yafai he's only had 9 fights and if he's as much talent as his brother he could go on to big things but I've just not been that impressed as of yet and he will be going in against a big strong super bantam here who can do the distance easy I think he can take yafai into deep waters here if yafai blasts wale out of there I will be impressed good fight for Yafai to take see where he is at but could be a potential banana skin

In fairness I think Gamal has been matched very well or his first 10 fights inc two decent domestic opponents. Unlike his brother who matchmaking I've been critical of for ages.

This fights available on youtube now after the farce on saturday with Sky Sports streaming

Brave effort from Wale,i thought there was a good chance Yafai would be catching him at the right time after a long,tough career but TBH despite my 119-109 score,Gamal never looked like scoring a KO,Josh made it hard for him to land clean,Wale started 1st half of the fight on the backfoot,obviously trying to get Yafai to expand energy having never been 12 rounds before but even though Wale did have more success as the fight went on i still had Yafai winning the rounds with his cleaner,busier work and flashy combinations doing the trick,he worked the body well too

Workmanlike performance from Yafai and doing 12 rounds for the 1st time at a decent pace is never a bad thing