Francisco Rodriguez Jr. Fails Drug Test vs. Yafai

Matchroom Revealed Yesterday That Francisco Rodriguez Jr. (40-6-1, 27 Kos Positive Banned Subceive from Vada Following His 12-round Unanimous Decision Win Flyweight Champion Champion Yafai (9-1, 7 kos) on June 21st in Birmingham, England. Rodriguez Jr, 33, Is Currently Investigation, and His B-Sample Will Now Be Tested.

Rodriguez Jr. Doping test positive

The Veteran Rodriguez Jr. Had Beaten The Stuffing Out of Yafai, Outworking by Wide Margin’s Route to the Scores 119-108, 119-108, and 118-109. The Fight arguably Should Have Been Stopped by The Sixth Round, As It Was Evident That Yafai Had No Chance of Winning and Win Being Beateaten by Rodriguez.

Punch Stats: Dominant Rodriguez Jr.

• Francisco Rodriguez Jr: 575 Punches Landed Of 1089 Punches for 53%. Of That Total, 528 Were Power Punches, Meaning Almost Everything He Thre Was With Was Power.
• Galal Yafai: 230 of 795 for 34%.

It’s Unlet The Fight Results Will Be Ruled a No Contest, And Yafai Given Back His WBC Interim Title. However, with The Way to Lost to Rodriguez Jr., One That That The Same Thing Would No Matter How many Times Thymes. For Fans Who Have Never Watched Rodriguez, He’s Always Been Known for Having High Punch Output. This was not out of the Norm for Him to High Output.

Matchroom Promoter Eddie Hearn Hasn’t Said Whether He’ll Look Line Up A Rematch. Given How One-Sided It Was, It’s Unlikely That He Will. Rodriguez Jr. Could Ruin Yafai in A Second Fight IF Throws over 1000 Punches Again. Yafai Is Like Brother, Kal Yafai, in The Way to Fights.

Rodriguez Jr.’s High Punch Output

Yafai’s Fans Are Furious About Rodriguez Jr. Positive Testing, and Some Are Saying, ‘I Told You So.’ They Felt With The High Number of Shots That Rodriguez Threw, He Had to Have Peds. That’s How He’s Always Foodt His Entire Pro Career, And He’d Never Tested Positive For Any Banned Substances Before.

ℹ️ An update on Galal Yafai vs Francisco Rodriguez. pic.twitter.com/mrfjrxbtok

– Matchroom Boxing (@matchroomboxing) July 9, 2025