The WBC have made Galal Yafai the obligatory challenger to unified flyweight world champion Ricardo Sandoval amid an ongoing anti-doping scandal.

Birmingham’s Yafai was crushed by Francisco Rodriguez Jr in June in Birmingham earlier than the Mexican failed a drug take a look at on combat evening.

The WBC initially acknowledged Rodriguez was not responsible of deliberately doping and ordered a right away rematch with Yafai.

It then emerged Rodriguez had additionally failed a drug take a look at in December in Texas, testing optimistic for THC, the first compound in hashish.

He was given a 90-day suspension and neither the WBC or Yafai’s staff had been conscious of the incident earlier than the combat in June.

Yafai’s promoter Eddie Hearn publicly lobbied for the WBC to vary its ruling because the combat was dominated a no-contest.

WBC president Mauricio Suliaman on Thursday confirmed to the Ring Journal, exterior the sanctioning physique had modified its thoughts and put in Yafai because the obligatory challenger.

The take a look at was carried out on combat evening and administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Affiliation (Vada), as a part of the WBC’s Clear Boxing Program.

Any fighter within the high 15 of the WBC’s rankings should register for drug testing and Yafai v Rodriguez was for the sanctioning physique’s interim flyweight title.

The British Boxing Board of Management is but to decide on any suspension for Rodriguez.