[1] Yafai was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for his services to boxing.

[7] He qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[8] where he won the gold medal in the flyweight division beating Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the final.

[10] He captured the regional title by a fifth-round technical knockout, as Bautista's corner decided to throw in the towel near the end of the round.

[12] On April 6, 2024 in Las Vegas, Yafai stopped Agustin Mauro Gauto in the eighth round and retained his WBC International flyweight title.

[14][15] Yafai faced Sunny Edwards for the interim WBC flyweight title at Bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham, England on November 30, 2024.