Anthony Yarde

Anthony Yarde is set with the arduous task of dethroning the undefeated, unified light-heavyweight champion of the world, Artur Beterbiev, ...

Ring walks for the main card are expected to take place around 7pm GMT (2pm ET), with Beterbiev and Yarde entering the ring around 10pm GMT (5pm ET). Anthony Yarde (23-2) will be aiming to make Smith’s world title challenge an all-British affair and pull off one of the country’s greatest ever upsets by defeating such a dominant champion in Beterbiev, who has knocked out all eighteen of his opponents in his professional career. [Defeat to Lyndon Arthur](https://boxing-social.com/news/king-arthur-pips-yarde-on-the-cards/) in 2020 appeared to derail Yarde’s title ambitions, however three successive knockouts, including a fourth-round stoppage of Arthur in their rematch have earnt him the position as a mandatory challenger. This will be Dalakian’s sixth defence of his world title, since winning the belt in 2018, but just his second fight and first title defence outside of his native country. Abdullah has stopped five opponents in his career thus far and will be seeking to add to that record against an opponent who has been knocked out in two of his last four fights. This will be Ali’s fourth fight and the young British-Bangladeshi will be looking to do what Aaron McKenna couldn’t and get the stoppage against the 38-year-old, who has lost his last thirty-two fights.

Artur Beterbiev hopes to retain his three light heavyweight belts as he comes up against Anthony Yarde tonight. British fighter Yarde is the WBO mandatory ...

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One of boxing's most exciting fighters returns to the ring on Saturday night when Artur Beterbiev defends his WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight world ...

What makes Beterbiev so good is that his aggression works because he is also very sound in his fundamentals, which can be seen with the long list of accomplishments he achieved in his amateur career. Still, between the combination of Yarde's power and Beterbiev being 38 years old, Yarde is a live underdog coming in. In the end, Kovalev was able to rally and stop a badly fatigued Yarde late in the bout. "When I get in the ring and I start throwing my hands about, everyone knows what I can do. There's no respect in the ring when you try and take the respect away from your opponent." In that fight, Yarde had done good work, including badly hurting Kovalev in Round 8, leading Kovalev's corner to threaten to stop the fight. None of his opponents have made it to the final bell, which includes the seven men Beterbiev has defeated in championship fights. Yarde (23-2, 22 KO) enters the bout on a three-fight winning streak. After two defenses of his title, Beterbiev faced WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk, scoring a 10th round stoppage in a thrilling fight, unifying the two titles. Bivol has called for the fight and One of boxing's most exciting fighters returns to the ring on Saturday night when Artur Beterbiev defends his WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight world championships against Anthony Yarde. The fight takes place at Wembley Arena in London (2:30 p.m.

The clinical Russian is a strong favourite to stay unbeaten and set up a huge undisputed contest against WBA champion Dmitry Bivol later this year, though ...

He gave one of the best fighters in the world the toughest fight he had. I hope he does well in the future. It was the 19th win of Beterbiev’s professional career, and the 19th by stoppage. Got to be an undisputed light-heavyweight bout with Bivol, who holds the WBA belt. But the Russian showed that trademark power to drop Yarde. The third judge had it 67-66 to Beterbiev. Tonight’s undercard in the capital saw Karol Itauma stopped in a huge upset, as he suffered the first defeat of his professional career. The British fighter produced a career-best performance for the first seven rounds, causing Beterbiev huge problems and he went into the eighth ahead on two of the judges’ cards. No questions about his heart or chin.” Artem Dalakian defended his WBA flyweight title with a points victory over David Jimenez, with Moses Itauma’s professional debut then lasting just 14 seconds as he stopped his opponent in the blink of an eye. He had to go through some tough moments. He got to his feet, but his corner had seen enough by that point and the fight was waved off.

Anthony Yarde has climbed the highest of mountains and brazenly shouted to all that would listen that Artur Beterbiev's unified reign is on the verge of ...

In any event, despite working tirelessly on his craft, Browne continues to act flippantly towards the former title challenger. Yarde, on the other hand, has unambiguous goals of his own. A trifecta of stoppage victories has convinced the Londoner of his audacious claims.

Beterbiev and Yarde touched gloves in a light-heavyweight world title unification clash, with the British star dropped and stopped in devastating fashion by ...

An astonishing seventh round saw both fighters have a period of joy with the pair trading brutal blows, before Beterbiev landed a devastating right hook in the eighth. Beterbiev already had a mark under his eye in the second round, and a firefight broke out with a heavy flurry seeing both fighters caught by powerful close-range shots. Beterbiev and Yarde squared off at the OVO Wembley Arena with 'The Beast From The East' looking to dethrone the undefeated Russian champion in a huge upset.

The British challenger put up a stunning effort in a brutal battle, but Russian-Canadian champion proved too strong in the end. Beterbiev came out on top. Getty.

The champion followed up with a series of blows which put the challenger down. At the start of the fourth, Beterbiev looked to capitalise and hammered Yarde with a series of big hooks which hurt him. The bell rang to end the early contender for Round of the Year. But the champion landed a huge left hook which appeared to stagger the challenger just as the bell went. The challenger was happy to box on the back foot and countered well with a couple of notable left hooks early on. The British challenger put up a stunning effort in a brutal battle, but the Russian-Canadian champion proved too strong for him in the end.

Beterbiev's legs instantly stiffened, and the champion began to back up for the first time in the fight. However, he came back well and landed a nasty left hook ...

Yarde took the role of aggressor with the pace visibly slowing in the sixth, benefitting his explosive style as he was given more time to load up his shots. However, he came back well and landed a nasty left hook of his own which shook up Yarde to close out the round. Artur Beterbiev fought through adversity to stop Anthony Yarde in the eighth round of one of the best fights you are likely to see this year.

Artur Beterbiev overcame a mini-crisis to retain his world light-heavyweight titles against a spirited Anthony Yarde at London's Wembley Arena.

Dalakian did just enough to stay in front and steal rounds, and that was enough to give him the verdict. Tommy Fletcher hear the final bell for the first time as a pro as he was frustrated by Daryl Sharp. Itauma is seen as the future of the division and he provided evidence of that with a very impressive win here.

Fearsome WBO, WBC and IBF light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev went to war with Anthony Yarde in London; Yarde hurt Beterbiev in an impressive ...

He stunned Yarde with a short right and put him down with a hook. Just at the end of the third round, Beterbiev hurt Yarde with a left hook. Yarde landed a ferocious left hook and banged his right in, connecting with explosive force.

Briton makes brave effort against undefeated champion · WBC, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight titles on the line.

“Anthony did [punch hard]. Anthony is 31, he’s young. But I feel good.

Londoner Yarde hoped home advantage and an electric atmosphere would propel him to the WBO, WBC and IBF world light-heavyweight titles. But the brilliant ...

Yarde survived the onslaught in the round of the fight so far. Anthony is 31, he’s young. “Anthony did (punch hard). But I feel good. But in the seventh round, Yarde was on the ropes as Beterbiev’s class began to show, and in the eighth it was all over when he was caught with a peach of a right hand. In the fifth, it was Yarde’s turn to deliver some damage, landing a left hook to send Wembley wild only for Beterbiev to end the round with an uppercut, and Yarde clinging on in this ding-dong battle.

A. rtur Beterbiev defended his WBC, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight titles with an eight-round stoppage of Anthony Yarde, in one of the best fights in recent ...

It came after Itauma’s brother Karol suffered a shock defeat earlier in the night, the first time he had been beaten in his young career. The 18-year-old believes he will break Mike Tyson’s record and becomes the youngest ever heavyweight world champion, and he needed 14 seconds to knock Marcel Bode down on his debut. The Brit just about beat the count, his corner though called time on the fight to save their man from what would likely have been a devastating knockout. He landed a number of left hooks in the opening rounds as Beterbiev marched forward, marking up the Russian’s eye. By now both had swelling and had been cut, the pace remaining relentless. It was the 19th win of Beterbiev’s professional career, and the 19th by stoppage.

Anthony Yarde failed in his against-the-odds bid to become a unified world champion after he was stopped in the eighth round by Artur Beterbiev in a ...

Yarde survived the onslaught in the round of the fight so far. Anthony is 31, he’s young. “Anthony did (punch hard). But I feel good. But in the seventh round, Yarde was on the ropes as Beterbiev’s class began to show, and in the eighth it was all over when he was caught with a peach of a right hand. In the fifth, it was Yarde’s turn to deliver some damage, landing a left hook to send Wembley wild only for Beterbiev to end the round with an uppercut, and Yarde clinging on in this ding-dong battle.

Anthony Yarde failed in his against-the-odds bid to become a unified world champion after he was stopped in the eighth round by Artur Beterbiev in a ...

Yarde survived the onslaught in the round of the fight so far. Anthony is 31, he’s young. “Anthony did (punch hard). But I feel good. But in the seventh round, Yarde was on the ropes as Beterbiev’s class began to show, and in the eighth it was all over when he was caught with a peach of a right hand. In the fifth, it was Yarde’s turn to deliver some damage, landing a left hook to send Wembley wild only for Beterbiev to end the round with an uppercut, and Yarde clinging on in this ding-dong battle.

Yarde had 19-0 knockout artist Beterbiev hurt on numerous occasions but was eventually stopped in the eighth round as his corner pulled him out following a ...

'If I'm honest, I was prepared for all of those punches and that's why I could keep coming back at him. But Yarde in the seven prior rounds proved he was right to have faith in himself before to the bout, with two of the three judges having him ahead going into the eighth round. Anthony Yarde was AHEAD of Artur Beterbiev on the judges' scorecards before being stopped by the knockout artist to lose his second world title fight in dramatic fashion

Yarde hurt Beterbiev in an astonishing fifth round, but was then pulled out of the fight in eighth after being knocked down by a powerful right hand. Russian ...

"Everyone in this division can punch and Anthony can too. Karol was a big favourite in a fight for the WBC international light-heavyweight title, but gave off warnings of a potential off night in the works from the first round as he was continually tagged by rights from Maderna. Yarde appeared on the verge of going down, but stayed on his feet and eventually was able to escape and see out the round. Yarde poured forward in a bid to end the fight but Beterbiev fought back in kind and unleashed a flurry of punches, leaving his rival swaying on his feet as the bell arrived. Yarde was then forced to fight his way out of the corner after Beterbiev did magnificently to close the distance, a feat he achieved throughout the fight. Yarde hurt Beterbiev in an astonishing fifth round, but was then pulled out of the fight in the eighth after being knocked down by a powerful right hand.

Tunde Ajayi's decision to pull Anthony Yarde out of his fight with Artur Beterbiev has attracted praise.

But Yarde refused to dump his trainer. Ajayi has faced criticism for his corner work in the past. BBC Sport visited Yarde and Ajayi in camp before the Beterbiev fight. He had to arrive at the gym at 5am each day. Perhaps 31-year-old Yarde could have survived, but there was still a minute left in the round. And one bad knockout can change the trajectory of a fighters life, never mind their career. He is a ruthless finisher. "Everyone can criticise all they like but those are the people you get in the ring with you on fight night, and only Yarde knows if he wants to continue to trust those people." Ajayi called Yarde his "hero" during the build-up to Saturday's bout. He insisted he didn't train amateurs, but Yarde went on a knockout run in the unpaid ranks to change Ajayi's mind. The referee Steve Gray gives Yarde the chance to prove he is OK and is satisfied enough to let the fight continue. A wounded Anthony Yarde looks to his corner after getting back to his feet.

Yarde was knocked out by Beterbiev in the eighth round of their thrilling world title fight, but he was up on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage.

The referee and Yarde's corner did allow him to recover but the fight was stopped when Beterbiev swarmed the Brit with a flurry of punches. Yarde was a considerable underdog heading into the second world title fight of his career, losing out on light-heavyweight for the belts for the first time when he was stopped by Sergey Kovalev in 2019. Beterbiev defended his light-heavyweight world titles by stopping Yarde in the eighth round of their thrilling clash at the Wembley Arena on Saturday night.