Anthony Yarde: record, next fight and profile →
Lyndon Arthur set up a fight with Anthony Yarde, which could take place in October, as he made a first successful defence of his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title, boxing his way to a unanimous points decision over Dec Spelman at the BT Sport Studios in London.
In a three-man press conference ahead of Friday’s BT Sport main event between Lyndon Arthur and Dec Spelman, ‘The Beast’ Anthony Yarde told his competition to “shut up”, saying “if we’re not fighting, I’m not responding… you don’t matter.”
LYNDON ARTHUR is focused on knocking out Dec Spelman before getting to grips with Anthony Yarde. The Mancunian makes the first defence of his Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight championship against Spelman (16-3, 8KOs) on Friday July 31 In the third instalment of Frank Warren’s summer series.
Frank Warren, who promotes once-beaten light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde, expects his boxer to resume a new world title run in the near future. Last year in Russia, Yarde came very close to stopping then WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev.
Count Anthony Joshua among the British boxing fans that are anxious to see Joshua Buatsi and Anthony Yarde go at it in a domestic light heavyweight showdown. The IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion manages Buatsi and obviously would want the 2016 Olympian to win. Joshua knows, however, that the hard-hitting Yarde would give the Ghanaian-born Brit a difficult fight.
‘LION IN THE CAMP’ Anthony Yarde has revealed how the boxing world played an important part in helping him recover from the tragic personal losses he has suffered at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has been tragic for light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde. On March 27, his father passed away to COVID-19, and then on April 2 his grandmother passed away to the virus.
British light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde has suffered further tragedy as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Yarde disclosed that his grandmother has died from the COVID-19 illness, and her death comes only a few days after the passing of his father - also a direct result of the coronavirus.
Anthony Yarde has revealed that his father has died of coronavirus as he urged people to stay at home at respect social distancing. The 28-year-old who boxed Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light-heavyweight title last year said that his father had been fit and had suffered no health issues before becoming infected.
THE EAGERLY ANTICIPATED 'Seek and Destroy' showdown between Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce at the o2 Arena on April 11 now has a blockbuster chief support in place with Anthony Yarde set to take on the unbeaten Lyndon Arthur.