Anthony Yarde: record, next fight and profile →
Leicester Arena, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom - In a WBO middleweight eliminator, with the interim-WBO title at stake, Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2, 22 KOs) stopped previously undefeated Tommy Langford (18-1, 6 KOs) in the fifth round to earn a crack at WBO full champion Billy Joe Saunders.
In an interview last weekend, I am told that Eddie Hearn finally raised the possibility of a Manchester derby dust-up between Terry Flanagan and Anthony Crolla, saying he had ‘reached out’ to us over the match-up. Better late than never, I suppose. It is a fight we were very keen on putting together while Crolla was in possession of a world title belt, but our interest was never reciprocated.
TNT punching light-heavy phenom Anthony Yarde believes that Frank Warren’s ground breaking deal with BT Sport shall finally expose his weapons of mass destruction to a mass audience, writes Glynn Evans. The man with the Mogadon in his gloves has sent eight of his nine paid opponents into The Land of Nod since debuting in May 2015, provoking Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren to compare the ‘Mister’ Yarde to a young Nigel Benn.
Dynamite-punching Light-Heavyweight talent Anthony Yarde will fight for his first professional title when he takes on Chris Hobbs for the Southern Area Light-Heavyweight strap at London's Copper Box Arena on Saturday 20th May, live on BT Sport and BoxNation.
The Brentwood Centre on November 25 will play host to the latest stop on the journey of one of British boxing’s brightest talents. I am really excited about our light-heavyweight prospect Anthony Yarde. Here is a young man who will light up division once he has learned the ropes – and he is making pretty light work of what has been put in front of him so far.
AT&T Stadium - Welterweight contender Sadam Ali came back for the first time since his March stoppage loss to Jessie Vargas, winning a unanimous decision over Saul Corral.
Dynamite-punching light-heavyweight talent Anthony Yarde (7-0, 6 KO’s) will fight over six rounds against an opponent to be confirmed on the undercard of Liam Smith’s blockbuster World title defence against Mexican pound-for-pound star Canelo at the iconic AT&T Stadium this Saturday.
Popular Duffield, now 3-1, loses unbeaten record, stopped at 1.58 last round of barnburner on doctors advice. By the sixth Duffield's face a mess with swellings around both eyes and a deep cut underneath his left eye.
Jamie Conlan survived the biggest scare of his professional career to add another title to his collection. The Belfast super flyweight was knocked down three times before coming back to rip away the Commonwealth title from outgoing champion Anthony Nelson, exclusively live on BoxNation.
Wembley’s Gary Corcoran beat Danny Butler to claim the Vacant WBO Intercontinental Junior-Middleweight Championship at York Hall last night. The natural-born scrapper was on the front foot from the off and dominated large parts of the bout; securing a unanimous decision win with scores of 100-89, 99-90 and 100-89.