I'm certainly no Hearn fan :) many of my posts on here will confirm that. Buatsi for me just looks way better than Yarde in every way except maybe Power, great balance, fundamentals, punch selection, calmness in the ring. I just think he would have way too much talent for Yarde, regardless of who promotes him. I'm not as pathetic as some on here that favour fighters depending on who promotes them. I'm just a fan of boxing itself.
Johnson v Yarde might be a good measuring stick really. From what many have heard from a lot of people around the gym's and whatnot, Yarde can't take a shot. If that's true and Johnson caught him, he'll finish him. Johnson is accurate and can crack.
Anyway, i wasn't putting Yarde down at all. To me he looks like what he is i.e a fighter with no real Amateur experience that is learning on the job, but he's a very athletic guy with a good punch. I just think right now his lack of experience would be obvious once he fought a good level fighter with experience. My point wasn't saying he is no good, i'm saying he's still a raw novice in some ways and way off world level. It's a bit like Ohara Davies, he didn't have much amateur experience but looked (and is) a dangerous fighter and was knocking out guys left right and centre. Soon as he got in with a well schooled fighter, he was out of his depth. That's not to say Davies and Yarde aren't dangerous fights for anyone, they can crack but if all you have is power to rely on against a real well schooled fighter, you are out of your depth already.
Buatsi might have had less pro fights, but he's the far more experienced and well schooled boxer and it shows in how they fight.
Hey, styles makes fights, so I guess anything is possible on the right Saturday night.
Like I stated “I like Buatsi as a prospect,” and I apologize if I offended by assuming you were a Hearn zombie. I just lump fighters into four categories (Prospect, Contender, Champion, and Journeyman) and i expect them to be matched accordingly. At the present moment I don’t see them on the same level.
I agree with you though that Johnson/Yarde would be a great scrap to see where both actually are. But, Matchroom believes Johnson is ready for world level off the back of a forced TKO (which I notice, you didn’t debate) Against the hard hitting Beterbiev of all people at that.
I’m from Texas, so I wouldn’t know what UK gym gossip is being spread about Yarde. I can only go off what I’ve seen, and Yarde is actually stopping his opponents. While the other UK LHW’s are either being matched unevenly (Johnson, Burton, Summers, and Conley) or are still Prospects (Buatsi & Ball)