Comments Thread For: Anthony Yarde vs. Emin Atra Set Down For April 24 in London

[Monty Fisto]

He's lost two fights back-to-back, it's not surprising he's taking a build-himself-up-again kind of opponent. Yarde needs to seriously overhaul how he does things if he is going to get anywhere though.

[_Rexy_]

He's lost two fights back-to-back, it's not surprising he's taking a build-himself-up-again kind of opponent. Yarde needs to seriously overhaul how he does things if he is going to get anywhere though.

actually, he fought two of his usual type opponents between the two losses. One guy was 4-48-3 (no idea how you get sanctioned to fight someone who was a ****ing title contender the year earlier with a record like that) and another guy who was 16-4 (who's record was also padded with guys like the one above)

[theface07]

"Undefeated"

this is what's so ****ing misleading about this sport. Emin Atra is undefeated, and he's fought TWO guys with winning records.


So in other words, it's the typical Yarde opponent.

Dude stop complaining. He stepped up big time against Kovalev and we saw what happened. He wasn't prepared and his trainer had no clue what instructions to give him in the corner. Who do you think he's going to fight after his last fight and KO loss to Kovalev? He had plenty of time and went into a world title fight too early without properly building to that point and we saw what happened. The same thing happened to Dubois because everyone was in awe of his power and momentum even though we found out he wasn't prepared for someone on Joyce's level. Nowadays you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. If you step up too quick and get KO'd, you were a bum/hype job who was never any good. If you take your time, you are called a cherry picker with a padded record who is ducking and being protected.
I hate as much as the next guy when we don't get the fights that should be made because of promotional politics and low risk, high reward mentalities but there's also such a thing as building a fighter properly. I suppose you think Dubois should come back after getting his eye crushed in his first loss and fight a top 5 opponent.

[Monty Fisto]

actually, he fought two of his usual type opponents between the two losses. One guy was 4-48-3 (no idea how you get sanctioned to fight someone who was a ****ing title contender the year earlier with a record like that) and another guy who was 16-4 (who's record was also padded with guys like the one above)

You are right; thanks for the correction.

[_Rexy_]

Dude stop complaining. He stepped up big time against Kovalev and we saw what happened. He wasn't prepared and his trainer had no clue what instructions to give him in the corner. Who do you think he's going to fight after his last fight and KO loss to Kovalev? He had plenty of time and went into a world title fight too early without properly building to that point and we saw what happened. The same thing happened to Dubois because everyone was in awe of his power and momentum even though we found out he wasn't prepared for someone on Joyce's level. Nowadays you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. If you step up too quick and get KO'd, you were a bum/hype job who was never any good. If you take your time, you are called a cherry picker with a padded record who is ducking and being protected.
I hate as much as the next guy when we don't get the fights that should be made because of promotional politics and low risk, high reward mentalities but there's also such a thing as building a fighter properly. I suppose you think Dubois should come back after getting his eye crushed in his first loss and fight a top 5 opponent.

I think bringing up up against nothing but no hopers until he got a mandatory shot did nothing for his development, and now they're doing it again. He had zero step up fights, zero domestic level fights, and his trainers know **** all about the sport.