Comments Thread For: Chris Billam-Smith not looking to entertain no-win fight with Anthony Yarde

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At 34 years old, Chris Billam-Smith is in search of fights that would add meaningfully to his legacy. He speaks to Tris Dixon about why Anthony Yarde is not among them.
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[Butt stuff]

That’s a fun fight, I’d rather watch that than him against some unknown cruiser with a padded record. No disrespect to the gentleman, just not lots of names in the division.

[KrusherStan]

Yarde batters him, CBS is just a god awful boxer

[adotd]

Yarde batters him, CBS is just a god awful boxer

CBS has achieved far more than Yarde, and has a much better resume. Yardes best win is British level Lyndon Arthur who already beat him.

[Ropeydope]

Fight Ryan Rozicki. That would be a “Gatti-Ward” for the cruiser division.

[Roj]

I don’t think CBS is wrong about the relative insignificance of a Yarde fight but he’s delusional if he thinks hordes of people are clamoring to see him fight anyone. period. He had his chance to rise above being just another alphabet champion against Zurdo and he came up short. He’s not good enough to be in “I’m too good to fight this guy or that guy” mode.

[diarraisagod]

I don’t think CBS is wrong about the relative insignificance of a Yarde fight but he’s delusional if he thinks hordes of people are clamoring to see him fight anyone. period. He had his chance to rise above being just another alphabet champion against Zurdo and he came up short. He’s not good enough to be in “I’m too good to fight this guy or that guy” mode.

He sold out the Vitality Stadium. I would know, I was there.

There's no reason he couldn't do a decent summer homecoming to Bournemouth. And he's right, all people would do if he stopped Yarde is make excuses. If I was him, I'd take an undercard fight Spring 2025 against somebody in the WBC lower top 15 he'd expect to beat as a bounce back fight. Then try and position for an eliminator in Bournemouth in the football off season at the Vitality.

[Poopdick]

Yarde beats this boy

[Groin Grabber]

Yarde gets mentioned alot. Dude needs to hurry back and fight a top guy already

[Malvado]

Yarde gets mentioned alot. Dude needs to hurry back and fight a top guy already

Not sure how good Yarde is, but being 1-3 against top opposition and moving up without his significant physical advantages doesn't look good.

He might not gas out inside 4-6 rounds like he always does though.