Comments Thread For: Anthony Yarde Now Faces Reeves, Confident of Shocking Kovalev

[Mick Higgs]

Anthony Yarde should have at least fought for the British title by now. Sadly Fi$h £yed Frank's poisonous feud with the BBBofC is having a massive effect on his stable's progression & holding everyone of them back. Mr Warren has to except that there is a life outside of the WBO!!!................

[Squ□redCircle34]

Yards has a shot here, Kov isn’t the same!

He’s no longer the Krusher, he’s now relying on his reach, jab and boxing ability and using the ring and instead of just looking and working for the KO!

Yards can’t make same mistake as Alvarez and look for one big punch, he must work and attack the body!

I think it would be a good fight, make it happen Frank!

[club fighter]

Just because he's a 'specimen' doesn't mean anything.
There have been countless hype jobs in boxing with impressive physiques and 8 packs who got brutally exposed.
No way is he the best Brit prospect. There are several others in various weight classes better than him.
Buatsi is a far better bet to do anything at world level.

Buatsi is definitely more schooled at this point, but I still think Yarde has more potential. The others, like Dubois, I'm not sold on.

Yeah Yarde can become a flop just like anybody, but with the right experience & training, I still feel he has good potential. We'll see.

[apollocreed]

Buatsi is definitely more schooled at this point, but I still think Yarde has more potential. The others, like Dubois, I'm not sold on.

Yeah Yarde can become a flop just like anybody, but with the right experience & training, I still feel he has good potential. We'll see.

No way does Yarde have more potential. Buatsi has the solid amateur experience and is ripping through a lot of mutual opponents quicker than Yarde.
Jordan Gill is a better prospect.
Josh Kelly looks good so far.
Josh Taylor, although he's now at world level already.

[club fighter]

No way does Yarde have more potential. Buatsi has the solid amateur experience and is ripping through a lot of mutual opponents quicker than Yarde.
Jordan Gill is a better prospect.
Josh Kelly looks good so far.
Josh Taylor, although he's now at world level already.

You need to be more educated in the fight game to try to make statements like this. Let me explain...

Cool that Gill is getting a shot at a belt but you have to realize, he was fighting guys with records like 14W/34L, 7W/11L, 4W/12L, & 3W/19L only a year or so ago. (Fluffed up record over weak competition)

Buatsi looks more schooled, but you better look against fighters with records like 26W/10L & 17W/14L *JUST LAST YEAR*. (Better than Gill, but not much)

Now all you have to do is look at the records of Yarde's opponents since 2017:

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/716443

.... a stark difference.

Now these guys he fought could have fluffed records too, but that's a whole other level of knowing the fight game that should be left for another lesson.

Keep studying, you'll get there some day.

[Sparked_26]

Yep totally agree. Too much hype behind prospects in Brit boxing before they actually prove anything.

Tbh Yarde is something else.

Lewis Ritson say cleaned house domestically before he stepped up and it’s not like he struggled, he blew them all away in about 10 rounds total. So that was a logical step and he fell just short with an awkward customer pinching the fight from him.

But Yarde has been fighting super middles for WBO baubles for about 2 years now.

God knows how that prepares you for a Kovalev.

I mean I do know. 100% it doesn’t prepare you.

Kova would get him out of there in 3 or less.

In all walks of life you can’t just arrive amongst the stars until you’ve gone through the clouds.

[apollocreed]

Tbh Yarde is something else.

Lewis Ritson say cleaned house domestically before he stepped up and it’s not like he struggled, he blew them all away in about 10 rounds total. So that was a logical step and he fell just short with an awkward customer pinching the fight from him.

But Yarde has been fighting super middles for WBO baubles for about 2 years now.

God knows how that prepares you for a Kovalev.

I mean I do know. 100% it doesn’t prepare you.

Kova would get him out of there in 3 or less.

In all walks of life you can’t just arrive amongst the stars until you’ve gone through the clouds.

Haha yeah, and especially boxing. It's brutal. It's a well worn phrase but it's totally true - it's about levels.
They get better in every department, power, skill, IQ, chin etc etc.
The jump in class would be a massive shock to Yarde without a few character building fights.
Johnson v Beterbiev is the most recent example. He knocked him down but apart from that he was outclassed.

[apollocreed]

You need to be more educated in the fight game to try to make statements like this. Let me explain...

Cool that Gill is getting a shot at a belt but you have to realize, he was fighting guys with records like 14W/34L, 7W/11L, 4W/12L, & 3W/19L only a year or so ago. (Fluffed up record over weak competition)

Buatsi looks more schooled, but you better look against fighters with records like 26W/10L & 17W/14L *JUST LAST YEAR*. (Better than Gill, but not much)

Now all you have to do is look at the records of Yarde's opponents since 2017:

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/716443

.... a stark difference.

Now these guys he fought could have fluffed records too, but that's a whole other level of knowing the fight game that should be left for another lesson.

Keep studying, you'll get there some day.

Haha you're clearly not as clever as you think you are.
Anyone who seriously tries to suggest Yarde hasn't been fighting anything more than a bum of the month club for his entire career is either dumb or full of ****.
Buatsi, Gill, Yarde have all been fed gimmes, that goes without saying, and wasn't the point i was making.
Gill and Buatsi, and others like Kelly, just look like better, more skilled fighters.
Anyone who seriously knows boxing can see that. Just like they'd know that a deep amateur career, although not guaranteeing success, is certainly favorable, as well as the fact that being a 'physical specimen' doesn't really mean ****.
So like I said, it's immediately clear you're not as clever or knowledgeable as you like to think.

[club fighter]

a deep amateur career, ..... not guaranteeing success

At least you got that right, same goes for Yarde's stature.

But think about what I said about looking at the records of the opponents that these fighters go against *AND* the level of their competition, etc. You'll learn more as you go.

I'm just trying to help you man.

[apollocreed]

At least you got that right, same goes for Yarde's stature.

But think about what I said about looking at the records of the opponents that these fighters go against *AND* the level of their competition, etc. You'll learn more as you go.

I'm just trying to help you man.

No, to put it more simply for you, the level of competition isn’t the point - all three have been fighting weak competition at this stage.
It is clear to see, however, that Kelly, Buatsi and Gill are simply technically better fighters than Yarde.
Nothing to do with who has fought a slightly better class of tomato can.