Anthony Yarde not sparring in preparation for Kovalev

[wileyhemi]

I have a feeling this is going to backfire on him in a very bad way. On the contrary, All james toney did to prepare for a fight was SPAR. No roadwork or bag work just non stop sparring.

...and have you heard him try to talk lately?

[charliepaerker]

Kovalev will not only be the hardest hitter Yarde has faced but he'll also have the best jab and mid range game Yarde has seen. But yea don't try to replicate that in sparring smh. Kova stoppage by the 6th round

[boliodogs]

They are just ******. They should get sparring partners who fight as much like Kov as possible to prepare for him. Everybody knows that. That's the way everybody does it because it helps to win fights.They don't need to overdo the sparring but 30 or 40 rounds of good sparring in the last few weeks would help him win.

[LacedUp]

Surely that can't be right.
But in my opinion, Yarde can spar 1000 thousand rounds and still wouldn't be fit to face Kovalev. We're talking about a guy who has never even fought at British level and who's been getting hit by these bulgarian journeymen.

I like Yarde, and I like his energy (not tunde) but I just can't see how he could ever win this fight, UNLESS Kovalev is completely done.

[Tom Cruise]

I think Yarde is a hell of talent, but Tunde is an absolute joker.

Imagine coming from the Mayweather gym like Tunde has thinking that sparring is a bad thing

The guy is delusional. Between a short am career, terrible opposition and no sparring, the best fighter Yarde has ever been thing with will be leagues and leagues below Kovalev. He’s gonna have to learn extremely quickly what the top level of this sport is all about.

Be a shame if Tunde f**ks Yarde up. Like i say I think he is a hell of a talent. Natural power, nice balance, timing, loose and flexible (even despite his build) and with a good control of distance.

[ShoulderRoll]

I think Yarde is a hell of talent, but Tunde is an absolute joker.

Imagine coming from the Mayweather gym like Tunde has thinking that sparring is a bad thing

The guy is delusional. Between a short am career, terrible opposition and no sparring, the best fighter Yarde has ever been thing with will be leagues and leagues below Kovalev. He’s gonna have to learn extremely quickly what the top level of this sport is all about.

Be a shame if Tunde f**ks Yarde up. Like i say I think he is a hell of a talent. Natural power, nice balance, timing, loose and flexible (even despite his build) and with a good control of distance.

I thought I read somewhere that Yarde doesn't lift weights. That he just does calisthenics.

Is that true?

[HanzGruber]

I didn’t really care about this fight but now I wanna see how badly this dude is gonna get beat lol. Bad enough he was doing a poor floyd imitation on the mitts. This makes it worse

[BodiesInFlight]

Damn, Ward lit Yarde up. I like how Ward always shows Kovalev respect in the media.

I always like Ward's opinions.

And if Froch taught Ward anything its how not to be a sour d1ck

[tonysoprano]

Can't blame Ward for lighting up Yarde. After all Yarde's trainer suggested Yarde was better than Ward. Yarde a guy whose best win is Travis Reeve.

Some serious lack of respect there.