Biggest Jump up in competition (Yarde V Kovalev) etc

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

Yarde has not even proved himself at domestic level, ducking frank buglioni and Hosea Burton.

Best win is faded euro level guys like Sjekloca who was 40 years old.

His last win was 38 year old Travis Reeves, ranked 66 on boxrec

Travis Reeves > Sergey Kovalev

Any others?

off the top off my head a green Joseph Parker had not fought a top 50 heavyweight in the world before he was thrown in with Carlos Takam a top 15/20 HW.

He had just fought Jason Bergman (top 100+ HW) > Carlos Takam (top 15/20 HW)

RE. Parker v Takam. Unlike Yarde, Parker has an extensive amateur career, and unlike Kovalev, Takam cannot be considered elite. Also, at that point Parker had sparred with many of the top guys, such as Joshua and Klitschko. And Parker had home-town advantage. So, Parker's jump up in class looks a calculated risk. Indeed, I believe Parker was the favourite with the bookmakers going into the fight. In comparison, Yarde is facing a much tougher task.

I don't understand the level of confidence that Tunde and Yarde have got going on

Traditionally, when a boxer is being brought along, every fight presents a new challenge, and there is a cautious hopefulness that they will prove themselves worthy of stepping up in class the next time around. I don't see that with Yarde's development. Instead, what I see a continuously mediocre level of competition, followed by a huge step up in class with this Kovalev fight. It's like a Hail Mary style of management that I've not really seen before

[ruedboy]

Mac vs Floyd
Pro boxing debut vs TBE

[MDPopescu]

Mac vs Floyd
Pro boxing debut vs TBE

... by "Mac" you mean "McGregor", right???

[ruedboy]

... by "Mac" you mean "McGregor", right???

Tru dat! lol

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Rolls vs ggg.

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Hamed vs barrera.

[Thraxox]

Hamed vs barrera.

If you actually follow Hameds career. He had several wins over world champions already before facing Barrera.

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pac vs sasakul

pac only 18 or 19 with no real significant wins (only a pro for 3 years) before facing wbc/lineal flyweight champion sasakul. pac was supposed to be a tune up for sasakul.

[hmc87]

Nah.....lol

Are you okay?

[Lomadeaux]

AJ fighting Klitschko in just 19 fights tops for me. Yarde is unproven but will be way to athletic against a guy seemingly who doesn't react well to body shots and that's Yardes best punches.

Floyd stopped Hernandez in 18 fights and less than 2 years. WBC.

That was incredibly impressive.