Lyndon Arthur: record, next fight and profile →
Jack Catterall has agreed a step-aside deal to allow Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez to box for the undisputed world super lightweight title. Catterall is the longstanding WBO mandatory contender and had told he would get his shot at Ramirez, the WBO and WBC champion, next.
There are a few names that keep getting mentioned as part of Anthony Yarde’s future, although he insists that he is not thinking about any of them right now. Only one man is in his sights, Dec Spelman, and had already publicly talked down Spelman’s threat, the pressure is on him perform.
This past Friday night at the BT Sport studios, Lyndon ‘King’ Arthur decisioned Dec Spelman to secure a planned October fight with top light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde. Arthur and Yarde had been booked to face each other earlier this year, but the fight was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lyndon Arthur set up a fight with Anthony Yarde, which could take place in October, as he made a first successful defence of his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title, boxing his way to a unanimous points decision over Dec Spelman at the BT Sport Studios in London.
In a three-man press conference ahead of Friday’s BT Sport main event between Lyndon Arthur and Dec Spelman, ‘The Beast’ Anthony Yarde told his competition to “shut up”, saying “if we’re not fighting, I’m not responding… you don’t matter.”
WE MAKE A speedy return to our own boxing bubble on Friday night with the third of our special summer series at the headquarters of BT Sport. We are gathering some momentum now in putting boxing back on the box and I am happy to say that our young fighters are seizing the opportunity put in front of them. I must tip my hat to the young fellas for the way they kept in shape during lockdown, made themselves ready to fight and then adapted to the unusual circumstances we find ourselves in, with the confinement in the hotel and boxing behind closed doors.
With just one day until his BT Sport 1 main event against Dec Spelman, ‘King’ Lyndon Arthur has declared himself ready to conquer the United Kingdom’s Light Heavyweight landscape.
MTK Global announced the signing of world-class amateur superstar Hovhannes Bachkov as he turns professional. Armenian hero Bachkov has been regarded as one of the best amateurs in the world for a number of years, having won gold medals at the European Games in 2019 and the European Championships in 2017, and bronze medals at the World Championships in 2019 and 2017.
LYNDON ARTHUR is focused on knocking out Dec Spelman before getting to grips with Anthony Yarde. The Mancunian makes the first defence of his Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight championship against Spelman (16-3, 8KOs) on Friday July 31 In the third instalment of Frank Warren’s summer series.
‘LION IN THE CAMP’ Anthony Yarde has revealed how the boxing world played an important part in helping him recover from the tragic personal losses he has suffered at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic.