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Yarde, Spelman Fight Photos Gallery - At York Hall in London, light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde (20-1, 19 KOs) stopped former English champion Dec Spelman (16-5, 8 KOs) in the sixth round.

Mark Heffron and Denzel Bentley battled their way to a unanimous draw in their ten-round British middleweight title eliminator at York Hall in East London. Bentley scored the only knockdown, in the second round, but it was Heffron who spent most of the fight coming forward, while Bentley moved and aimed to pick him off.

ON SATURDAY NIGHT we roll into show six of our post lockdown series and the first of our autumn schedule when Anthony Yarde returns to the ring with world title glory still firmly on his mind. Anthony, of course, was within a few short seconds of causing a major upset in his first shot at securing a seat at boxing’s top table when he gamely ventured over to Russia and took on the long-standing champion Sergey Kovalev in the then WBO ruler’s home town of Chelyabinsk in August of last year.

BRITISH MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION Liam Williams is tipping former foe Mark Heffron to 'chin' Denzel Bentley when the pair's eagerly awaited collision comes around on Saturday night, live on BT Sport.

MARK HEFFRON BELIEVES his anticipated showdown with Denzel Bentley will develop into the shootout everyone expects, but reckons a few cagey rounds could precede the firefight. The middleweight bangers collide inside the BT Studio on Saturday night - live coverage begins on BT Sport 1 from 7.30pm - and the 25-1 Heffron was forthright in his initial assessment of how the fight will go against the unbeaten Bentley, 13-0.

Anthony Yarde will take on Dec Spelman, in what will prove an ideal chance to directly compare himself against potential future foe Lyndon Arthur - who last month edged Spelman on points behind-closed-doors. Yarde challenged for a World Title against Sergey Kovalev in 2019 and has been absent since his Russian mission - where he came within seconds of toppling the legendary champion.

Mark Heffron could be in line for a major outdoors title fight. The former British middleweight title challenger, 28, managed to get a fight in before boxing stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic. Heffron stopped Ondrej Budera after just 59 seconds of his scheduled six-round contest at Oldham Leisure Centre to move to 25-1 with 19 quick finishes.

A FEW DAYS late but we are still at that juncture where it is timely to reveal a few New Year’s resolutions or a wish list. I’ve seen a number of people keeping it topical and piping up with their 20/20 vision, so here is mine and let’s see how much of it we can make come true over the course of the next 12 months.

MARK HEFFRON REVEALED that he would be more than open to a battle of the middleweight bangers against Denzel Bentley if there is a belt at stake. Heffron moved to 24-1 on Saturday in Leeds with a first round stoppage of the usually durable Rui Manuel Pavanito and is now on a sequence of three straight victories since his only setback against Liam Williams in December of last year.