Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023

[blanca]

What is Bunce babbling about, Yarde was quite clearly outclassed in there.

Was he bollox

He most definitely was.

Was he bollox

[gregregegg]

Id have to favor Bivol vs bert at this point... But if bert does win will canelo be lurking waiting?

i think bert is a better style match up for canelo than bivol, and by then better B will have aged another year...

[cormack]

fair play to Yarde who did a lot better than expected , but ultimately beterbiev was just to clever and experienced to lose this .

[Ruthless-RKO]

Official Scorecards

[jameswilson]

Tunde said, “I don’t want you to get hurt”

Well done.

Yeah he was spot on.

When Bert (if he does) get beat I think it will be outpointed by Bivol or someone like that who can get in and get out and use good defence to block and parry and dodge enough of his powerful shots. I can't put my finger on anyone KOing him but obviously in boxing tough chins always eventually get cracked.

[gilgamesh]

Bivol-Bert the best matchup in the sport.

I'd imagine it'll happen too. Those guys don't strike me as guys who'd be all Prima Donna about putting a fight together. If there starts to be a groundswell of demand for the bout, it'll probably happen.

Hate to say it but they're not American so their unbeaten records are dispensable in a business sense.

Yes that too. Neither are exactly fan favorites or huge cash cows so they're guys who you'd sell more on the quality of the matchup rather than on the star power of either of them as a fighter exactly.

Simply put. This is a fight for the Die Hard Boxing Fans. The Week in, Week out Boxing fans. This is not one for the Masses.

But that being said. Considering almost any fight you could put either of them in would fall into that category, this is probably the best selling fight you could put them in that would catch the interest of most all hardcore Boxing fans.

[dr_devious]

Yarde was well in it but didn't have the gas to do 12 hard rounds with Bert but who has?

[jameswilson]

Official Scorecards

Can't for the life of me see how anyone can have Yarde winning the third.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Everyone is buzzing for Yarde.

Like he bloody won..

Bloody Nora.

Yeh he gave it a good effort. Many losing boxers give it a good effort.

Just shows..

[Monzon83]

What is Bunce babbling about, Yarde was quite clearly outclassed in there.

Was he bollox

He would be getting carried out of that ring if his corner hadn't stopped it. He was brave but he was outfought and overpowered by a far superior fighter who could have hurt him very badly if that fight had continued.

[Teddy's Toupee]

Yarde said to have been up on two cards at the time of the stoppage

If you score a fight on who was busier - he was in front.

It depends how you score fights, for me personally Yarde was in front, he was busier but he was losing steam the further the fight went.

You score a fight on who's landing the most effective punches, effective aggression, effective defence and ring generalship. I don't think "busy" is one of the criteria used.

[My T Sharp]

Maybe in boxing they should only score the rounds all three judges agree on.

[MightyWarrior]

Bert was hurt, look at him backing off after Yarde landed big, you never see him do that. He was mightily relieved to get through that one. Both showed great chins. What a fight, edge of the seat all the way. Anthony never looked like quite pulling it off, but what an effort.

[blanca]

What is Bunce babbling about, Yarde was quite clearly outclassed in there.

Was he bollox

He would be getting carried out of that ring if his corner hadn't stopped it. He was brave but he was outfought and overpowered by a far superior fighter who could have hurt him very badly if that fight had continued.

He wasnt 'outclassed' as you originally stated. Beaten by the better fighter, far from outclassed.

[Kilburn]

You don’t need to have some superior level or perception / foresight to notice that Yarde was weakening significantly and looked like losing, but Beterbiev was clearly not having a comfortable, controlled experience in there all the way through.

To be fair as well it was a pretty horrible / awkward shot that started the finish, Yarde was handling the attacks pretty well up until that punch landed.

[blanca]

You don’t need to have some superior level or perception / foresight to notice that Yarde was weakening significantly and looked like losing, but Beterbiev was clearly not having a comfortable, controlled experience in there all the way through.

To be fair as well it was a pretty horrible / awkward shot that started the finish, Yarde was handling the attacks pretty well up until that punch landed.

Good analysis pal. How I saw it.

[skanksta]

disagree, he won some rounds but was getting broken for the most part. bert's jab was a great weapon and any time yarde landed a big shot bert would maul him more with several more in the corner. look at the 5th or 6th....yarde lands a big right that ppl say wins him the round, despite bert proceeding to shake him up with like 10 in the corner. yarde was getting more credit for his shots than bert was i felt

stats had bert landing more in all but one round.............that's what i saw too. that ending was inevitable for me

I don't even really disagree with you - Bert was breaking him down for sure, but the "inevitable victory" was almost derailed !
Bert's been down before, he's been close before (Gvodzyk) but he's never looked hurt and beaten up before. That fight took something out of Bert @ 38.
Bivol will be delighted with Yarde's effort.

it was never derailed, he never went down or even had his legs go. any time yarde landed a good shot bert responded with more of his own. bert was said to be flagging here in a same round he teed off on yarde against the ropes for the last 30 seconds, then ktfo him the next round. how da f@ck that equates to flagging is beyond me

Bert's legs WERE unsteady around the 5th (ish?) and who hurt Bert more than Yarde did ?
Yarde was ahead on all 3 cards and hurt Bert more than anyone else. Yarde wasn't "outclassed" he was beaten by that extra level of class and experience.

Well played if you (and Keith? and/or MDP?) and whoever saw Bert cruising to inevitable victory - that was obviously the correct reading of the fight - but you can surely see why others missed that ?

[samwbr]

Bert was hurt, look at him backing off after Yarde landed big, you never see him do that. He was mightily relieved to get through that one. Both showed great chins. What a fight, edge of the seat all the way. Anthony never looked like quite pulling it off, but what an effort.

[cormack]

You don’t need to have some superior level or perception / foresight to notice that Yarde was weakening significantly and looked like losing, but Beterbiev was clearly not having a comfortable, controlled experience in there all the way through.

To be fair as well it was a pretty horrible / awkward shot that started the finish, Yarde was handling the attacks pretty well up until that punch landed.

left hand down by his hip as predicted by tony bellew just left him wide open

[Ruthless-RKO]

Credit to BT having this on regular sub.

[gregregegg]

those cards are unreal. i had bert up 3-0... looked very comfortable.

There were some harder mid rounds to score, where yarde landed a good shot followed up, and then bert rallied back. i still feel like (not scoring them) bert came back to win most of them.

But as iv said befor, i might of got stuck scoring what was happening rather than what was landing. i guess in theroy you can be winning rounds while clearly losing the fight.

Over all i feel like i would of given yarde 1 or mabey 2 rounds....

[blanca]

I don't even really disagree with you - Bert was breaking him down for sure, but the "inevitable victory" was almost derailed !
Bert's been down before, he's been close before (Gvodzyk) but he's never looked hurt and beaten up before. That fight took something out of Bert @ 38.
Bivol will be delighted with Yarde's effort.

it was never derailed, he never went down or even had his legs go. any time yarde landed a good shot bert responded with more of his own. bert was said to be flagging here in a same round he teed off on yarde against the ropes for the last 30 seconds, then ktfo him the next round. how da f@ck that equates to flagging is beyond me

Bert's legs WERE unsteady around the 5th (ish?) and who hurt Bert more than Yarde did ?
Yarde was ahead on all 3 cards and hurt Bert more than anyone else. Yarde wasn't "outclassed" he was beaten by that extra level of class and experience.

Well played if you (and Keith? and/or MDP?) and whoever saw Bert cruising to inevitable victory - that was obviously the correct reading of the fight - but you can surely see why others missed that ?

Bang on, to say yarde was outclassed is ridiculous.

[margaret thatcher]

I don't even really disagree with you - Bert was breaking him down for sure, but the "inevitable victory" was almost derailed !
Bert's been down before, he's been close before (Gvodzyk) but he's never looked hurt and beaten up before. That fight took something out of Bert @ 38.
Bivol will be delighted with Yarde's effort.

it was never derailed, he never went down or even had his legs go. any time yarde landed a good shot bert responded with more of his own. bert was said to be flagging here in a same round he teed off on yarde against the ropes for the last 30 seconds, then ktfo him the next round. how da f@ck that equates to flagging is beyond me

Bert's legs WERE unsteady around the 5th (ish?) and who hurt Bert more than Yarde did ?
Yarde was ahead on all 3 cards and hurt Bert more than anyone else. Yarde wasn't "outclassed" he was beaten by that extra level of class and experience.

Well played if you (and Keith? and/or MDP?) and whoever saw Bert cruising to inevitable victory - that was obviously the correct reading of the fight - but you can surely see why others missed that ?

the 5th bert got hit with a good right, shook his head, then pretty much immediately back yarde into a corner and mauled him. bert wasnt in trouble at all, just fans getting overexcited . bert's legs were steady all fight and he never looked close to touching down or being in serious trouble

callum johnson hurt bert more than yarde did

and i never said he was outclassed btw

[margaret thatcher]

those cards are unreal. i had bert up 3-0... looked very comfortable.

There were some harder mid rounds to score, where yarde landed a good shot followed up, and then bert rallied back. i still feel like (not scoring them) bert came back to win most of them.

But as iv said befor, i might of got stuck scoring what was happening rather than what was landing. i guess in theroy you can be winning rounds while clearly losing the fight.

Over all i feel like i would of given yarde 1 or mabey 2 rounds....

no you scored right, for whatever reason people were giving yarde 2x credit for all his work

bert was never in serious trouble, yarde was game as hell and made him work hard, but bert was sharper and clearly breaking him down

[Glass Joe]

now looking forward to Yarde, Smith and Buatsi fights that will never happen