Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde | ESPN - January 28, 2023

[goose 5]

I thought ref was too slow in stopping it.

[pound per pound]

Does Beterbiev have enough of his prime left to secure a legacy?

[Cent0089]

At internet reactions from boxers, everyone giving credit to Yarde, but no one really respect champion with 100% KO ratio who destroyed younger, prime, heavy handed challenger in his home country, wtf

[Cent0089]

Does Beterbiev have enough of his prime left to secure a legacy?

It all depends if he face Bivol next and how that fight will go

[Ruthless-RKO]

At internet reactions from boxers, everyone giving credit to Yarde, but no one really respect champion with 100% KO ratio who destroyed younger, prime, heavy handed challenger in his home country, wtf

Yarde is who everyone is taking about..

[Ruthless-RKO]

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[Ruthless-RKO]

[Cent0089]

Beterbiev interviews are just LOL . You see everywhere 130 lbs guys who are talking like" im going smash him, he is a bitch, i am the king i am the fkin best". And there is light heavyweight who is knocking out everybody talking like "i dont know who is going to win, this is boxing, everything can happen."

[adislav123]

Beterbiev interviews are just LOL . You see everywhere 130 lbs guys who are talking like" im going smash him, he is a bitch, i am the king i am the fkin best". And there is light heavyweight who is knocking out everybody talking like "i dont know who is going to win, this is boxing, everything can happen."

he knows no matter how good you are, in the ring you're always literally just one wrong move away from getting ktfo.

a full power punch u don't see coming from a high level puncher like yarde if it lands right on the button takes just one wrong move from yourself (leaning/stepping into it)and it's highly likely you find yourself on the canvas.

[Thomastearns]

Beterbiev interviews are just LOL . You see everywhere 130 lbs guys who are talking like" im going smash him, he is a bitch, i am the king i am the fkin best". And there is light heavyweight who is knocking out everybody talking like "i dont know who is going to win, this is boxing, everything can happen."

he knows no matter how good you are, in the ring you're always literally just one wrong move away from getting ktfo.

a full power punch u don't see coming from a high level puncher like yarde if it lands right on the button takes just one wrong move from yourself (leaning/stepping into it)and it's highly likely you find yourself on the canvas.

And it wasn't too far from happening last night!

Beterbiev is just full on crazy to fight like that.
His face was smashed up and cut and yet he didn't seem to care too much.

Some of the commentary team were almost wetting themselves watching the reckless action unfold.

Beterbiev is a throwback warrior to earlier times and Yarde showed everyone what his heart was made of too.

[IKSRTFO]

Beterbiev interviews are just LOL . You see everywhere 130 lbs guys who are talking like" im going smash him, he is a bitch, i am the king i am the fkin best". And there is light heavyweight who is knocking out everybody talking like "i dont know who is going to win, this is boxing, everything can happen."

When you're a real badass, and know it you don't need to talk tough

[Evander]

Really good fight.
Beterbiev didn't get it all his own way but still proved he's a formidable opponent, his power his top draw, I can't begin to say just how strong the man is.
Yarde did seem to be well prepped mentally in the last few days leading up to the fight and there was a sense he would front up Beterbiev and do one on the cobbles so to speak, he lived up to that.
Highly entertaining bout and a huge shot in the arm for the sport, goes to show what we can do when we can put some of the best in the ring together.
Beterbiev's boxing ability is workable, you can see his style and how he operates, it's fairly clever but by no means an enigma, future opponents have plenty to ponder on since this win.
No getting away from Beterbiev's natural strength, everyone facing him will have to be over prepared physically just to deal with him on that front.
Yarde manned up big time and proved he wasn't just a body beautiful type, he took some major league shots from arguably the hottest fighter in the world today, he did himself proud and his losing record stock soared on the effort and performance.
Both deserve a round of applause in a top quality fight, great job.

[apollo creed]

Indeed Beterbiev is very realistic and down to earth. He knows that anything can happen in a boxing match and any 175 top fighter can punch hard.

Bivol vs Beterbiev needs to happen this year.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Artur Beterbiev: “I don’t want to kill someone, I just want to win”

Unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev 19-0 (19) has said that he could have performed better against Anthony Yarde 23-3 (22) in his eighth-round knockout victory at Wembley Arena in London, England on Saturday night.

Beterbiev retained his WBC, WBO and IBF titles but had to walk through fire to do it. Yarde, 31, started fast and banked enough early rounds to be ahead on the two of the judges’ scorecards when his trainer Tunde Ajayi stopped the fight after he was dropped in the eighth. The official time of the stoppage was 2:01.

Englishman Yarde exploited Beterbiev’s traditional slow start, working well behind the jab and finding a regular home for his left hook. A few rounds in, the right uppercut became an effective weapon.

But the experience of Beterbiev eventually won the day. The Canadian-based Russian picked his spots against Yarde, eventually dropping him with a right hand that sent the challenger down and precipitated the knockout.

With a potential four-belt unification bout against WBA 175-pound champion Dmitry Bivol 21-0 (11) being considered, Beterbiev admitted he has to work on his defence.

“To be honest in this fight I didn’t do a good job to avoid punches, I didn’t do everything how I wanted,” the 38-year-old said.

“It was another win. There were only eight rounds and I can’t show my performance in that time – I was only just getting started I think. To be honest I was just waking up in those rounds.

“You never know how it’s going to go. You can have some strategies or scenarios but you never really know. He did a good fight though but I did a good fight too.

“He watched my last fight and said I was slow. But during the fight, I’m thinking ‘why did you say I’m slow?’ He was slow, not me!

“I can’t say he was tougher than I imagined. There were different things. When you fight for 12 rounds in a unification fight I think maybe it’s more difficult for me than it is for Yarde because he can get three belts in one shot. It’s easier as the challenger, I can say it’s more difficult to defend.

“I can’t say it was my toughest fight but he’s good and he did a good job. I felt in control though. He’s a good guy and I wish him well for the future. For me today was a win but for him it was experience.

“I think he has the ability to win a world title because he’s young and he has potential, tonight he gained a lot of experience.”

Beterbiev praised Ajayi for stepping in at the right time.

“It was a good decision,” he said. “The coach has to feel what his fighter is feeling – he knows better than his fighter when to stop it.

“I don’t want to kill someone, I just want to win.”

[joshj909]

Would be an explosive fight if this gets made.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Would be an explosive fight if this gets made.

Wow.

[Thomastearns]

Really good fight.
Beterbiev didn't get it all his own way but still proved he's a formidable opponent, his power his top draw, I can't begin to say just how strong the man is.
Yarde did seem to be well prepped mentally in the last few days leading up to the fight and there was a sense he would front up Beterbiev and do one on the cobbles so to speak, he lived up to that.
Highly entertaining bout and a huge shot in the arm for the sport, goes to show what we can do when we can put some of the best in the ring together.
Beterbiev's boxing ability is workable, you can see his style and how he operates, it's fairly clever but by no means an enigma, future opponents have plenty to ponder on since this win.
No getting away from Beterbiev's natural strength, everyone facing him will have to be over prepared physically just to deal with him on that front.
Yarde manned up big time and proved he wasn't just a body beautiful type, he took some major league shots from arguably the hottest fighter in the world today, he did himself proud and his losing record stock soared on the effort and performance.
Both deserve a round of applause in a top quality fight, great job.

Good post, sums up what I saw too.

Key moment for me was when Yarde was hurt and you could see him having to dig deep within himself to continue.

The great news for Yarde is that he's unlikely to face anyone like that again.

Beterbiev is right, Yarde can yet be the champion.

[NateJR]

It turned out to be a good fight. Yarde proved to be game, but it felt like Beterbiev never really lost control of the fight.

I think if this fight happened a couple years ago, it wouldn't have went past 6 rounds.