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forcefraser wrote: ↑14 Mar 2019, 15:38 Kovalev would destroy him. Has Yarde even been hit yet?

He'll Ken he's been hit when the Krusher land one on his mush

jamamb wrote: ↑14 Mar 2019, 10:15

skanksta wrote: ↑14 Mar 2019, 04:56

jamamb wrote: ↑13 Mar 2019, 19:52

skanksta wrote: ↑13 Mar 2019, 19:48 Yarde is jumping several levels, but he might be catching Krusher at the right time.

I fancy Yarde might just about be ready for a creaking Kovalev, but Bivol and Beterbiev ?
No way.

I’m not totally convinced he’s the best LHW in the UK yet.

And THIS is the reason we wanted him in the British titke scene these last two years. clearing out Bugs, Burton, Ajisafe, Johnson and Buatsi - is s much better Finishing School than WBA interim International Super-European Silver titles he’s been ‘winning’

Is it guaranteed Fwank is gonna accept it ? Not like him to let his meal tickets off the leash until they’re the finished article.

kov is still better then crude open unproven bert

Artur beat Kov twice in the ams. AND it always felt like Kov wanted no part of a pro rematch. If they fought next Beterbiev would be the (slight) betting favourite.

am are the ams and it was like a 25-24 decision,, matt korobov beat kov too by a wider margin

and where did that feeling come from? beterbiev was offered a career high payday plus russian tv money to fight kov (confirmed) and turned it down. kov has been the one fighting good opposition not bert. bert fought trash mainly and said joe smith was too tough for him to take soon after the johnson fight

bert is a crude open slugger and has been put down multiple times himself. difference is that hes been fighting at a way lower level then kov has. i mean its feasible that he could ko kov, he does have power, but i see him as an overall lesser fighter and not in the same class as bivol or gvo either. its important to note to that although kov went 1-1 with alvarez he won probably like 15 of the 18 rounds they completed.


I didn't know that about a big Russian-tv money-fight - cheers.
Beterbiev IS crude AF for a world champ, but damn - he's exciting !
I reckon he's my number one "must watch" fighter and I reckon he beats what Kov has left now. Bivol is a level above, however.

Ezzard wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 12:33 I think this is an even fight. Yarde is excellent. Is he world level? Well, he'll put on the best performance of his career if they meet...and if he loses it then it won't be by much is my guess.


I'd favour Kov going in but youth is an overlooked asset.

Deserter wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 13:59

Ezzard wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 12:33 I think this is an even fight. Yarde is excellent. Is he world level? Well, he'll put on the best performance of his career if they meet...and if he loses it then it won't be by much is my guess.


I'd favour Kov going in but youth is an overlooked asset.

Mate, I'm not being rude but I'm genuinely staggered that respected posters on here can talk about this being an even fight. Kov took the best P4P fighter of recent times to the wire and has displayed world-class boxing skills backed up by world-class power on numerous occasions... and based on his last fight isn't really showing any signs of slipping. Meanwhile Yarde has beaten... err, Nikola Sjekloca
We've all seen plenty of fighters over the years who looked a million dollars beating up opponents at a certain level, before being found out when they stepped up and I don't see Yarde being any different. And certainly he hasn't been moved the right way to prepare for this type of challenge, he's just been treading water and fighting a succession of hand-picked opposition.
I honestly find it hard to make a case for anything other than Kov using that jab to own the first half of the fight before stepping it up and finishing a frustrated and worn down Yarde.

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 14:15 Honestly I don’t know why people are even bothering to talk about this fight, there’s like a 5% chance of it actually being made.

Deserter wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 13:59

Ezzard wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 12:33 I think this is an even fight. Yarde is excellent. Is he world level? Well, he'll put on the best performance of his career if they meet...and if he loses it then it won't be by much is my guess.


I'd favour Kov going in but youth is an overlooked asset.

Mate, I'm not being rude but I'm genuinely staggered that respected posters on here can talk about this being an even fight. Kov took the best P4P fighter of recent times to the wire and has displayed world-class boxing skills backed up by world-class power on numerous occasions... and based on his last fight isn't really showing any signs of slipping. Meanwhile Yarde has beaten... err, Nikola Sjekloca
We've all seen plenty of fighters over the years who looked a million dollars beating up opponents at a certain level, before being found out when they stepped up and I don't see Yarde being any different. And certainly he hasn't been moved the right way to prepare for this type of challenge, he's just been treading water and fighting a succession of hand-picked opposition.
I honestly find it hard to make a case for anything other than Kov using that jab to own the first half of the fight before stepping it up and finishing a frustrated and worn down Yarde.

leejonesjnr wrote: ↑18 Mar 2019, 11:46 I don’t like the commonly used expression ‘found out’.
One boxer wins, one boxer loses, neither is found out.

Twinkle Toes wrote: ↑18 Mar 2019, 12:39 Yarde hasn't even got a jab. How's this going to work out unless he lands a humdinger