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

[keithmoonhangover]

Was he bollox

He most definitely was.

Was he bollox

Apart from the cut, which was caused by a headbutt, Artur was never in trouble. Not once.

[Fray Bentos]

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.

Obviously for me, he did throw effective punches etc - yeah, seriously, a fighter can win a round on being 'busier' it will be interesting to see who landed more punches when the stats come out.

[Ricky]

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 ?

He shook Beterbiev up a couple of times but there's no way he should've been ahead on the cards. Beterbiev's output is insane, and every shot is a hard thudding punch. The only other fighter I've ever seen output such a volume of exclusively hard combos in Manny Pacquiao.

[margaret thatcher]

agreed, legs never went once. getting hit with a flush shot doesnt mean you're in trouble, especially when you then back up your opponent and maul them

people saying bert backed off..................watch his fights, he does that all the time. will be measuring a guy up then just back up and around.

[margaret thatcher]

hopefully with this great acclaim, yarde will think he's beyond facing the likes of euro cannon fodder now and keep his level up more consistently.

[rd350lc]

What did Berterbiev have to say in the interview after ?

[Oiky]

Tunde talks stupid 90% of the time but fairplay there, that was good corner work

[rd350lc]

hopefully with this great acclaim, yarde will think he's beyond facing the likes of euro cannon fodder now and keep his level up more consistently.

He should do , take the two obvious ones out and he's plenty to offer , Smith would be a great fight .

[veriton]

Berts corner seemed worried, Yardes body shots were taking a toll but the Russian seemed to step it up a gear when both were flagging. Great fight and great stoppage. I think Yarde wanted out after the knockdown but the ref (wrongly imo) waved the fight on, so tunde did the right thing to save him for another day

[gregregegg]

There was only 1 round that unanomosly went to bert on all 3 judges cards....

[Fray Bentos]

Berts corner seemed worried, Yardes body shots were taking a toll but the Russian seemed to step it up a gear when both were flagging. Great fight and great stoppage. I think Yarde wanted out after the knockdown but the ref (wrongly imo) waved the fight on, so tunde did the right thing to save him for another day

All of that is correct.

[margaret thatcher]

what's the point of even asking a guy to walk to you , if you're not even gonna stop it when he fails to do it after repeated requests

[margaret thatcher]

There was only 1 round that unanomosly went to bert on all 3 judges cards....

ya, even though he beat up on yarde in the 3rd a judge still found it for yarde

[Ruthless-RKO]

what's the point of even asking a guy to walk to you , if you're not even gonna stop it when he fails to do it after repeated requests

Yeh. He didn’t exactly walk towards him did he?

He wobbled a little.

Gray was under instruction to allow it as long as he could.

Yarde could have been on his knees and Gray would have waved it on.

[blanca]

He most definitely was.

Was he bollox

Apart from the cut, which was caused by a headbutt, Artur was never in trouble. Not once.

Well he certainly looked bothered a few times to me, his corner were getting stressed as well. Not exactly the cakewalk that someone who has 'outclassed' his opponent would have.

[margaret thatcher]

i dont know if yarde being unresponsive was because he wanted out or if he was just discombobulated from the punches. eitherwway, someone that unresponsive should be waved off, corner made the right call beforre it got nasty

[Twinkle Toes]

Ultimately a top drawer effort from Yarde. but even with his best showing to date he has fallen short.

I had Biev in front. His quality of work was crisper and cleaner. Yarde did himself proud though and a bit more of a better grounding through his earlier career would have stood him in good stead for these type of fights.

Poor reffing by the way, Yarde didn't follow ref instruction. Steve Grey had a mare in the Ritson fight too where he chucked the towell back out the ring after it went in from Ritsons corner. Our refs are fkn weird.

[Kilburn]

I think Yarde had had enough, he knew what those last few punches had taken out of him.

[blanca]

Ultimately a top drawer effort from Yarde. but even with his best showing to date he has fallen short.

I had Biev in front. His quality of work was crisper and cleaner. Yarde did himself proud though and a bit more of a better grounding through his earlier career would have stood him in good stead for these type of fights.

Poor reffing by the way, Yarde didn't follow ref instruction. Steve Grey had a mare in the Ritson fight too where he chucked the towell back out the ring after it went in from Ritsons corner. Our refs are fkn weird.

Maybe the ref had a pony on tko rnd 9?

[samwbr]

i dont know if yarde being unresponsive was because he wanted out or if he was just discombobulated from the punches. eitherwway, someone that unresponsive should be waved off, corner made the right call beforre it got nasty

He was in trouble, can come back again. Might have been a long time out if Tunde didn't call it.

[margaret thatcher]

ya for once tunde gets a

[Ruthless-RKO]

Bellend getting smashed in the comments.

[Teddy's Toupee]

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.

Obviously for me, he did throw effective punches etc - yeah, seriously, a fighter can win a round on being 'busier' it will be interesting to see who landed more punches when the stats come out.

You can't win a round by being "busier". You win a round by landing a higher number of effective punches on your opponent than they land on you. You could be "busier" by throwing twice as many punches in a round, but only landing half the amount of effective punches your opponent does. You would have been "busier" but you would lose the round.

[Ruthless-RKO]

At least Fat Dan had it 6-1 Beterbiev

[rd350lc]

Fair play to Yarde for even taking this fight , he could have bumbled about and seen his career out at a lower level and gave it a great shot .
It's hardly a disgrace losing to this fella and realistically has anyone given him a tougher fight ?