Manchester Hitman wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 10:04
This should be a lesson to all of you who said I was taking rubbish when I said Yarde had a chance to win. It came down to fine margins and just the pure elite class of Artur that carried him over the line.
When Yarde caught him in the 5th I thought he had him and the arena went berserk. Just watched it back and after that punch Anthony had him cornered, but he threw a wild uppercut instead of cracking him with another straight right which would have been easier to land. We’ll never know but I’m sure if he landed another good one he would be the Champion this morning.
Hope that hasn’t taken anything out of him - Warren will try to navigate him towards another WBO shot next year when the belts scatter.
So what you are saying is you predicted one of the hardest punching British boxers had a chance of winning if he hit the man right and knocked him out.
Fair play there.
No that’s not what I predicted in general. If you’re bored enough to go over my posts In the fight build up thread, I laid out how Yarde could be successful and would not be totally out of his depth as many predicted. Many of the elements I highlighted played out last night.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Manchester Hitman wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 10:04
This should be a lesson to all of you who said I was taking rubbish when I said Yarde had a chance to win. It came down to fine margins and just the pure elite class of Artur that carried him over the line.
When Yarde caught him in the 5th I thought he had him and the arena went berserk. Just watched it back and after that punch Anthony had him cornered, but he threw a wild uppercut instead of cracking him with another straight right which would have been easier to land. We’ll never know but I’m sure if he landed another good one he would be the Champion this morning.
Hope that hasn’t taken anything out of him - Warren will try to navigate him towards another WBO shot next year when the belts scatter.
So what you are saying is you predicted one of the hardest punching British boxers had a chance of winning if he hit the man right and knocked him out.
Fair play there.
No that’s not what I predicted in general. If you’re bored enough to go over my posts In the fight build up thread, I laid out how Yarde could be successful and would not be totally out of his depth as many predicted. Many of the elements I highlighted played out last night.
Only playing , I know you know your stuff
I feel though that Yarde will get another shot, but come up short again.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Manchester Hitman wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 10:04
This should be a lesson to all of you who said I was taking rubbish when I said Yarde had a chance to win. It came down to fine margins and just the pure elite class of Artur that carried him over the line.
When Yarde caught him in the 5th I thought he had him and the arena went berserk. Just watched it back and after that punch Anthony had him cornered, but he threw a wild uppercut instead of cracking him with another straight right which would have been easier to land. We’ll never know but I’m sure if he landed another good one he would be the Champion this morning.
Hope that hasn’t taken anything out of him - Warren will try to navigate him towards another WBO shot next year when the belts scatter.
Just you wait until margaret and keith read this lol.
Why? Because Hitman disagrees with me? It's not a big deal.
You’re right and I think I mixed your name up with someone else on the thread.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 07:06
I thought Beterbiev won 4 of the first 7, never looked in trouble and was managing the fight beautifully.
Had it 4-3 to Beterbiev too. I think he was hurt maybe 3 times but each time he was able to manage the risk and Yarde was unable to capitalise.
He gave ground, but I'm not sure he was hurt. His corner told him not to step in and that's what he did. I thought he was trying to walk Yarde onto shots.
That's how I seen it too .. buzzed 2x in that 5th round but neither went down to his legs.
Good effort by Yarde, however, as Canelo does - Beterbiev plans his early work to get later results.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 29 Jan 2023, 15:37
by jamesmcdonnell
I listened to the talksport commentary, and they were virtually shitting a kidney, the way they were going on, you'd have thought Yarde was kicking his backside, it was ridiculous.
I really miss the old style of commentary from my youth when they called the punches they saw, rather than just latching on to the home fighter, and cheerleading non-stop and ignoring or downplaying what the opposing fighter does.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 29 Jan 2023, 15:40
by jamesmcdonnell
Controversial wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 03:57
Decent effort by Yarde and maybe not Beterbievs greatest performance but still good enough to win. Yarde is strong and has that punchers chance but not sure he will ever have enough at the very top level.
Unfortuntely at top level, power just isn't enough, the top guys usually have very sturdy chins, good defences, and ride out most of the heavy shots to some extent, as as with beterbiev, punish you with several heavy shots of their own.
Yarde is a very good fighter, but he's never going to be a great one.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 29 Jan 2023, 17:00
by maverick23
keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 07:06
I thought Beterbiev won 4 of the first 7, never looked in trouble and was managing the fight beautifully.
That was my take too.
Yarde gave it an excellent go and showed a work rate and heart we haven’t seen before but even when I gave Yarde 3 rounds I still had no doubt Beterbiev would win by stoppage.
Credit to Tunde for the stoppage. Perfectly timed. I’ve been critical in the past but much better than having a brave corner.
A weird show overall. A couple of complete mismatches. But the main event and the Karol Itauma show made it a v.good one overall.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
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.
Watched it back today...
I was wrong
Yarde was competitive throughout and he obviously hits hard, but he WAS generally being outwrorked, outlanded and "out-accuracied". He deserved to win some rounds, but he should not have been ahead. Bert was hurt occasionally and backing off a fair bit, but he was generally in control and coming back hard whenever he was tagged.
It was superb from Bert.
And he's really good to watch, because most fighters would avoid and nullify Yarde, but Bert just did his seek-and-destroy thing without worrying much about the obvious danger coming back.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
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.
Watched it back today...
I was wrong
Yarde was competitive throughout and he obviously hits hard, but he WAS generally being outwrorked, outlanded and "out-accuracied". He deserved to win some rounds, but he should not have been ahead. Bert was hurt occasionally and backing off a fair bit, but he was generally in control and coming back hard whenever he was tagged.
It was superb from Bert.
And he's really good to watch, because most fighters would avoid and nullify Yarde, but Bert just did his seek-and-destroy thing without worrying much about the obvious danger coming back.
It's one of the few fights i could probably be bothered to rewatch. At the time i felt like Beterbiev was making a very tactical decision to take the mid-rounds off (or at least finish the last 30 seconds with work). I might rewatch it to see, you don't always pick up strategical intricacies live.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 29 Jan 2023, 23:55
by margaret thatcher
it reminded me a bit of kovalev's first fight with pascal
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 30 Jan 2023, 04:42
by Nightmare Roy
Well Callum Smith with beat him, Tony Belleuw says so.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 30 Jan 2023, 05:08
by KiwiRider
Kinda nice to have seen two good fights by January.
I enjoyed the Eubank Smith fight as well as this one.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 30 Jan 2023, 05:29
by Ruthless-RKO
KiwiRider wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 05:08
Kinda nice to have seen two good fights by January.
I enjoyed the Eubank Smith fight as well as this one.
We e had a good fight from Sky and now this from BT.
Let’s see what DAZN gives us.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
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.”
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 30 Jan 2023, 09:45
by Ruthless-RKO
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
Posted: 30 Jan 2023, 09:45
by Ruthless-RKO
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde - 28 January 2023
