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forcefraser wrote: ↑06 Feb 2024, 08:27 Maybe Beterbiev took Yarde lightly, I`m not sure. However Yarde put up a ballsy effort in that fight and was far more competitive than Smith, who was just shellacked and smashed up. Yarde was smashed up too, but he went out swinging and showed a major pair of cajones trying to go toe to toe. Great fight.

Same with the Kovalev fight. He fought himself to a standstill where a jab dropped him.

Say want you want about Yarde, but he has my respect as a warrior who goes in the trenches and leaves nothing in the ring in defeat. Acts like a turd with his lions in the camp nonsense and his image is not one I particularly like, but as a fighting man, I cant fault him.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑05 Feb 2024, 20:39

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑05 Feb 2024, 20:26

handsofstone wrote: ↑05 Feb 2024, 17:44 As commendable as Yarde's world title efforts were, people with his CV shouldn't be anywhere near world honours

there are far worse a people to have fought for versions of the world title. He went 12 rounds on 4 weeks notice.

he didnt go 12 in either of his title challenges

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑07 Feb 2024, 16:40 Press Release

This Saturday, Feb. 10, unbeaten standout Hamzah Sheeraz defends his Commonwealth title in the 12-round main event against former British champion Liam Williams at London’s Copper Box Arena.

In the 12-round co-feature, lightweight knockout artist Sam Noakes and fellow unbeaten Lewis Sylvester will battle for the Commonwealth, British, and WBC International Silver titles.

Sheeraz-Williams, Noakes-Sylvester, and additional undercard bouts will stream live and exclusively in the United States on ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.

Sheeraz (18-0, 14 KOs) has dazzled in his nearly seven years as a pro and is riding a 12-bout knockout streak. He won the WBO European title in November 2019 with a sixth-round TKO over Ryan Kelly and defended that belt four times. Sheeraz had an active 2022, a 3-0 campaign that included a second-round stoppage over River Wilson-Bent for the Commonwealth title. Last August, he iced the previously unbeaten Dmytro Mytrofanov in two rounds. Williams (25-4-1, 20 KOs) is 2-1 since falling short to Demetrius Andrade in a 2021 bid for the WBO middleweight world title.

Noakes (12-0, 12 KOs) has ended his last four fights in four rounds or less. Last December, he knocked down Carlos Perez four times en route to a fourth-round TKO. He won the vacant Commonwealth title in 2022 with a fourth-round stoppage over Calvin McCord. Sylvester (13-0, 4 KOs), from Hull, England, captured the English title last July with a decision over Adam Cope and then defended it in October with a first-round TKO over the aptly named Jimmy First.

The London bill also sees the return of two-time light heavyweight world title challenger Anthony Yarde (24-3, 23 KOs), his second fight since his spirited effort against unified world champion Artur Beterbiev. The dynamic puncher faces Serbian boxer-puncher Marko Nikolic (32-3, 12 KOs) in a 10-rounder.

In other scheduled streaming action:

Tommy Fletcher (6-0, 5 KOs) vs. Alvaro Terrero (5-19-2, 3 KOs), 6 Rounds, Cruiserweight

Billy Adams (1-0) vs. Engel Gomez (8-23-2, 4 KOs), 4 Rounds, Lightweight

Umar Khan (8-0) vs. Maicol Velazco (10-14, 3 KOs), 6 Rounds, Featherweight

Masood Abdulah (9-0, 6 KOs) vs. Qais Ashfaq (12-2, 5 KOs), 10 Rounds, Featherweight

Oiky wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 04:40 Fight night

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 04:51

Oiky wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 04:40 Fight night

That’s my job..

MightyWarrior wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 08:07 Why is Billy Joe Saunders saying this is a 50-50 pick em fight? Is he just doing Queensbury a favour here, or is this the genuine insight of a canny pro?

a force wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 09:29 Is Sheeraz any good? I’ve not seen much of him but I remember thinking he was terrible in the Skeete fight.

I really wouldn’t be surprised if Williams just batters him from start to finish until he can take no more. I couldn’t believe how easy it was for Skeete to dominate him with a jab.

Having said all of that Sheeraz could’ve come on a lot since that fight but if he has he’s not been fighting any kind of credible opposition to prove it.

MightyWarrior wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 16:04 Nathan Heaneys moustache is undefeated

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 16:14

MightyWarrior wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 16:04 Nathan Heaneys moustache is undefeated

There is an rbr thread pal

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 16:52

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 16:14

MightyWarrior wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 16:04 Nathan Heaneys moustache is undefeated

There is an rbr thread pal

you do some bloody good work keeping the threads updated, appreciated mate.

Oiky wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 18:37 Time to hang 'em up.

a force wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 09:29 Is Sheeraz any good? I’ve not seen much of him but I remember thinking he was terrible in the Skeete fight.

I really wouldn’t be surprised if Williams just batters him from start to finish until he can take no more. I couldn’t believe how easy it was for Skeete to dominate him with a jab.

Having said all of that Sheeraz could’ve come on a lot since that fight but if he has he’s not been fighting any kind of credible opposition to prove it.

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑11 Feb 2024, 09:05 Eubank jnr v Sheeraz anyone ???