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KO KING Anthony Yarde aims to be back with bang when he meets unbeaten German Emin Atra in London on Saturday April 24.

The Ilford man last boxed in December when he was outpointed by Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight champion Lyndon Arthur over 12 rounds.

Their promoter Frank Wa**en is targeting a rematch later in 2021, but Yarde must impress against Atra (17-0, 12 KOs) in a ten rounder, live on BT Sport.

Yarde (20-2, 19 KOs) who came close to toppling then WBO World champion Sergey Kovalev in August 2019 said: “I am just looking forward to getting back in action and blowing away the cobwebs

“It has been a bit of a rollercoaster personal and business wise, but I am getting back and right now I feel very good. Things are going well.

“I wanted the rematch with Lyndon immediately, but it didn’t work out that way. There is still a rematch clause, but for now I need to stay active.

“I gave myself time to sit back, analyse and look through everything that has happened. It is about re-assessing everything and getting myself back out there.”

Yarde, 29, is keeping schtum on changes he has made since the Arthur setback, but vowed that he will be going for the KO against Atra and Arthur when they do meet again in the anticipated return.

“I have watched the Lyndon fight five times. I still have myself winning, but a lot closer than when I was actually in the ring,” admitted Yarde.

“I am inexperienced but that has taught me my method in boxing is to knock people out and not prove I can go rounds.

“When you’re in there things seem to be going a certain type of way. I kind of think Lyndon’s response in our exchange after the fight showed us both who he thought won the fight.

“Afterwards he said he said he thought it was close. In there, I thought I won clearly and one judge had it wide. When I actually watched it again it was closer than I thought.

“The next day I was over the Lyndon fight. I am not a person who holds onto things, especially as it’s something you can’t change.

“That wasn’t the right result or the best result on the night for myself or performance.

“Things happen at certain stages to remind you, what you’re meant to be doing and your purpose in the sport.

“I have changed a lot. I am going to hold back saying what I’ve changed. There are things what have been changed, but I want to lock things in first and make sure I’m happy before I make any announcements.”

Yarde, 29, who is still highly ranked by the IBF, WBC and WBO could also be on a collision course with another British former World Light-Heavyweight title challenger, Callum Johnson.

The Boston man recently returned to Warren’s stable and is also in action alongside Yarde on the big behind closed doors show at York Hall, Bethnal Green.

Johnson (18-1, 13 KOs) meets WBO number 15 ranked Emil Markic (32-2, 24 KOs) for the organisation’s vacant Global championship.

“Although I only focus on myself that is potential fight like any Light-Heavyweight in the division is,” says Ilford’s Yarde.

Heading the bill is Battersea’s Denzel Bentley (14-0-1, 12 KOs) who makes the first defence of his British Middleweight title against mandatory contender Felix Cash (13-0, 9 KOs) whose Commonwealth crown is also on the line.

Some of the best prospects in the Queensberry stable are also on show including London Heavyweight banger David Adeleye (5-0, 5 KOs) who boxes a six rounder.

Also in six round action York Super-Welterweight George Davey (3-0) meets Jamie Stewart (2-1-1) and Super-Lightweight Henry Turner (4-0) who faces Clayton Bricknell (3-3-1).

In four rounders are Liverpool Middleweight James Heneghan (4-0) and Chatham Light-Heavyweight Karol Itauma (1-0) a Youth Olympic Gold Medallist.

even worse than the opponents he was fighting a few years ago

its not like the arthur fight was some gruelling slog that he needs some recovery process from, if anything it should have highlighte the need to be in there more consistently with doods who will offer stuff that he needs to make adjustments too

I hope they finally give Adeleye an opponent who actually has a chance of testing him.

i get big stiff idiot vibes from big dave tbh

Emin Atra, unbeaten but fought absolutely nobody.

ya and only a few fights ago barely got past the mighty levan shonia, who has won 1 fight in the last 8 years

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/705598

Lions in da camp

Still not sure what happened with the Arthur fight.

This is a tough test.
We never know how far an unbeaten fighter can go and the German has more than a 70% KO record in his 17 big wins, so it's more a less a 50/50 fight.
I'd fancy Yarde to (just) nick it, probably on points.

Cherry Burton wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021, 12:38 I hope they finally give Adeleye an opponent who actually has a chance of testing him.

That TBA fellow again

tony1234 wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021, 15:04 That TBA fellow again

Is Marcus Kelly available ?

when this sort of thing happens, i do wonder how much it costs to prize away from home an unbeaten fighter. the deal being, you're probably gonna arrive 17-0 and go home 17-1, its your choice so how much does it cost to sell your unbeaten record. perhaps i am too cynical and the guy will come over to win.

I reckon those a lot of those blokes with ridiculously padded records are working towards this type of opportunity (like that Lovejoy buffoon) knowing full well they'll get banjoed first time they meet anyone half decent.

Build up a decent looking slate, get cherry picked by Eddie/Wazza to fight a prospect on a UK show, get paid 'life changing money' (probably 5k in this case)

JimJim2009 wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021, 15:23 when this sort of thing happens, i do wonder how much it costs to prize away from home an unbeaten fighter. the deal being, you're probably gonna arrive 17-0 and go home 17-1, its your choice so how much does it cost to sell your unbeaten record. perhaps i am too cynical and the guy will come over to win.

He’s ranked 24th best Light Heavy in Germany. It’s another good fighter based on record who’ll be poor in reality and will do nothing to prepare Yarde for a meaningful fight.

Just like the Tettehs, Fujimotos and Sniejders for Dubois.

Complete farce.

Yarde surely about to hit his absolute peak and is bottom feeding with fights like this.

skanksta wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021, 14:49 This is a tough test.
We never know how far an unbeaten fighter can go and the German has more than a 70% KO record in his 17 big wins, so it's more a less a 50/50 fight.
I'd fancy Yarde to (just) nick it, probably on points.

Is this your impersonation of what Eddie Hearn would say if he was promoting the fight?

Is Yarde still with Tunde?

... Anyone surprised?

Boxing Prospect wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021, 19:35 ... Anyone surprised?

Nope.
It's a collective slow sigh of disappointment from the board

Controversial wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021, 18:49 Is Yarde still with Tunde?

He hasn’t confirmed it but I’m pretty confident he isn’t with him anymore.

Controversial wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021, 18:49 Is Yarde still with Tunde?

I was about to ask the same thing....what are the big changes he has made??

Boxing Prospect wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021, 19:35 ... Anyone surprised?

Yeah...no.

Well the good news is he’s left Tunde, if that’s true, so who is his new trainer? The bad news is this opponent - F*ank is obviously gun shy and reeling from his prospects getting knocked over like dominoes recently.

Yes I agree looks like one of those fighters where they build the record up in order to get him knocked over for a good payday on BT, like quite a few of triple D’s opponents.

MightyWarrior wrote: ↑15 Apr 2021, 05:11 Well the good news is he’s left Tunde, if that’s true, so who is his new trainer? The bad news is this opponent - F*ank is obviously gun shy and reeling from his prospects getting knocked over like dominoes recently.

Yes I agree looks like one of those fighters where they build the record up in order to get him knocked over for a good payday on BT, like quite a few of triple D’s opponents.

FW used to be the master at matching fighters well on the way up. He did it well with Billy Joe and loads of times before him but he seems to be struggling in recent years. I wonder if Dean Powell had a lot to do with it when he was closely involved.