Light heavyweight destroyer Artur Beterbiev resumes his reign of terror against fellow KO artist Anthony Yarde in this week’s top matchup.
WEDNESDAY
ProBox TV returns with unbeaten WBO #8 super lightweight Cesar “Rainman” Francis (12-0, 7 KOs) against Jesus Saracho 12-1, 11 KOs) in Plant City, Florida
FRIDAY
UFC Fightpass presents world-ranked super welterweight Serhii “El Flaco” Bohachuk (21-1, 21 KOs) against Nathaniel Gallimore, (22-6-1, 17 KOs) at the Quiet Cannon inside the Montebello Country Club in Los Angeles.
SATURDAY
ESPN+ brings the highly anticipated clash between unified WBC/IBF/WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs) and Anthony Yarde (23-2, 22 KOs) at the OVO Arena in London. The card also features WBA flyweight champion Artem Dalakian (21-0, 15 KOs) defending against David Jiminez (12-0, 9 KOs) in a clash of unbeaten fighters.
DAZN offers up all-action WBO #3, IBF #12 welterweight contender Alexis Rocha (21-1, 13 KOs) against Anthony “Juice” Young (24-2, 8 KOs) in the first boxing event at the new YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California.
Beterbiev versus Yarde should be interesting. I think Beterbiev’s power will end the fight inside of 8 rounds.
Beterbiev – Yarde should be fun as hell for as long as it lasts and Dalakian – Jiminez on that card should be as well. Dalakian is excellent, but he pretty much never fights, didn’t fight at all last year and he’s getting up there and Jimenez fought three times and looked great against Sandoval.
This should be a banger
Beterbiev has provided exciting results so far. Never know if he will take out his opponent early or late. Look forward to this one.
Yarde finally gets what he asked for. He traveled far to pursue a fighter not many others want to fight. Remember, Canelo chose Bivol over Beterbiev .
Credit to Yarde believing in himself!
Alexis Rocha was riding high with GBP as their potential cash cow, to milk the Hispanic fans, until he ran into Rasheedi Ellis. Ultimately GBP punished Ellis for beating thier guy and stalled his carrer. His rankings dropped 10 places and he was just robbed against Villa two weekends ago. Meanwhile GBP working hard to build Rocha back up.
A true priveledge for those able to get the protection.
Beterbiev has the deep amateur background and experience. That should be the difference in him landing his shots and not getting hit as much. You never know with Yarde but Beterbiev by KO should be the result
I can’t wait to see a four belt light- heavyweight unified champion. This is one step closer and it should be a banger indeed! I’d really like to see Beterbiev vs Bivol next, fingers crossed.
Beterbeiv’s fists are 1 1/2 times bigger than Yarde’s.
Beiv in 2
Beterbiev is a tough nut to crack, but all nuts can be cracked. I just don’t like the fact that Yarde had so few amateur fights, but Beteibiev, while vastly more experienced, is pushing 40, so that factors in as well. Looking forward to this fight, gotta go with the Russian by TKO, Yardes only chance is to push Beterbiev back and use his athleticism and speed.