Anthony Yarde
Yarde in 2016
Statistics
Nickname(s)	The Beast from the East
Weight(s)	Light-heavyweight
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Reach	72 in (183 cm)
Nationality	British
Born	(1991-08-13) 13 August 1991 (age 28) Hackney, London, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	19
Wins	18
Wins by KO	17
Losses	1

Anthony Yarde (born 13 August 1991) is a British professional boxer. As of June 2019, he is ranked as the world's ninth best active light-heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

Professional career

Yarde began boxing at a relatively late age and only had twelve amateur fights prior to turning professional.^[1] In May 2015, Yarde made his professional debut with a KO victory over Mitch Mitchell.

On 20 May, Yarde Knocked out Chris Hobbs for the British Southern area light-heavyweight title.

On 8 July, he stopped Richard Baranyi, who was ranked top-ten in the WBO rankings, to win the WBO European light-heavyweight title.^[2]

Yarde was scheduled to face Canadian boxer Ryan Ford, a former mixed martial artist, on 16 September 2017 for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title.^[3] On August 25, 2017, it was announced that the fight was cancelled after a contract dispute.^[4]

On 24 August 2019, Yarde challenged Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light-heavyweight title at the Traktor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia, suffering the first defeat of his career by way of an eleventh round knockout. Yarde seemed comfortable in the early rounds, staying out of range and keeping Kovalev at bay with speed and movement. After six rounds of an even, back and forth contest, Yarde began landing accurate hooks to Kovalev's body in the seventh and eighth rounds that appeared to hurt the champion. In the last minute of the eighth, Yarde landed a straight-right to the head of Kovalev which had the veteran in trouble. Yarde followed up with an accurate salvo of power punches but was unable to capitalise, allowing the visibly hurt Kovalev to stay on his feet for the remainder of the round. After his success in the seventh and eighth rounds, Yarde appeared to tire and lose momentum in the ninth, allowing Kovalev to take control of the fight with combination punches and stiff jabs that began to frequently land on Yarde. The tenth round saw much of the same. In the final 20 seconds of the round, after being backed up against the ropes by Kovalev and being on the receiving end of a flurry of punches with no reply, Yarde was seemingly saved by the bell, which appeared to ring 8 seconds before the end of the round. In round eleven, sensing Yarde's fatigue, Kovalev upped the pressure and increased his punch output, eventually dropping Yarde with a spearing left-jab to win the fight by knockout. At the time of the stoppage, all three judges had Kovalev ahead with the scorecards reading 98-92, 97-94 and 96-93.^[5] a post-fight interview with Steve Bunce for BT Sport, Kovalev praised Yarde's defence and boxing IQ, insisting Yarde will "100%" be a world champion in the future.^[6]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
19	Loss	18–1	Sergey Kovalev	TKO	11 (12), 2:04	24 Aug 2019	Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia	For WBO light heavyweight title
18	Win	18–0	Travis Reeves	TKO	5 (10), 0:48	8 Mar 2019	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
17	Win	17–0	Walter Gabriel Sequeira	TKO	4 (10), 2:14	20 Oct 2018	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England	Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
16	Win	16–0	Dariusz Sęk	TKO	7 (10), 2:17	23 Jun 2018	The O2 Arena, London, England	Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
15	Win	15–0	Tony Averlant	RTD	7 (10), 3:00	24 Feb 2018	York Hall, London, England	Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
14	Win	14–0	Nikola Sjekloća	TKO	4 (10), 1:52	9 Dec 2017	Copper Box Arena, London, England	Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
13	Win	13–0	Norbert Nemesapati	RTD	3 (12), 3:00	16 Sep 2017	Copper Box Arena, London, England	Retained WBO European light-heavyweight title; Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
12	Win	12–0	Richard Baranyi	TKO	1 (10), 2:21	8 Jul 2017	Copper Box Arena, London, England	Won WBO European light-heavyweight title
11	Win	11–0	Chris Hobbs	TKO	4 (10), 2:51	20 May 2017	Copper Box Arena, London, England	Won Southern Area light-heavyweight title
10	Win	10–0	Darren Snow	KO	1 (6), 2:17	22 Apr 2017	Leicester Arena, Leicester, England
9	Win	9–0	Ferenc Albert	TKO	1 (6), 1:36	25 Nov 2016	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
8	Win	8–0	Rayford Johnson	TKO	1 (6), 2:10	17 Sep 2016	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, US
7	Win	7–0	Grzegorz Semik	TKO	2 (6), 1:24	10 Jun 2016	York Hall, London, England
6	Win	6–0	Tzvetozar Iliev	TKO	2 (6), 2:40	30 Apr 2016	Copper Box Arena, London, England
5	Win	5–0	David Sipos	TKO	1 (6), 2:53	25 Mar 2016	York Hall, London, England
4	Win	4–0	Curtis Gargano	TKO	1 (4), 1:35	19 Dec 2015	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
3	Win	3–0	Tamas Danko	TKO	1 (4), 1:40	30 Oct 2015	Harrow Leisure Centre, London, England
2	Win	2–0	Stanislavs Makarenko	PTS	4	12 Jun 2015	York Hall, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Mitch Mitchell	KO	2 (4), 0:15	9 May 2015	The SSE Arena Wembley, London, England

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Anthony Yarde from BoxRec
• Anthony Yarde profile at Frank Warren Promotions