Yarde had all the momentum and then he just accepted a firefight where he sapped up tons of damage. He could have dictated. Such a poor decision
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Yarde had all the momentum and then he just accepted a firefight where he sapped up tons of damage. He could have dictated. Such a poor decision
5-2
What another great round!!
Yarde was winning the round but Beterbiev turns the round to win it.
4-3
He lost this fight in the 7th when he made that stupid decision to stay on the ropes
gave artur the seventh. i have anthony ahead by a point
Jackhammer jab on point for Beterbiev doing big damage, ohh down wait ???. That’s a wrap! Corner waved it?
all over. great fight
Brutal, class.
What an effort from Yarde
Nice effort from Yarde but we all know what Betebiev is made from.
No argument with Tunde Ajayi’s decision there. Nice to see a trainer with his fighter’s safety as a priority.
Fair play to Yarde, he gave that a really great go. Great fight.
Beterbiev stops Yarde in the 8th with a big dangerous right hand.
Yarde did very well being very active and keeping the older fighter busy.
Beterbiev sort of looks like he's not especially good, he's a good boxer but watching him you'd think someone will surely expose this guy but every punch of his is felt by the openent and he takes the life from guys, good for him.
Fun Fact - Beterbiev has an adamantium exoskeleton and sips liquid kryptonite from a teacup
Great stuff from both. Yarde exceeded expectations but was ground down. Jab of Beterbiev just seemed to suddenly flick on. That’s a brutal shot for him.
Beterbiev getting appluded by the fans. Good fight and game effort from Yarde.
What a shame the Beterbiev v Bivol fight wasn’t made immediately after Bivol beat Canelo.
Probably still the best fight out there, but as good as Beterbiev is, I’m not sure he can cope with Bivol. I’d love to see it though.
People seem to forget Beterbiev is 38 years old, still i would like to see the bivol fight. Who knows with that oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Spot on Primo needed it right off. But love unification future for Beterbiev v Bicol. Great match but think Bivol has big advantages. Make that fight!!
Beterbiev gave a Great interview. Let’s hope Bivol is next. What a great bloke he seems.
let's hope boxing politics don't ruin artur v dmitry
And what about Joshua Buatsi v Yarde ? I’m big on Buatsi I have to say. Could be a barnstormer.
Btw. Judges had Yarde up a round at the finish. Not for me.
I don’t mean any disrespect to Yarde, because I thought he was brilliant, but I had it 5-2 Beterbiev.
That would be a great fight and Buatsi was complementary to Yarde tonight. Dazn and Eddie likes to protect their fighter so doubt it happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Yarde was faster and sharper early and was in front but Beterbiev was visibly hurting Yarde.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Yarde was getting desperate and pushed the pace to survive which kept him in front but did not matter as Beterbiev was coming on strong to probably win the last 4 rounds if it went there for me.
I had it 5-2 as well but I could see 4-3. I gave one round to Beterbiev where it looked like Yarde did more. I just felt the damage was more lasting from Beterbiev.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Partially I started to think higher of Yarde’s will, then he just allowed that damage at the end of the 7th which was completely unnecessary and I think if he had as much will he wouldn’t have allowed that. Felt like accepting defeat in a way.
[QUOTE=Ron Swanson;1592151]Pretty much the same as all Beterbievs oppnents so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
for anyone still needing to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnYzS_MEOyI
The talk that Callum Smith beats Beterbiev needs to stop
Tony Bellew talking and spreading rubbish as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big J
After beating Mathieu Bauderlique last August, an impressive four-round knockout win, Liverpool's Callum Smith is the mandatory challenger for Beterbiev's WBC title.
Smith expects to take a tune-up fight in March, and then push for his shot at the unified champion.
"I've done my part. I've become mandatory so I can sit and wait and fight for three of the belts," he told Sky Sports.
He wants a respectable opponent in the spring - "it's got to be an opponent that makes me want to get into camp, makes me want to train hard" - even though it will be a fight Smith cannot afford to lose.
"It's a bit of a tricky one. But if I'm good enough to beat Beterbiev, which I believe I am, I should be good enough to beat anyone else I the meantime, as long as I stay focused and motivated," Smith said.
"I feel like I am, I feel like I'm enjoying training more. I feel like I'm enjoying the improvements I'm making. I should be okay."
As formidable as Beterbiev looks, Smith, a former super-middleweight champion, believes he has all the tools to defeat him.
"I believe I can beat anyone on the planet," Smith declared. "I believe I can win the belts as well."
"He's European style, applies pressure but doesn't just race forward, he's clever how he does it and obviously heavy-handed," Smith continued. "He has been hurt, he's been put over twice as a professional and he's not invincible.
"I've seen other fighters hurt him and put him over, I fully believe I can.
"I'm in my peak years now and the time to beat him is now."
Smith will go wherever he needs to to get the fight.
"I'm the challenger. I'm not going to be able to call many shots. I think if we don't come to an agreement it goes to purse bids anyway regardless. I just want to fight," he said.
"I don't think the venue matters too much to myself. I'll fight, whether I have to go to America for it, England, either or. I just want that fight. That's the goal. That's why I'm still boxing. That's why I'm going away to camp. It's to be a two-weight world champion.
"I've always believed I'm good enough and big enough to do it. I made the decision move up, carry on and I'm very close to achieving it."
He'll pursue that goal, even it means taking on one of the most ferocious punchers in the sport.
"I'm in boxing because when I'm done I want to sit back and say I achieved everything I was capable of doing," Smith said.
"Once you've been at that level you're not really satisfied with anything less. So if I didn't believe I could get back to where I was, I wouldn't be sitting here."
Thinking of his own youth advantage compared to the 38-year-old champion, he added with a smile: "Age is age. It will catch up to him at some point. And hopefully it's the week before he fights me!"
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...e306eacded9682
Yarde’s ability to compete against world class fighters and he certainly impressed Beterbiev.
“I had good moments, I could’ve won that fight and changed my life forever,” Yarde told talkSPORT.
“I’ve changed my life anyway, but I could’ve had that celebration that I had in my mind.
“I didn’t go out there and embarrass myself, I’m getting a lot of credit for doing that to someone like Beterbiev.
“So I think it’s a win-win for me.”
Yarde went on to reveal what Beterbiev had said to him after the fight, saying: “There’s a lot of respect.
“He just said, ‘No-one’s given me that test as a professional.’
“So there’s a lot of respect there. They said they’d prepared for me, but they didn’t know what to expect.
“They knew I was hungry, but they didn’t expect that hard of a fight.
“But he said that he turned professional when he was 28 and I’m 31 now, so I’ve got time.”
Yarde was winning on two of the three judges scorecards, with one judge putting the Brit up by three rounds.
https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...ko-highlights/
callum can't handle educated aggression as canelo & the gorilla showed. artur will mince that bodyQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterTony Bellew talking and spreading rubbish as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big J
The judge that had Yarde ahead 3 rounds should be forced to explain their card
agreedQuote:
Originally Posted by Ron Swanson
i've always felt that canelo matches up better with artur than dmitry but it's getting to the point where he wouldn't get credit if he fought him
Incredible fight, spartan attitude, kill or be killed
Beterbiev seems to get even more dangerous once he gets tagged but having said that he can hit going backwards but he can't box going bkwards but Biev does what Biev does same as always. He just grinds his opponents down. He’s not getting any younger though…one day he'll go to the well and find it dry…but not just yet.
Respect to Yarde. He done way better than I thought and I read people say "Biev was not hurt"
Yes he was.
But ppl are tricked because Biev has a great poker face.
Boxing is a lot like poker, in that you can't let your opponent know what you have in your hands. If an opponent doesn't think you have anything that he should be worried about, he's gonna kick your ass. You need to present the aura of danger in order to keep your man from calling your bluff.
Alongside Biev. him and Joe Joyce currently have the two best poker faces in boxing.
But neither of them compare to the three ATG best poker faces I've seen in boxing in my lifetime.
- James Toney (Best poker face in boxing history)
- Miguel Cotto (Even in his fight with Torres. He was in trouble. He was on the floor. He came back and KO-ED him. Face never changed)
- Gerald McClellan (Even when he went down on his knee's against Benn. His face was not contorted with pain and at that point he had a bleed on his brain and was basically dying but yet he calmly got up like it was nothing and walked to back to his corner)
"To be the best boxer, you have to be the best liar."
A classic quote from Mike Tyson
Fighters you could never tell if a punch hurt him and Biev has that poker face down to an art in that no matter what you hit him with. He just keeps looking at you with a blank, emotionless expression. I can't stress that enough and unless you have been in a ring it can be VERY disheartening and even draining mentally to keep on hitting a guy and they have no emotion. Not a smile. Not even anger.
Anyway....What next ?
Seems like Hearn is desperate to hold onto Canelo and Bivol and that means ageing out Beterbiev for as long as possible and Arum is saying the Bivol-Biev fight is either on ESPN or the fight doesn't happen. I've seen Hearn putting pride aside in order for fights to happen but I never seen Arum doing it
This reminds me of Kovalev / Stevenson situation. Shame that fight never happened. Got a feeling the same will happen with Bivol-Biev. Probably get some dragged-out sh*t show. Look pay off Mauricio into forcing a mando and make the fight happen
Azeez is a former sparring partner of Artur Beterbiev and, from his training camp in Florida, was an interested observer of the unified champion's thrilling battle with Anthony Yarde last weekend.
"It was toe to toe, action-packed, I think Yarde can really hold his head high," Azeez told the Toe2Toe podcast. "It was a really good fight.
"When [Yarde] landed good shots he didn't try to just jump on him. He pressed at the right time. He tried to take his foot off the gas at the times that he needed to," Azeez continued.
"He just got beat by the better guy."
From sparring Beterbiev, Azeez knows first-hand what makes him so effective.
"The overhands and the bodywork, those little things, there are small little things that Beterbiev does. I don't think a lot of people give him credit for his actual boxing IQ because obviously he's knocked out everyone," he said.
"He's got a very intelligent mind in there.
"In sparring as well you'd throw a shot at him and you'd miss by an inch, he's got very good footwork," Azeez added. "He might come across like he's flat-footed but he's actually got good footwork and he knows how to move around the ring.
"It's that punching power, it keeps you jittery and makes you expend more energy than you want to because you know if I'm in too close, I could get tagged. If I make a mistake, I could get tagged. So you're thinking a lot more than you want to, so it's hard.
"As you see when you watch him, when he throws his shots, it doesn't look like he puts too much into it. It's deceiving but there's power behind it."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...8f3766842abecb
Two of the official judges had it 4-3 to Yarde and the other to Beterbiev. The other judge who had it 5-2 to Yarde was not that far out as it appears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron SwansonI had it 5-2 as well but I could see 4-3. I gave one round to Beterbiev where it looked like Yarde did more. I just felt the damage was more lasting from Beterbiev.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Partially I started to think higher of Yarde’s will, then he just allowed that damage at the end of the 7th which was completely unnecessary and I think if he had as much will he wouldn’t have allowed that. Felt like accepting defeat in a way.
I had it 4-3 to Yarde as did Tic.
Spicoli had it 4-3 to Beterbiev and Primo and you had it 5-2 to Artur.
The only rounds we all agreed on were 4th which was Beterbviev but the 6th was scored to Yarde by the official judges Tic, Spicoli and myself. Only Primo and you gave it to Beterbiev. I think you need to explain yourselves. :)
I can explain myself easily. I don’t get carried away and I’m not biased!Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterTwo of the official judges had it 4-3 to Yarde and the other to Beterbiev. The other judge who had it 5-2 to Yarde was not that far out as it appears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron SwansonI had it 5-2 as well but I could see 4-3. I gave one round to Beterbiev where it looked like Yarde did more. I just felt the damage was more lasting from Beterbiev.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Partially I started to think higher of Yarde’s will, then he just allowed that damage at the end of the 7th which was completely unnecessary and I think if he had as much will he wouldn’t have allowed that. Felt like accepting defeat in a way.
I had it 4-3 to Yarde as did Tic.
Spicoli had it 4-3 to Beterbiev and Primo and you had it 5-2 to Artur.
The only rounds we all agreed on were 4th which was Beterbviev but the 6th was scored to Yarde by the official judges Tic, Spicoli and myself. Only Primo and you gave it to Beterbiev. I think you need to explain yourselves. :)
What you have to understand, and I can’t talk about the rest of the guys is that rose tinted spectacles don’t work.
Anthony Yarde fought excellently, but just because he is fighting better than expected, doesn’t mean he wins the round.
Beterbiev was still controlling the fight, when Yarde tagged him , he came back with more.
When Beterbiev connected, he followed it up with combinations that had Yarde in trouble.
Yarde was brave , but you don’t win rounds just for being brave.
I have re-watched the contest and it really is an excellent fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo CarneraI can explain myself easily. I don’t get carried away and I’m not biased!Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterTwo of the official judges had it 4-3 to Yarde and the other to Beterbiev. The other judge who had it 5-2 to Yarde was not that far out as it appears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron SwansonI had it 5-2 as well but I could see 4-3. I gave one round to Beterbiev where it looked like Yarde did more. I just felt the damage was more lasting from Beterbiev.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Partially I started to think higher of Yarde’s will, then he just allowed that damage at the end of the 7th which was completely unnecessary and I think if he had as much will he wouldn’t have allowed that. Felt like accepting defeat in a way.
I had it 4-3 to Yarde as did Tic.
Spicoli had it 4-3 to Beterbiev and Primo and you had it 5-2 to Artur.
The only rounds we all agreed on were 4th which was Beterbviev but the 6th was scored to Yarde by the official judges Tic, Spicoli and myself. Only Primo and you gave it to Beterbiev. I think you need to explain yourselves. :)
What you have to understand, and I can’t talk about the rest of the guys is that rose tinted spectacles don’t work.
Anthony Yarde fought excellently, but just because he is fighting better than expected, doesn’t mean he wins the round.
Beterbiev was still controlling the fight, when Yarde tagged him , he came back with more.
When Beterbiev connected, he followed it up with combinations that had Yarde in trouble.
Yarde was brave , but you don’t win rounds just for being brave.
Yarde tried to raise the pace and used his speed to win the rounds. Beterbiev adjusted his aggression and timed his attacks mainly near the end of the rounds to win them. It seemed Yarde was ahead but Artur was in control and was going to take over the bout which he did with dramatic affect.