Lets talk about Anthony Yarde

[Master]

I was a big Yarde fan and thought he was the british Roy Jones but really he was fed weak fighters and did not develop enough to take on Kov. It was a winnable fight and he failed miserably getting outboxed by the older over the hill champion.

Yarde has the body of a sprinter/athlete and whilst it may look good it is not good for boxing. He fights in bursts and tires out. Hope he learns and develops from his mistakes but I think he will not.

[TonnnnUK]

I backed him to have the beating of Kovalev. Thought it was a case of good timing, to get Kov while undoubtedly far from his peak, with personal real life shit going on, the young, hungry heavy hitter was poised for a big name scalp and title run.

As we know Kovalev came again and mainly dominated with his experience and got through that rocky moment. Yarde did okay, but really, for an elite who is supposed to be going on to dominate or compete with the top boys in the division, Kovalev was there for the taking as we then saw again Canelo.

Thankfully I don't watch all the YouTube/Instagram nonsense boxers put out there. I find all that stuff really cringe worthy, and I don't like most fighters personalities at the best of times, so I am not put off by all of that for now. When I have heard Yarde speak normally in interviews and such he comes across as quite a decent and intelligent lad.

Joe Smith Jr is ranked number 1 by the WBO.....dependent on what Canelo and Kov decide to do it could open the door for Smith to beat one of the other ranked guys for the vacant title and Yarde to keep winning, earning another crack? Smith would probably be a more winnable fight for Yarde, though he packs a punch himself and could just as easily smash Yarde up.

Still, Yarde's career is still one to look out for, plus the fact Buatsi is breathing down his neck, is likely a better all round boxer.

[smashup]

Buatsi will give him a boxing lesson

[Primo Carnera]

See, now I didn’t rate Yarde at all, so I thought he did ok against Kovalev. He’s not top standard though.

[imp]

I was a big Yarde fan and thought he was the british Roy Jones but really he was fed weak fighters and did not develop enough to take on Kov. It was a winnable fight and he failed miserably getting outboxed by the older over the hill champion.

Yarde has the body of a sprinter/athlete and whilst it may look good it is not good for boxing. He fights in bursts and tires out. Hope he learns and develops from his mistakes but I think he will not.

British Roy Jones?!

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Yarde will go into acting in a year or 2 tops. He has the physique and muscularity and positivity to be an actor. I dont think he's willing to do more than his "90% boxing exercises" as he puts it. Where the fuck is the sparring? Gotta be the first time I ever heard that. WTF. and how he lost to Kovalev, that was his chance to make the next step up the ladder to better competition. He has a great chin. .... FFS he needs more rounds of sparring, plus he never went over 7 b4 the Kov fight. His mouth was open like a fish from the 5th round on. He took a hell of a beating from Kov. Reminds me of Maidana beating Broner.

[Primo Carnera]

Yarde will go into acting in a year or 2 tops. He has the physique and muscularity and positivity to be an actor. I dont think he's willing to do more than his "90% boxing exercises" as he puts it. Where the fuck is the sparring? Gotta be the first time I ever heard that. WTF. and how he lost to Kovalev, that was his chance to make the next step up the ladder to better competition. He has a great chin. .... FFS he needs more rounds of sparring, plus he never went over 7 b4 the Kov fight. His mouth was open like a fish from the 5th round on. He took a hell of a beating from Kov. Reminds me of Maidana beating Broner.

Agree with most of that. (Fuck, did I just write that! 😂) I think it’s the usual story of Brits and his Promoter bigging him up before he achieved anything.
He had never fought anyone anywhere near World level prior to Kovalev , and although Kovalev is at the end of it, he still had too much ring knowledge for Yarde.
That’s why I thought he made a decent fist of it for how I rated him.
However, if someone is rating him as a World beater, they would’ve been disappointed.

[Master]

I was a big Yarde fan and thought he was the british Roy Jones but really he was fed weak fighters and did not develop enough to take on Kov. It was a winnable fight and he failed miserably getting outboxed by the older over the hill champion.

Yarde has the body of a sprinter/athlete and whilst it may look good it is not good for boxing. He fights in bursts and tires out. Hope he learns and develops from his mistakes but I think he will not.

British Roy Jones?!

OK maybe not that good. Maybe a British Floyd Mayweather.

[Memphis]

Haven't watched the fight. Saw some highlights. Yarde proved once again, if it was in any way needed that he's too athletically gifted for blokes who are English title level.

The Arthur fight is a step in the right direction. The Buatsi fight for the British title is the one we wanted with the winner going on to be something.

[Fenster]

I can't stand the way he's been matched. I don't even think it's Warren fault, it's delusional "we don't spar" Tunde, "look at me doing pads." Yarde looks hardly any different now to what he did years ago. They talk about the Kovalev fight like it was a win, when in reality he did great to last as long as he did.

Now i'm not saying he's pony. He has genuine power and looks the part but up in class he's getting battered and they know it. They'll never do the Buatsi fight.