Anthony Yarde v Dec Spelman

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Spelman is a punching bag. Yarde should spark him in 4.

Pretty much nailed it

[Primo Carnera]

Spelman is a punching bag. Yarde should spark him in 4.

Pretty much nailed it

Give yourself a big pat on the back for stating the obvious why don’t you. 👏 anyway it took6 rounds not 4 Nostradamus.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Spelman is a punching bag. Yarde should spark him in 4.

Pretty much nailed it

Give yourself a big pat on the back for stating the obvious why don’t you. 👏 anyway it took6 rounds not 4 Nostradamus.

Glad you agree. I knew you would.

[TonnnnUK]

Spelman is a punching bag. Yarde should spark him in 4.

Pretty much nailed it

Did the bookies pay out as well then?

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Spelman is a punching bag. Yarde should spark him in 4.

Pretty much nailed it

Did the bookies pay out as well then?

Haha, fair comment.

[Master]

Resurgent Anthony Yarde beats Dec Spelman

Anthony Yarde shook off seven months of ring rust with victory over Dec Spelman at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, stopping his opponent in the sixth round with a precise and powerful assault.

The Londoner is rebuilding his career after losing last November in his first world title fight, against Sergey Kovalev in Chelyabinsk, Russia. In that fight he came within a whisker of stopping the impressive champion, known as 'Krusher', but was stopped in the 11th round, through inexperience and exhaustion.

The 29-year-old was in total control against Spelman, however, in promoter Frank Warren's headline event in East London. Yarde is now set to fight reigning Commonwealth light-heavyweight champion Lyndon Arthur on the undercard of the highly anticipated heavyweight battle between Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce on October 24 at the O2 Arena.

Spelman showed his toughness for five rounds against the heavy-handed physicality of Yarde, but the volume of body and head shots in the sixth dismantled the Lincolnshire fighter, who took a knee after one assault. Referee Michael Williams gave Spelman a standing count but then waved the fight off.

Spelman remonstrated with the official, but it was a good decision, marking the first stoppage in his 21-fight career.

“This win meant a lot,” said Yarde. “I felt sharp. It’s all about experience. As everyone knows, I’ve had 12 amateur fights. This was my 21st pro fight, so I’m still inexperienced. I’ve knocked out a lot of my opponents. It’s not the fact I was looking to go longer in this fight, it’s about being patient, looking for my shots. I’m just going through the gears.”

Yarde is also seeking fight against fellow Londoner Joshua Buatsi, the Rio Olympics bronze medallist. Both 175lb fighters are highly ranked with the world's sanctioning bodies.

“It’s definitely a fight we want," Tunde Ajayi, Yarde's trainer, told Telegraph Sport. "They have to hold world titles first. We are the A-side. We have built up a following and a resume. Buatsi hasn’t got there yet. I spoke to [manager] Freddie Cunningham and this was the year they were going to build him up but then Covid happened. If he keeps performing as I expect him to and Anthony continues to perform as I know he will — what a mega fight we will have. But it's about the timing for both men."

Earlier on Saturday night, the ringside bell was rung at the York Hall for Alan Minter, the former undisputed world middleweight champion who died on Wednesday aged 69.

An eliminator for the British middleweight title, between Mark Heffron and Denzel Bentley, was won on points by Heffron.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/res...121234464.html

[NoSavingByTheBell]

I could not understand when spellman had his hands up in the peekaboo style and would not even move his head in the final 60 seconds of action and just kept taking overhand rights to the Head

Reminds me of the way the majority of people fought deontay Wilder

I've been watching boxing now for about 50 years, and I never remember a match in which one guy would hold his hands up to his face in that peekaboo position and stand still with no head moving and take punch after punch after punch and win the fight

If you're going to get knocked out, at least throw punches as hard as you can as if the world is going to end in 10 seconds