Joshua Buatsi has revealed he is willing to put his WBA light-heavyweight title shot on the line to face domestic rival Anthony Yarde.

Buatsi said "Initially I wasn't entertaining it.

"Because I was like, 'Well if I've won the final eliminator, let me go straight away.'

"But the reality is that he's fighting Beterbiev in June, [and then there] could be a rematch, which there probably will be.

"And that means that the fight wouldn't happen until the end of the first quarter of the year [2025].

"That's a long time to just hang about which is what I'm not going to do, so I'm definitely entertaining the Yarde fight.

"Of course it has to be on better terms to suit me, I'm the one that's just come off a final eliminator.

"The risk has to match the reward, so I'm all in for it."

It's a U-turn from his original view, as he told talkSPORT ahead of his fight with Azeez that he would wait for his world title shot.

https://talksport.com/sport/1739642/...ght-dan-azeez/