Written by Artur Beterbiev made it 19 knockouts in as many fights by stopping Anthony Yarde in the eighth round Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London. The Russian-Canadian also retained his three light heavyweight titles. Here are images from the fight. All photos by James Chance of Getty Images. Related Artur Beterbiev overcomes spirited effort […]
Artur Beterbiev made it 19 knockouts in as many fights by stopping Anthony Yarde in the eighth round Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London. The Russian-Canadian also retained his three light heavyweight titles. Here are images from the fight. All photos by James Chance of Getty Images. Related Artur Beterbiev overcomes spirited effort […]
Artur Beterbiev made it 19 knockouts in as many fights by stopping Anthony Yarde in the eighth round Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London. The Russian-Canadian also retained his three light heavyweight titles. Here are images from the fight. All photos by James Chance of Getty Images. Related Artur Beterbiev overcomes spirited effort […]
Unified 175-pound titleholder Artur Beterbiev will defend his belts and seek his 19th knockout in as many fights against Anthony Yarde on Saturday in London (ESPN+). ARTUR BETERBIEV (18-0, 18 KOS) VS. ANTHONY YARDE (23-2, 22 KOS) Date: Saturday, Jan. 28 Time: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT (main event later in show) Where: […]
One might glance at the record of Anthony Yarde – 23 victories, 22 knockouts – and assume that the light heavyweight contender is a one-dimensional slugger. Not so, he says. The Londoner plans to fight intelligently when he challenges titleholder Artur Beterbiev on Saturday at SSE Arena in Yarde’s hometown. And he doesn’t care what […]
A critical look at the past week in boxing BIGGEST WINNER Liam Smith – Who doesn’t love it when a fighter who has been written off proves everyone wrong? Smith looked good in recent fights, including a knockout of Jessie Vargas last April. A meeting with the surging and naturally bigger Chris Eubank Jr. at […]
Liam Smith waited a long time to turn in his greatest performance. The former junior middleweight titleholder, 34, stunned the boxing world by knocking out Chris Eubank Jr. in the fourth round Saturday at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Smith put his fellow Englishman down twice, after which the latter was unable to continue. The […]
Liam Smith waited a long time to turn in his greatest performance. The former junior middleweight titleholder, 34, stunned the boxing world by knocking out Chris Eubank Jr. in the fourth round Saturday at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Smith put his fellow Englishman down twice, after which the latter was unable to continue. The […]
Chris Eubank Jr. has a curious take on Conor Benn. On one hand, Eubank told The Guardian that Benn should be banned from boxing after he failed a drug test this past October, which scuttled their scheduled meeting. On the other hand, Eubank still wants to fight domestic rival. Eubank is first scheduled to face […]
Liam Smith is a live 2½-1 underdog going into his fight with Chris Eubank Jr. on Saturday at AO Arena in Manchester, England (DAZN). The former 154-pound champ fell short against Mexican stars Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia. And he lost to rising junior middleweight contender Magomed Kurbanov in May 2021, which seemed to signal […]