ANTHONY Yarde, one of many forgotten males of British boxing, makes a hoop return on October 19 within the Copper Field Enviornment. The Hackney native was final seen beating up Marko Nikolic in the identical venue in February. Nevertheless, he has not confronted a official take a look at since a spirited effort towards Artur Beterbiev in January 2023.
Speak of a struggle with Joshua Buatsi has floated round for months, however nothing has materialised to this point. Now, Yarde returns on a Boxxer present, supporting the Adam Azim-Ohara Davies headliner. No opponent has but been named for the 33-year-old light-heavyweight who holds a 25-3 (24 KOs) slate.
A lot of Yarde’s idleness has stemmed from a want to finish a fruitful relationship with Frank Warren and take a look at his luck elsewhere. With the likes of Buatsi, Craig Richards and Willy Hutchinson battling it out on Riyadh Season playing cards, it could seem that’s the place the motion is.
Presently extremely ranked by the WBO at 175, two of Yarde’s three losses got here in good firm, as he was halted by Sergey Kovalev and Artur Beterbiev. Lyndon Arthur inflicted a factors defeat in 2020, which Yarde avenged by knockout a yr later. The Copper Field has develop into considerably of a non secular dwelling for Anthony, who has boxed there seven instances beforehand as an expert.
Different boxers on the October 19 card embrace Michael McKinson, who fights for an IBO title, Dan Azeez, Jeamie Tshikeva in a great heavyweight home dust-up, Fran Hennessy and Shannon Courtenay.