Anthony Yarde

Anthony Dwayne Duncan Yarde is a British professional boxer. He is ranked as the world’s tenth best active light-heavyweight by The Ring and Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Yarde lost to Sergey Kovalev by TKO in the eleventh round of their fight in Chelyabinsk, Russia on 24 August 2019.

About Anthony Yarde in brief

Summary Anthony YardeAnthony Dwayne Duncan Yarde is a British professional boxer. He is ranked as the world’s tenth best active light-heavyweight by The Ring and Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Yarde lost to Sergey Kovalev by TKO in the eleventh round of their fight in Chelyabinsk, Russia on 24 August 2019. In May 2015, he made his professional debut with a second-round knockout over Mitch Mitchell. He captured the Southern Area light- heavyweight title, dropping reigning champion Chris Hobbs to the canvas six times en route to a fourth-round technical knockout victory.

Two months later he defeated Richard Baranyi via first-round TKO on 8 July at the Copper Box Arena in London. He was scheduled to face Canadian boxer Ryan Ford, a former mixed martial artist, on 16 September 2017 for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental title.