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Anthony Yarde stopped Lyndon Arthur in emphatic fashion with a fourth-round brutal stoppage of his local rival.
The London grudge rematch between the rivals lived up to expectations as Anthony Yarde made good on his promise of domination of Lyndon Arthur, his champion rival who defeated him earlier this year.
Anthony Yarde floored Lyndon Arthur with a right hook, which ended their rematch certainly in the fourth round.
Anthony Yarde gained revenge against Lyndon Arthur with a brilliant fourth-round stoppage, likely ending a brilliant domestic rivalry.
Yarde was essentially fighting for his career against Arthur, and it looked like that as he was relentless from the first bell with tactics a million miles away from last year’s meeting, where Arthur was victorious.
This outcome has now set up a world title opportunity for Anthony Yarde against the winner of Joe Smith Jr vs Callum Johnson.
Yarde delivered a devastating reminder of his power by ending Arthur’s undefeated streak within four rounds.
He had bludgeoned Arthur by fighting at a high pace from the opening bell, and after clearly hurting Arthur with a succession of uppercuts, he floored him with a right hook.
Arthur regained his footing but did not beat the count in time, and the referee called a halt to the fight.
Anthony Yarde’s promoter, Frank Warren, agrees with Top Rank’s Bob Arum that Yarde will be the next challenger for the winner of Joe Smith Jr’s WBO title defence against Callum Johnson on January 15, 2022.
Yarde had promised such a performance in the build-up, and he was true to his word as he jumped on Arthur from the opening bell.
However, despite Arthur enjoying a decent round two, Yarde responded brilliantly to take away all of the Manchester man’s advantages.
In the fourth session, Yarde was aggressive once more. After pinning Arthur on the ropes, he unleashed a brilliant attack that frequently landed on Arthur’s exposed target.
However, a solid-looking body shot seemed to be the undoing of Arthur, and when he followed that up with a superb right hand, Arthur was down, and he could not beat the count.
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2nd Time Lucky
Anthony Yarde fell short in his first world title fight, a brave and unexpected challenge to Sergey Kovalev in 2019. Still, after losing family members to COVID-19, he has completed his most significant win so far.
Arthur had upset his London rival in their first fight a year ago by coolly out-boxing him, but he had no answer for Yarde’s power-punching in their rematch.
Yarde gained the Commonwealth and WBO intercontinental light-heavyweight titles.
He is now well-positioned for a shot at the world championship.
Yarde’s attention will now turn to January’s world title fight between Joe Smith and Callum Johnson as he patiently waits for a shot at the winner. Yarde is likely to challenge the victor of that fight.
Anthony Yarde looks capable of going a step further at the highest level than his previous effort against Sergey Kovalev in 2019 when he was stopped in the late rounds.
