Artur Beterbiev vs Anthony Yarde

The fearsome Artur Beterbiev turns back the challenge of Britain's Anthony Yarde and retains the light heavyweight championship for the seventh time.

Itauma bossed the action at times, particularly on the inside, but he was too open and paid the price. The official time was 1:04. Southpaw Itauma put his brother’s defeat earlier in the evening to the back of his mind and blasted out the visitor with two big left hands. Unbeaten southpaw Tommy Fletcher extended his unbeaten streak to 4-0 (3 KOs) by scoring a six-round decision over the super-durable journeyman Darryl Sharp at cruiserweight. The champion follows to a mixed reception and wears the look of a man who has been there and done it... Round 1: Beterbiev claims ring centre and puts the challenger on the back foot. Yarde nails the champion with a sharp left hand and a huge right rocks the Canadian-based Russian. Round 3: While the action is competitive, Beterbiev is applying so much pressure with his feet. Beterbiev evens the score by hurting the challenger with a punishing burst in the closing seconds. Yarde has momentum and landed the better punches in the session. Round 8: A pair of brutal Beterbiev right hands smash Yarde to the canvas midway through the round. The Londoner is on his knees and dazed.

Artur Beterbiev looks to keep his perfect knockout streak alive in London today. He faces off against Anthony Yarde, a dangerous puncher in his own right, ...

Then a big uppercut, and backs Beterbiev off again! And he backs to Beterbiev on the ropes! Beterbiev trying to counter, and turns Yarde into the corner. Nope, Beterbiev has started fast and Yarde os wobbling. As Beterbiev jabs, Yarde throws over the top. Round 3: Beterbiev trying to jab Yarde into the corner, and does. Beterbiev lands a jab but countered with a left hook, then another! The pace slows down in the middle of the round, and a nice jab and shots to the body back Beterbiev off briefly. And Yarde catches Beterbiev with a check left hook! Round 5: Good bodyshot to open the round by Yarde, then Beterbiev jabs back and Yarde’s mouthpiece comes out. Then Beterbiev lands a decent overhand, but Yarde matadors him again. Round 2: Beterbiev opens by upping the pressure, but Yarde pushing him back with shots.

Yarde was knocked out by Beterbiev in the eighth round of their thrilling world title fight, but he was up on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage.

The referee and Yarde's corner did allow him to recover but the fight was stopped when Beterbiev swarmed the Brit with a flurry of punches. Yarde was a considerable underdog heading into the second world title fight of his career, losing out on light-heavyweight for the belts for the first time when he was stopped by Sergey Kovalev in 2019. Beterbiev defended his light-heavyweight world titles by stopping Yarde in the eighth round of their thrilling clash at the Wembley Arena on Saturday night.

Artur Beterbiev hopes to retain his three light heavyweight belts as he comes up against Anthony Yarde tonight. British fighter Yarde is the WBO mandatory ...

- Joshua Frankham vs. - Main card: 2 p.m. - Main event ringwalks (approx): 5.30 p.m. - Charles Frankham vs. - Umar Khan vs. - Karol Ituma vs. - Willy Hutchinson vs. - Artur Beterbiev vs. [ESPN+ in the U.S. ET / 10.30 p.m. - Artem Dalakian vs. ET / 7 p.m.

Artur Beterbiev stopped Anthony Yarde in the eighth round of a proper championship slugfest today in London, retaining his WBC, IBF, and WBO light ...

- Tommy Fletcher PTS-6 Darryl Sharp: Fletcher, a 21-year-old cruiserweight prospect, got the referee’s card of 60-54. There’s a lot of hype around Moses; not, like, CRAZY amounts, but the early word is strong for the young man. Pro debut for heavyweight Itauma, who at 18 was following his brother Karol getting trounced in an upset earlier in the evening. Itauma’s very young, it’s not the end of the road, but it’s a major question raised, and he’ll have to reset and work back from here. Maderna (29-10, 19 KO) just bought himself a good handful more solid paydays with this win, as it’s the best one the 36-year-old has maybe ever had in his career. An absolute disaster of a night for Itauma (9-1, 7 KO), a light heavyweight prospect who was moving up the ladder and seen as one of Queensberry’s top young fighters. This was not a good fight and nothing exciting happened. Ward claimed Dalakian “didn’t show up” as they went on and on about this being a miscarriage of justice. [#BeterbievYarde] [pic.twitter.com/NS4tKFX7o1] [January 28, 2023] Yarde loses nothing reputation-wise; if anything, he gains and solidifies himself as a real light heavyweight contender. That’s no guarantee, but it remains on the table now with Beterbiev retaining again. Yarde had been down just before, got back to his feet, and his corner stopped the fight when Beterbiev pounced for the follow-up flurry.

THE judges' scorecards for Anthony Yarde's thrilling defeat at the hands of Artur Beterbiev made for heartbreaking reading for the brave British chall.

He said: "Every boxer in this category can punch hard and Anthony did too. "Anthony is 31, he's young. So much so that he was ahead on two of the scorecards at the time of the knockout. [Fight of the Year contender at Wembley Arena](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21199769/anthony-yarde-artur-beterbiev-result-boxing-report/). [until he was stopped in round eight](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20485765/anthony-yarde-artur-beterbiev-live-result-stream-start-time-tv-channel-latest/). THE judges' scorecards for Anthony Yarde's thrilling defeat at the hands of Artur Beterbiev made for heartbreaking reading for the brave British challenger.

Beterbiev battled past a game challenger in London to maintain his perfect 19-0 mark with 19 knockouts.

Beterbiev addressed the fight as one he wanted in his post-fight interview. As Beterbiev came in for the finish, Yarde's corner stood on the canvas and called for the fight to be stopped, awarding Beterbiev a hard-fought TKO victory in a fantastic bout. By the fourth round, Yarde looked as though fatigue was beginning to set in, a troubling sign for the Englishman, who lost his first world championship opportunity when he ran out of gas against Sergey Kovalev in 2019.