WBC, WBO and IBF world champion Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs) returns to the ring to defend his belts against big-punching British challenger Anthony Yarde ( 23-2, 22 KOs) at the OVO Arena Wembley on Saturday, January 28.
Read the article "Will Anthony Yarde be an easy prey for Beterbiev?" in our news if you are interested to know what the Boxing Showtimes team thinks about this fight.
The fight was originally scheduled in late October, but Beterbiev was injured during his camp and had to postpone the fight.
The event will be shown on BT Sport in the UK and on ESPN+ in the U.S.
Watch the exclusive sit down with Artur Beterbiev:
Watch Now (Official on YouTube)
Yarde got through the win with no issues, no cuts, or anything, stopping Koykov in the third round. That made the January date with Beterbiev official, as it had already basically been set.
Yarde has been Beterbiev’s IBF mandatory since his December 2021 rematch win over Lyndon Arthur and stepped aside earlier this year to allow Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr to unify three belts — the WBC and IBF, which Beterbiev already held, and the WBO, which Smith lost to Beterbiev in June.
In the co-main event, Flyweight titleholder Artem Dalakian (21-0, 15 KOs) will defend his WBA title against David Jimenez (12-0, 9 KOs).
Main card:
▪️Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev's WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight titles ▪️Moses Itauma vs. Marcel Bode, 4 rounds, heavyweight ▪️Tommy Fletcher vs. Darryl Sharp, 6 rounds, cruiserweight ▪️Karol Itauma vs. Ezequiel Maderna, 10 rounds, for the vacant WBC international light heavyweight title ▪️Artem Dalakian vs. David Jimenez, 12 rounds, for Dalakian's WBA flyweight title
Preliminary card:
▪️Joshua Frankham vs. Joe Hardy, 6 rounds, welterweight ▪️Charles Frankham vs. Joshua Ocampo, 6 rounds, junior lightweight ▪️Umar Khan vs. Sandeep Singh Bhatti, 6 rounds, featherweight ▪️Sean Noakes vs. Santiago Garces, 6 rounds, welterweight ▪️Masood Abdulah vs. Lesther Lara, 6 rounds, super featherweight ▪️Khalid Ali vs. Ivica Gogosevic, 6 rounds, junior middleweight
