Revenge is Sweet! Yarde Uses Short Punch Attack to Finish Arthur in 4 Rounds
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
London, UK (December 5th, 2021)– Revenge is Sweet. In the main event of a ten bout card at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney Wick, London, United Kingdom, Anthony Yarde revenged a previous December 2020 12 round split decision loss with a fourth-round knockout of Lyndon Arthur to win the Commonwealth British Empire and World Boxing Organisation Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight regional titles, on Saturday, December 4, 2021.
Yarde, 22-1 with 21 knockouts, Ilford, Essex, United Kingdom, closed the show in dramatic fashion with pinpoint punching at short range on Arthur, now 19-1 with 13 knockouts, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom. It appeared a right hand to Arthur’s left side of the rib cage rattled him, and Arthur settled onto the ropes without trying to run or escape. This enabled Yarde to work the body solar plexus and head with a variety of short power shots hooks, and uppercuts with rapidly wilted Arthur through the ropes of the canvas, down and out, slumped over the bottom rope sticking out of the ring, and counted out on one knee at 1:27 of the fourth round, in an anticlimactic ending from a right to the head. A combination of body shots from Yarde broke Arthur down, who allowed Yarde to close the show with a clinical short range game and totally broke Arthur down at close quarters.
Promoter Frank Warren now says Yarde, who lost several family members during the Coronavirus Pandemic, will get a world title shot in 2022 against the winner of World Boxing Organisation World Light Heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. versus Callum Johnson. Revenge is sweet, and for Anthony Yarde, the last 12 months has been, in a sports sense “The Longest Yarde”. While revenge is sweet, it appears more so Yarde has reached his light heavyweight prime at age 30. The second Tarde-Arthur bout, in view of its end, was not a close bout worthy of a return trilogy.
Result: Anthony Yarde KO 4 Lyndon Arthur, Light Heavyweights (1:27). Referee: Bob Williams. Yarde kayoed Arthur with a right to head in a volley of punches. Yarde wins Commonwealth British Empire Light Heavyweight and WBO Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight titles.
Copper Box Arena Undercard Results
Hamzah Sheeraz TKO 9 Bradley Skeete, Super Welterweights (0:58). 14-0 London super welterweight prospect Sheeraz retains WBO European Super Welterweight title. Skeete down in eighth and ninth rounds. Sheeraz penalized one point for hitting Skeete on the floor in the eighth round. Sheeraz hit Skeete on the canvas twice in the eighth round, and avoided disqualification.
Sam Noakes TKO 9 Shaun Cooper, Lightweights (1:35). 7-0 Maidstone Kent, British lightweight prospect Noakes wins vacant WBC International Silver Lightweight title. Cooper down once in the ninth round.
Dennis McKann Win 8 Juan Jose Jurado, Bantamweights. 11-0 Maidstone, British bantamweight prospect McKann was cut on the side of the left eye after an accidental clash of heads in the sixth round. McKann won every round 80-72, and the cut did not affect the outcome of the bout.
Kamil Sokolowski Win 8 George Fox, Heavyweights. 11-23-2 Polish heavyweight journeyman Sokolowski, loser of 12 oh his last 16 bouts, upsets 4-0 London heavyweight prospect Fox. Sokolowski has gone the distance 35 times. Not a good matchup for the inexperienced Fox so early in his career.
Sonny Liston Ali Win 4 Lee Hallett, super lightweights. 2-0 London super lightweight prospect Sonny Liston Ali, whose unique name does not guarantee anything, wins 40-36. London 1-36 southpaw club fighter Hallett has lost 20 straight decisions.
Karoi Itauma TKO 1 Tams Laska, Light Heavyweights (1:11). 5-0 southpaw Chatham Kent British light heavyweight prospect Itauma TKOed 19-29-1 Hungarian club fighter Laska, the loser of 16 straight with a left to the body.
Charles Frankham TKO 4 Constantin Radoi, Super Featherweights. 4-0 Crawthorone Berkshire British super featherweight prospect Charles “Boo-Boom” Frankham stops 0-4 British Romanian club fighter Radoi.
Umar Khan Win 4 Luke Merrifield, Featherweights. 3-0 Ilford Essex British featherweight prospect Khan outpoints 0-5 Merrifield 40-36. Also, 3-0 London super featherweight prospect Masood Abdullah TKOed 8-11 Birmingham club fighter Paul Holt on the untelevised undercard.
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