ANTHONY Yarde hopes to take a step again in direction of world class when he seems on the Copper Field Area this Saturday night. The Hackney mild heavy options as a part of an eight-fight undercard, supporting the Adam Azim-Ohara Davies most important occasion on Sky Sports activities.
Yarde will showcase his abilities on a Boxxer/Ben Shalom present somewhat than the standard TNT/Queensberry Promotions set-up that has served so effectively all through a nine-year profession that has seen him conflict with Sergey Kovalev and Artur Beterbiev.
Whereas his subsequent opponent doesn’t belong in such esteemed firm, Latvia’s Ralfs Vilcans does have affordable previous kind. ‘The Prepare’ was derailed three fights in the past by Denmark’s unbeaten Jacob Financial institution however rebounded in his final outing to smash Shefat Isufi in two rounds.
That shock victory ended an 11-fight profitable streak that Isufi had amassed since a 2019 world title loss to Billy Joe Saunders. That could be a career-high second for Vilcans as that is the Anthony Yarde present. The place his future lies is an fascinating ongoing query. Yarde is now 33 years previous and 25-3 (24). Victory right here is important if he’s to maneuver on and sort out the likes of Joshua Buatsi and Callum Smith in desired home dust-ups.
