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Light heavyweight puncher Anthony Yarde still intends to avenge his narrow loss to rival Lyndon Arthur, but first he’ll have to deal with unbeaten German Emin Atra on Queensberry’s April 24th Denzel Bentley-Felix Cash card.
Light Heavyweight banger @mranthonyyarde returns next Saturday live on @btsport
Yarde (20-2, 19KOs) takes on Germany’s unbeaten Emin Atra (17-0, 12KOs) on our cracking show headlined by @2Sharp d v @FelixCashboxer#YardeAtrapic.twitter.com/UGQXOLnmb8 Frank Warren (@frankwarren tv) April 14, 2021
The 29-year-old Yarde (20-2, 19 KO) rebounded from his unsuccessful crack at Sergey Kovalev with knockouts of Diego Jair Ramirez and the durable Dec Spelman, setting up a December clash with Arthur. Yarde’s slow start wound up costing him a split decision that he’s eager to run back.
The Pro Boxing Fans Top Five Fighters of the Year 2020
proboxing-fans.com revisit the 2020 boxing calendar and determine our top five fighters of the past 12 months.
Lopez celebrates with father Teofimo Lopez Sr post-fight Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank
The year 2020 has been a turbulent one, a global pandemic put the whole world at a standstill. Slowly but surely the global cogs are turning once more and boxing is back in full swing.
This year it has been the year of who stays ready in the gym as that call can come at any time and 2020 proved to be that time for many fighters.
Shakan Pitters and Craig Richards to make up for lost time
AROUND a year after the fight was first mooted,
Shakan Pitters and
Craig “Spider” Richards finally meet this weekend.
Channel 5 televise from Redditch as Birmingham’s Pitters makes the first defence of the British light-heavyweight championship he won by unanimously outpointing Chad Sugden in August. Challenger Richards risks his No. 8 ranking with the WBA. Pitters-Richards was originally set to go ahead at the York Hall on December 19 last year. Terms couldn’t be agreed and Pitters pulled out, so Richards took an eight-rounder with Sugden and was held to a draw.