At the end of last week, the fight between the unified world light heavyweight champion (up to 79.4 kg) Russian from Canada Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs) and British challenger Anthony Yard (23-2, 22 KOs) was officially announced. .
The fight will take place on January 28 in London (England).
About what the boxers themselves say on this occasion, we wrote the day before.
And now the word to the promoters.
Bob Arum, Top Rank Promotions, Beterbiev’s promoter: “This is a fight between two of the most devastating punchers in the light heavyweight division and I’m looking forward to the wonderful Artur Beterbiev showing his enormous talent to the incredible British fans. Anthony Yarde was in the ringside at Arthur’s previous fight and he definitely has a lot of confidence in his abilities. He is a dangerous fighter and I know Arthur is in for one of the toughest fights of his brilliant career.”
Frank Warren, Qeensberry Promotions, Yard promoter: “This will without a doubt be the biggest challenge of Anthony’s career and for our part we have made sure that he has the best conditions by giving him the advantage of the home ring. Of course, we know that such a tough champion as Beterbiev is not afraid of travel, and all his biggest victories were obtained by him outside of Canada, which is now his home. Timing is everything in boxing and we hope it’s time for Yarde to show his great potential and get one of the biggest wins in British boxing history.”
- “This is the Champions League.” Coach Yard about the fight with Beterbiev