On January 28, 2023, Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBC, IBF, and WBO champion, defends his titles against British challenger, Anthony Yarde (23-2, 22 KOs).
Artur Beterbiev is coming in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Joe Smith Jr., 7 months and 10 days ago. Anthony Yarde is on a 3-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Stefani Koykov, 2 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Artur Beterbiev at 99-1 winning odds. Anthony Yarde really doesn't have much to present against Beterbiev.
Artur Beterbiev stopped Anthony Yarde via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles. Beterbiev improves his record to 19-0 (19 KOs), while Yarde adds a loss to his record at 23-3.