Watch the intense rematch between Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde 2 in this explosive light-heavyweight showdown! 🥊 Relive all the action, knockdowns, and drama from this highly anticipated grudge match.
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00:00And now, ladies and gentlemen, the time has arrived from the Copper Box Arena in London, England.
00:09This is our Fight Night Live main event of the evening.
00:23Introducing to you first the challenger fighting tonight out of the red corner.
00:27He comes to the ring wearing black with orange and weighed in at 12 stone, 6 pounds.
00:33Hailing from Ilford, London, England, he has a professional record of 21 wins.
00:40Two defeats with 20 of his 21 wins coming by way of knockout.
00:47Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the former world title challenger, Anthony, the beast from the east.
00:55And his opponent across the ring in this main event.
01:06He is the defending champion fighting tonight out of the blue corner.
01:09He comes to the ring wearing black, gray and yellow and weighed in at 12 stone, 5 pounds.
01:16Coming to us from Mostyn, Manchester, England, he is undefeated with 19 wins.
01:2513 of his 19 wins come by way of knockout.
01:29Ladies and gentlemen, here is the reigning and defending Commonwealth and WBO intercontinental light heavyweight champion,
01:40Lyndon Keane Arthur.
01:46OK, lads, obey my commands.
01:59In the event of a knockdown, the fighters standing will go to the favourite students of the corner and stay there.
02:04Protect yourself at all times.
02:05Touch gloves.
02:06So we're all set.
02:12The main events.
02:15We're really looking forward to this one.
02:17And what a contrast at the ring announcements from MC Thomas.
02:21Try the yard was prowling around the ring and Lyndon Arthur was knelt down in his corner.
02:27He's been cool, calm and collected all week in the build up.
02:30Anthony Yard is the man with the point to prove and 364 days after Lyndon Arthur's split decision victory in Westminster.
02:38Here we are at the Copper Box in East London for the rematch.
02:41The bookmakers can't really split them.
02:43Arthur starts as a very slight underdog.
02:48But there are so many layers to this one, Rich.
02:50He can answer the yard fight his fight tonight.
02:52Something he couldn't do last December.
02:54And will two hands be better than one for Lyndon Arthur?
02:57Well, they should be.
02:58But straight away, Anthony Yard on that front foot.
03:02So it's a case of starting off where he left off in that contest almost a year ago.
03:09He had a great last round, remember?
03:11Did Anthony Yard last time out.
03:14He's come out aggressively and fast, Anthony Yard, which has been a feature of his career so far.
03:19It took him until the fourth round when they met last year to land his first meaningful right hand.
03:24He's certainly set out to fight a different fight tonight.
03:27Something that Lyndon Arthur's expected.
03:28They've talked about it.
03:29Pat Barrett, his trainer, and himself in the build up.
03:31They've said all along that this is the way that Anthony Yard's going to fight tonight.
03:35They will expect, Lyndon Arthur, the Lyndon Arthur camp will expect a quicker start most definitely from Anthony Yard.
03:42And that's what we've got here.
03:44So Lyndon Arthur, again, he's got to control things with his jab.
03:47Try and box a distance and keep his man at bay.
03:50But Lyndon Yard, totally the opposite, closing that gap down, getting to Lyndon Arthur,
03:55targeting the right hand because of the low lead hand that Lyndon Arthur has got.
04:00Lyndon Arthur in the black and yellow, the black and orange for Anthony Yard.
04:04He's trying to detonate the right hand's learning.
04:07Lyndon Arthur beckons him in.
04:09Totally different start, isn't he?
04:12He's beaten.
04:13Anthony Yard has only lost to Sergei Kovalev into Lyndon Arthur in the first fight.
04:18And this is totally different.
04:19Brilliant right hand shot from Yard.
04:21Only concerns here for Lyndon Arthur.
04:24Big shot.
04:25Big shot, flex.
04:27That was right hand from Anthony Yard.
04:30Bang on the bottom.
04:31And it's a positive start for Anthony Yard.
04:33Arthur took it.
04:35How much it hurts him, only he knows.
04:38He's got to get to work behind that left jab that was the feature for him
04:41when they met for the first time.
04:43He's not been allowed to throw it so far due to the ferocious start that Anthony Yard's made.
04:48The Yard's closing the distance and gap down really quickly, hasn't he?
04:51He's learned from that first contest.
04:53Arthur was brilliant in the first contest, keeping his distance,
04:57boxing behind the jab.
04:58Excellent jab from Arthur Ricks and he's got a good right hand of his own in there as well.
05:03Frank Moran promised this would be explosive.
05:05It looks like he's right.
05:07Total different start, isn't it, from Anthony Yard on that front foot.
05:10Closing the gap down.
05:12He knows he's got to get to Lyndon Arthur.
05:14So, yeah, tactically, he's got it special at this stage.
05:17Here's the left jab from Lyndon Arthur.
05:28They were so good at keeping Anthony Yard and playing the first time around.
05:33Arthur's got to rush out for that no-lead hand.
05:35He gets caught again.
05:36Big right hand from Radegaard.
05:38It's always difficult to tell what Lyndon Arthur's feeling in there
05:48because he's so laid back and he's always got that nice, calm, serene look on his face.
05:53But that was the first round we were expecting
05:55and the first round that Anthony Yard wanted.
05:59And that was also, Darren, if I could say, that was the...
06:02Let's bring in Steve Bunce here at the end of the first round.
06:21Steve, that was an explosive start from Anthony Yard.
06:23We expected it, didn't we?
06:24We did expect it.
06:25It was round 13.
06:26In all fairness, in that round, Yard threw more punches to body and head,
06:30used his brain more and was more effective than he was
06:33in at least the first six or seven rounds of the first fight.
06:36That was the end of the yard we expected last year at Church House.
06:39We finally got it tonight and it set us up for 11 remaining rounds.
06:44It's going to be furious.
06:47Great start there from Anthony Yard.
06:49Traffing right hand.
06:51So let's see what the second round has in store.
06:55It's been spiky in the build-up.
06:57More so between the trainers, Pat Barrett and Tundee Ajayi than the two fighters.
07:04Lyndon Arthur's come out here nice and aggressive at the start of the second half.
07:07Popping out that left jab and he's going to try and land more right hands tonight.
07:11Couldn't throw it really in the first fight because it was badly damaged.
07:14When Anthony Yard hesitates and he waits, that's when he allows Lyndon Arthur just to pop that jab out.
07:22He's got to be first as Anthony Yard if he's going to win this contest on that front foot.
07:27He's got to beat Arthur to the punch.
07:29He's got to be first.
07:30If he hesitates, if he slows down, that allows Arthur just to control things with that jab.
07:35Anthony Yard said that he needs to be himself tonight.
07:39Fight his fight.
07:40The early indications are that he's going to do that.
07:43Lyndon Arthur said that Yard has to knock him out to win and he's confident that he can go at whatever pace Anthony Yard wants to set.
07:49But that's a big unknown really in many ways, Richie, whether he can actually do that.
07:54Certainly a different set of circumstances already than we had a year ago.
07:59Yard has set the pace, hasn't he, in the contest so far.
08:03He's quickened things up.
08:05He said he needed to do things differently and he started very well.
08:10Can he maintain it?
08:13How is it going to affect the old gas tank?
08:16That's always been the question mark for Anthony Yard as well.
08:19Because if he goes into the later rounds, what's his stamina like?
08:22And that's what Lyndon Arthur will hope to take him into those later rounds.
08:28Both of them seem intent on throwing hard shots and landing big punches here.
08:33Just over a minute to go in the second round, scheduled for 12.
08:38Commonwealth and WBO intercontinental light heavyweight titlers on the line.
08:42More importantly, a shot at the winner of Callum Johnson and Joe Smith who fight in January.
08:52A little bit quieter from Anthony Yard in this round.
09:06And Jonathan getting behind that jab and keeping him at bay.
09:10Scrappy on the inside, it's a bit of a stalemate.
09:24Big jab from Arthur but still, throw from the hip.
09:29Yard has got to target that right-hand counter over the top.
09:32Going to get his timing right as Arthur throws it.
09:35He tried the big up-look at himself there, Lyndon Arthur missed the target.
09:50What a wrestling, a lot of work on the inside and that's the end of the second round here in the Copper Box.
09:55What a wrestling, a foul.
09:56What a wrestling, a foul.
09:58What a wrestling, a foul.
10:02How a wrestling, a foul.
10:06What a wrestling, a foul.
10:07Listen to me.
10:08Don't play this game.
10:09Right.
10:10If he keeps coming, you've got to dictate to him.
10:13Understand, mate?
10:15Yeah.
10:15Do him now.
10:16By letting him come in the order and tell him what.
10:18Bend your knees, don't go square foot, draw from the middle.
10:21Go with him.
10:22Short punches, I'm saying.
10:24It's the same, OK?
10:26I hope, of course, that's all.
10:30Let's get some of this power, let's start putting it back.
10:32We won't drop the jams, OK?
10:34Let's start putting it on the jams.
10:54He's been playing for London Arthur a year ago.
10:56He only had 12 amateur fights,
10:58but he tells everybody that he lives like an athlete 24-7.
11:10A little short left-hand punch got through there from Anthony Yard.
11:13It was short but really sharp and pretty effective too, Richard.
11:17I think his speed is impressive in this contest up to now.
11:21Anthony Yard seems to be quicker off the mark.
11:27Another good right-hand landing down.
11:29Arthur's got to move off those ropes.
11:31Can't get trapped over there, Lyndon Arthur.
11:33It's been a good start from Anthony Yard.
11:38Throwing punches with power to head and body.
11:51It's a good shot again from Anthony Yard.
11:59Again, quicker off the mark and fast shots.
12:13Lyndon Arthur's just leaned over the top rope,
12:15and I think he has something to say to Steve Bucks.
12:17We'll try and find out what that was between rounds,
12:19but he's certainly not lacking the confidence in there.
12:21Whatever's coming from Anthony Yard hasn't shaken his belief or his character.
12:25And Arthur tried to stick that right hand of his own through there.
12:41First and third there, wasn't he?
12:43Arthur tried the jab,
12:45waiting for the response from Anthony Yard,
12:49and then Arthur comes back with the right hand not too far away.
12:55It's a different approach from Anthony Yard on that front foot,
12:59waiting for the jabs of his opponent.
13:01That's not a bad shot there from Lyndon Arthur.
13:03Currently again before there,
13:05that was a good one too.
13:07Yard tries to follow up with an upper cut of his own.
13:11He did say, didn't he,
13:13in the build-up Lyndon Arthur,
13:14that maybe Anthony Yard's underestimated his power.
13:16He feels that he can do damage to Yard
13:18if he lands the right punch in there.
13:23Sorry, Fletch,
13:24I think that's what he needs to do more of there,
13:26Anthony Yard.
13:27Move his head as he's coming forward.
13:33And really good work between the pair of them.
13:40Good shots of Anthony Yard, Lyndon Arthur.
13:45Struggling to keep him off at the moment.
13:50Yard just missing with the upper cut,
13:51there's respect at the end of the round,
13:53it was another good one, Steve Bunch.
13:55I think that was the best round they've fought so far,
13:57the 12 we had last year,
13:58364 days ago,
14:00and the three,
14:02the two completed rounds he had here,
14:03that was the best round they've had.
14:05He's still found time to speak to you
14:07during the round, Lyndon Arthur.
14:08It's been an ongoing conversation
14:09for the last 365 days, Fletch.
14:11Expect more of it.
14:12That was really serious,
14:13he came up,
14:14I thought Yard came,
14:15I thought Yard pushed him there,
14:16there he is having a chat with me there.
14:18He said, Buncey,
14:19you said I would lose last time,
14:20what say you this time?
14:22It's not as simple as that.
14:23I'll tell you what I did like there,
14:24is when,
14:25is some of the stuff that Lyndon Arthur did,
14:27not just the right,
14:28not just the head shots,
14:29he scored some fantastic body shots,
14:31Lyndon.
14:32Only two or three,
14:33and that's all you need at this level,
14:34Rich,
14:35because their quality,
14:36just one or two.
14:37Yeah, did some good work,
14:38also some good work for Yard on that spot.
14:40I think Yard's speed is different,
14:42it's more effective.
14:44I've got him two rounds to one up.
14:46Round four.
14:48Richie's scorecard rewarding Anthony Yard,
14:51with two of the first three rounds here.
14:58I must say,
14:59when you look at the face of Lyndon Arthur,
15:00even in the heat of battle,
15:01he looks as though he's gone for a steady stroll
15:03around the local park.
15:07It's a face that belies the intensity
15:09that burns inside him on a night like this.
15:11Little bit low from Anthony Yard.
15:17You can see Yard wants to box up close,
15:19mid and short range.
15:20Arthur's got to try and concentrate on that mid and long range,
15:23he's got to keep his distance,
15:24but it's Yard that's closing the gap quicker,
15:27so he's moving into his stronger territory,
15:30which is that mid and short.
15:31That's what's happening here.
15:33Arthur's not so effective with the jab,
15:35but that's what he's got to get back to try and doing.
15:37Jab, long, straight, right hand,
15:39and keep a gap.
15:40But Yard, see, that's better, you see, for Yard.
15:42And then the response from Yard is on that full foot.
15:45Yard shook the punch off,
15:47and then fires back with punches of his own,
15:49and he's putting them together in combinations.
15:51Uppercuts getting through the car.
15:53Lyndon Arthur on the roll,
15:55trying to tie him to the Yard up,
15:56but he's so aggressive in there tonight.
15:58Throwing his punches with bad intentions
16:01and backing Lyndon Arthur into a corner.
16:04Sustained pressure from Anthony Yard.
16:08Can Lyndon Arthur weather the storm?
16:10Big shots going in.
16:11That was a big lift off,
16:13and another right hand.
16:14Lyndon Arthur's down.
16:16Anthony Yard puts him down with a chopping right hand
16:19in the fourth round.
16:25And he's finished, it's over.
16:27Anthony Yard has won it.
16:32Well, Anthony Yard said the Lions were coming.
16:34And boy, they came tonight at the Copper Box.
16:37He'd taken Lyndon Arthur apart.
16:39And Anthony Yard is the new Commonwealth
16:42and WPL Winter Continental light heavyweight champion.
16:45And he's just taken a giant stride towards a world title shot.
16:49Tremendous performance there from Anthony Yard.
16:52Totally different.
16:53Very, very quick.
16:54Put his punches together there.
16:56Kept Lyndon Arthur on the ropes.
16:58Hurt him downstairs.
16:59Uppercuts went in.
17:00Left-ups went in.
17:01It was a cracking finish.
17:03Steve, that was an impressive Anthony Yard.
17:05We knew he had to do things differently,
17:07and right from the opening bell,
17:08he was a different animal altogether.
17:10He never gave Lyndon Arthur a chance to settle.
17:13Even when Arthur tried to jab long.
17:15If Arthur caught him with a shot,
17:17Anthony Yard came out with three or four.
17:19The body shots were, I think, the crucial element.
17:21He started to hurt him in body shots,
17:23and then he got him.
17:24He's letting his punches go all the way through.
17:26He fought that fight like he didn't care about round six,
17:30or seven, or eight, or nine.
17:32He didn't care about all the stories about how his stamina holds.
17:35He didn't care that Lyndon Arthur might put him on the end of the jab.
17:38He fought that round like every round was his last round, Fletch.
17:42Every round there was the final round.
17:45He was true to himself.
17:46He said in the build-up that he'd got to fight his fight tonight,
17:50and he fought that Anthony Yard fight,
17:52and when the opportunity presented itself, Richie,
17:55he was clinical.
17:56It was indeed, and that's a cracking picture there.
17:58Pat Barrett, the trainer, and Tonya Jim,
18:00because they've had a bit of beef before this one.
18:02And there's the two boxers.
18:04I'm in armour, so total respect for each other.
18:07But it's Anthony Yard's night tonight.
18:09But that's a crack, that's a crack, Steve, that picture there.
18:12It's an interesting thing.
18:13I want to see the end then again.
18:15I want to see it in real time.
18:16I want to get an understanding.
18:20It's been ruled a knockout, so that means he's counted him out.
18:23There was pandemonium when he went down.
18:25I thought he maybe just beat the count.
18:27The referee, Bob Williams, didn't.
18:30I think it's been ruled a knockout.
18:32A straightforward ten knockout.
18:34Well, Bob Williams is an experienced referee.
18:37He's looked into his eyes.
18:38He knows.
18:39Yeah, he knows.
18:40And, you know, it's alright us saying here whether he would have got through that.
18:46But, Bob Williams, that's a look at what he says.
18:49There's a good body shot.
18:50There's that right hand over the top.
18:51And he really goes for it here.
18:52Good left up there.
18:53Good left up there.
18:54And puts the combinations together well.
18:56Couple of great uppercuts.
18:57And he wouldn't let Lyndon Arthur off the hook.
19:00Chin on the chest job.
19:02Looking for the opportunities and the openings.
19:04Big uppercut there from him.
19:06Left hooks going into the body.
19:07That was a super shot back.
19:08Solar plexus punch.
19:09Also the left hook.
19:10And then the right hand to finish it.
19:12And Bob Williams is close.
19:14And he's looked into his eyes.
19:16And he couldn't recover.
19:17Steve, the penultimate punch there.
19:19The body shot.
19:20Throws Lyndon Arthur in his tracks.
19:22And it allowed Anthony Yard for the final knockout punch at the end of the fight.
19:25Because that's not round the back of the elbows.
19:27That's straight in the middle.
19:28In the solar plexus.
19:29Takes everything out of him.
19:30And he gets dropped.
19:32So, when he goes down on his knees there.
19:35He turns over to his knees quite quick.
19:37Let's get that right.
19:39And that's when I think he might have just beaten the count.
19:46Well, the good news is that Lyndon Arthur is on his feet.
19:50They've just made sure that he's okay in the corner over there.
19:53Anthony Yard and his team are over there with him.
19:55But it's good to see Lyndon Arthur back up here, Richie.
19:58Yes, of course.
19:59You know, he took some big shots there.
20:01But he's back on his feet.
20:03Obviously very hurt from those body shots.
20:06And, like I said, Anthony Yard would not let him off the hook.
20:11And there's Tundia Jay there talking to Lyndon Arthur.
20:15It's 1-1.
20:16Will we see a trilogy, Steve?
20:18But in that sense, I mean, that was so convincing then.
20:22Why not?
20:23How about this, OK?
20:24I'm going to say this now.
20:25What if Lyndon Arthur has had a bad camp?
20:28What if Lyndon Arthur, if it's not gone the way he wanted it to go?
20:31If he can come up with that, that's great.
20:33If, however, it ends the way it looked like it ended,
20:37with him being on the floor, getting onto his knees,
20:40and then not beating the count.
20:42That's a hard...
20:43It's hard then to make a case for a rematch.
20:46It's been a lot set between the two camps in the build-up.
20:48The fighters backed off a little bit.
20:50He was left of Pat Barrett and Tundia Jay to get stuck into each other
20:53at the press conference.
20:54But it's really good to see the love and mutual respect tonight.
20:57But look at the face of Anthony Yard.
20:59He knows just how important tonight was for him in terms of his career.
21:03Defeat tonight, and he would have been such a long way back.
21:06But when he had to deliver, he delivered.
21:09And he gets the knockout victory tonight against Lyndon Arthur
21:13here at the Copper Box.
21:151 minute 27 seconds of round number 4.
21:19Your winner by way of knockout and new
21:23Commonwealth and WBO Intercontinental light heavyweight champion
21:30Anthony the Beast from the East Yard!