Watch the EPIC trilogy fight between Anthony Yarde and Lyndon Arthur 3 in this full fight replay! Two of Britain’s best light heavyweights clash once again in a brutal, high-stakes battle – who came out on top?
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00:00a step back don't deliberately throw punches on the back of the head but take yourselves at all
00:04times touch gloves good luck fellas a domestic boxing trilogy to be settled on this night of
00:12needle and grudge and pride as Anthony Yard and Lyndon Arthur meet for the third time it's one
00:20apiece December 2020 split decision to the man from Manchester the Londoner got his revenge a
00:27year later in four rounds what happens next it's a fascinating one
00:35it's been a brilliant British rivalry as they enter the 17th round that they've shared they
00:47know each other so well and who does that favor well I think we're gonna see a very fast start
00:54from Anthony Yard I mean as I say that's a beautiful jab but having spoke to him in the week he really is
01:00fighting up for this again at first fight even though he got it right the second time it's still
01:07annoys him he wants another win over Lyndon Arthur Lyndon Arthur needs to get in a ribbon behind the jab
01:13he's got to be disciplined with his footwork needs to be smart don't get greedy don't waste
01:18anything don't allow Yard to throw the right hand over a lazy jab everything has to be on point
01:25for me yeah Arthur's got a time there's a little bit of a jab there from Arthur but you've got to
01:30try you've got to try to be using cleverly so when Yard mounts an attack you've got to be brave enough to
01:36step in and step out with that jab and that'll just start to frustrate Anthony Yard that's the
01:40what you want to do and for Yard you've got to follow that jab back in through the right hand over the
01:44top that gives you the opening to a little bit of power shot it can be lightning sharp in clusters
01:51Anthony Yard bursts of power punches Arthur well-schooled Collier Hurst and Moss and Jim's provided so many
02:02many fighters over the years such great talent Pat Barrett in his corner what a fighter he was
02:09there's plenty of experience there couldn't be Ajay of course one of the most popular figures on the
02:16domestic scene in Anthony Yard's corner as ever they're a real team and yeah you're right Darren
02:24they really fancy this yeah and that jab to the body is a good weapon for Yard you can see the low
02:31lead hand of Arthur that jab being stabbed into the body then an overhand right could be a very
02:38useful weapon for Yard I think the feints in between as well I think he's got to fill the gaps
02:43yeah Arthur with feints
02:45shot there from Anthony Yard and a good jab as well there so if he can interrupt the rhythm of Arthur's
02:55jab then that's going to be a real press for Yard just to close that gap a little bit quicker
02:59and subtly that's the right hand from Yard he's a disruptor he has taken big fights sometimes a little
03:10bit early in his career right hand there but he loves challenges I want to talk about inviting Joshua
03:18Buatze it's never yet happened big London derby he's got to deal with Lyndon Arthur and Arthur's got
03:25ambition of his own feeling good now under Pat Barrett Sonny Edwards in the corner as well they really
03:34feel Lyndon is the best he can be for this
03:51wow that's the best feeling in the world is it though is it really better than food ferment that warm fuzzy
03:59feeling of total food satisfaction like finishing the last bite of the flame grog whopper from burger king
04:08he's right okay see you later
04:12ta-ta
04:17you've got to the body
04:18huh
04:19you've got to the body
04:22all right now
04:26you're exploding
04:27you're exploding
04:29corner
04:3010 seconds
04:36everybody's here
04:38Derek Chisora
04:41I think he suddenly realizes he's on the big screen he loves a big entrance doesn't he
04:46Delboy
04:46no he doesn't miss a trick does he Delboy
04:52you saw Frank Bruno earlier remember Chris Uvac senior is here it really is set up
05:00for a fantastic clash between the suns and it's coming up after this one
05:07Anthony Yard and Lyndon Arthur fight number three between them it's the 30th profile of Yard's career
05:14the 27th for Arthur they're really seasoned veterans aren't they they they're settled in their careers it's just a case of maybe if one can nick a world title yeah he started nicely here Arthur working nicely behind the jab doesn't look flustered
05:30it's a nice attempt at the right hand over the jab
05:35from Arthur that's sorry from Yard this needs to be sharp on that jab Arthur not afford to be sloppy with it
05:42I do worry though where that comes back to that jab
05:47yeah so like you said it's too far to a jab isn't it how fast it comes out how fast it comes back and he gets out there fast but sometimes brings it back a little bit slow and low
05:56a puncher like Yard that's an invitation you don't want to give
06:00jab to the body from Yard
06:05there's Arthur coming back with his own he's got good reach and leverage
06:11but he's floating as well Lyndon Arthur just trying to
06:15get that range right and good feet just sitting there just sliding out of range missing the double jab
06:22from Yard and also Thompson on the edge as well when Yard made a bit of a mistake I think that's important as well you've got to
06:28make that you know he makes a little mistake of coming to the front foot too like you've got to make him pay for that
06:34George Groves just walked behind us Gordon Ramsay's here Marcus Rashford
06:39I mean it's it's incredible isn't it the amount of stars that have come out tonight
06:45this shows you the size of this event and then
06:49it's captured everyone's imagination it really has
06:53it's too long here yeah I know he's well well aware of the sharpness here of
06:57of Arthur but like they were asking for the corner some more feints
07:01the Comincian attacks double up the jab is turned their ass in the corner
07:05and then just get that right hand in the play again hit him anywhere just make him feel it
07:09good feet again from Lyndon Arthur and defense as well smart boxer
07:17the cagey start that
07:19Arthur is doing okay here and remember he's coming off that four round defeat to to Yard that's
07:29that's got to be somewhere up 100 Adam that that would have been there from the moment that this
07:35uh fight was announced he would have been in camp
07:40remember in those moments
07:43good round for Arthur that's inside but backstage some chaos here wow
07:50we expected it didn't wait there he is billy joe saunders who we know is going into overlook
07:57you banks hand wraps of course bitter rivals themselves as well he's a mate of connor
08:03bends i mean bjs could cause a storm in an empty room it's out of character really
08:19mayhem as we expected and there'll be more mind games and tricks
08:26corners 10 seconds and he was booted out and they said he can't come in to watch the wraps
08:36seconds out round three he's getting some love from the crowd real character billy joe saunders i
08:42want him in there in the u-back dressing room what's going on Darren you tell me Adam you tell me
08:48i wonder if you back will uh have four to add later will they keep us waiting what's going to happen
08:59with father and son the masters of the theater and the way that chris jr has controlled the build-up
09:09absolutely to t to this point i think Arthur will be quite happy because he hasn't been a frantic start
09:16like that maybe you won from Anthony Yard like he certainly was in the second fight
09:20so he's been quite safe the jab's been working for him he's been trying to react when Yard's made a
09:24mistake like he did in the last one with a couple of left hooks so it's been a decent start nothing
09:29too much going on but he'll want a calm fight this will suit him down to the ground this pace of a
09:35fight it's down to yard he needs to up this heaven that's good work left up upstairs drop the right to
09:42the body needs to go again it needs to be two-phase attack sharp on the feet sharp with your
09:46hands and that's sometimes Yard's problem it's cameos of class but doesn't really follow it up
09:53sometimes can be a bit lackadaisical and Lyndon Arthur is keeping his shape and he will be happy
10:00with the way this is going Yard trying to reach closer
10:04yeah well Yard's obviously a tonne shot it's a good left hook there from him but i don't think he's not
10:08following through with the shots here at the minute so they're snappy shots but i don't think they're really
10:12heavy enough to really make Arthur panic yet they like to see him just turn into the punches just that
10:17little bit more he didn't really turn the hip into that left hook it was a nice scoring shot
10:24with more of an arm shot he had an opportunity there really rotated the body could have spun into a
10:29right hand well remind Arthur about the second fight remember this and make him feel something
10:33yeah but Arthur's jab's good here he's just getting in and out of range nicely decent defense
10:46i think these straight shots to the body are working better yards just falling short of the jab upstairs
10:51this is more like the first fight than the second that's for sure but after they've slowed the pace down to his liking
11:04which has made him a little more in control here
11:08it's amazing how fights can change even when they've shared the ring for so many rounds before
11:15the trilogy and they've been a lot of times since that second fight let's not forget you know
11:21Arthur's be beat by Fibble and Arthur's be beat by Fekker Fiev of course
11:31yeah they both need this victory badly here
11:37yet to really catch fire Yard tries to get the combination going Arthur will be happy
11:42with that end of the third let's go to Jamie with Nigel Ben
11:49backstage with two-way world champion the great Nigel Ben Nigel he's just been in the dressing room
11:53not long to go now mentally what sort of space is Conor in right now? Conor's in a good space
11:58you know he knows we're going but he's in a good space you know training hard for 12 weeks he's been
12:03training we're all going to pay off tonight I'll ask you your rival Chris Eubanks senior in the house
12:09what do you think? I'm so happy that he's here I wanted him here from Baidoc because it's a family
12:13affair without Chris there's something missing so him being here you know he loves the lineback
12:19so how can he pass up on an opportunity like that and I just pray that him and his son work things
12:23out mate I hope this is a new beginning for them both finally how does Conor level the score for the
12:28Ben's tonight we will see tonight we you know I've seen coming for the last two and a half years
12:34I watched inspired with Williams, Williams Skull, Bruno, Denver
12:44lovely words from Nigel about his former nemesis Chris senior being here a family affair
12:52and the four together this is the fourth round the round that Anthony Yard undilled Lyndon Arthur in their
13:02second meeting but as Barry was saying that was a while ago a lot has happened since both at 33
13:11and it's a really big stage for this one the third time they fought in London but
13:17by far the elevation to this this ring show the first in overall one next week in Times Square the second
13:26that's Canelo in Saudi what a week for boxing and we've seen how
13:34Fidel Riley and Aaron McKenna have taken their opportunities and now it's a chance here for one of these two
13:40then he started well here Arthur I think he's in a nice rhythm a nice groove and I think it's down
13:44to yard to get going now he needs to liven up he needs to get busy he needs to be sharper
13:50phase attacks go go again there's a bit more urgency for crime look it's still early but I just feel
13:57you need to make Arthur wary make him feel the pace I think that is right Arthur's a patient
14:05fighter he'll wait for his opportunity to land and he's happy for it to be a slow taste he coasts at
14:10times and that's an issue so when you have a fight like that it might be technically good he might catch
14:15you coming in you do have to make him work harder than he wants to work I think that's that will either
14:19make him lose his shape or he'll throw one shot too many and then you've got him where you want
14:24it I think that's the the secret to get inside yeah Arthur at the minute the taste and the threat
14:29in here from yard is just not enough for Arthur to panic Sonny Edwards clapping his man in the
14:36blue corner Arthur who's won five of his last six lovely left hook from yard to go off and again
14:48that one more blocks you've got a jab now you've got a double jab now I've got that yard and then
14:53fake with the jab then use that left hook again yeah success with the left hand from Anthony Yard
14:59after using his experience he's been boxing well and that defeat to Dimitri Bivol but he did go the
15:08distance I think he needs to double up with the shots that he lands he's struggling at times
15:15Yard but he's landing that left hook you can throw it again if you land with the right hand throw it again
15:23it's the left hand that has had success in this the fourth round but it looks like
15:31Lyndon Arthur will get through that session unlike in their second fight and he's so naturally heavy
15:38handed there yeah he's hit him with the inside of the glove he's hit him with the fingers and still
15:42it's having an effect that's good for Arthur though yeah lovely yeah lovely left hook that was
15:50interesting fight this one and a smile between the pair
15:55and trust me he's just trying to nick it with little flicks
16:01shall you he's trying to nick it with little flicks
16:04don't fall back
16:05don't fall
16:06head
16:07head
16:07head
16:07yeah
16:08yeah
16:09the knockout weekend bundle
16:11Garcia Romero Canelo
16:13skull
16:15fabulous
16:20made the second and third alive on his own
16:25Tonya Jay in the corner they've also brought Ruben Tavares in this time the conditioners work with
16:30David Hay and many others to try and just get the stamina better for Yard and make him fight more
16:36he just just in burst and I spoke to Ruben on Thursday and he's been impressed with his condition
16:42he's been happy with the work he's putting in camp
16:47seconds out Gordon Ramsay
16:49just behind us
16:54big boxing fan great to see him
16:59Anthony Yard in those black trucks 24 knockouts in his 26 wins he's the
17:04power puncher in there but Lyndon Arth a good boxer solid strong he's won 24 of his 26
17:14only two defeats these are good fighters who've got an opportunity to really
17:22move forwards in this right heavyweight division I think it's one of the best divisions in the world
17:26yes it's fantastic it really is so like you say these two really have a chance to really throw themselves
17:31in the mix
17:34the body shots and the division's going to explode wide open in a minute as well I feel
17:38you've got the two top ones there and they're going to they're going to go again
17:42well we absolutely loved it didn't we when they went a second time
17:46for Terbium and Bivel we didn't want it to finish and they will go a third time
17:50Callum Smith had a terrific win that night he's very much in the mix
17:55fantastic what a fight what a scrap that was
17:58Nathan Benavidez of course now as well you know he's in a real resurgence and yeah he's a fight
18:03division and we've all wanted to see Yard in Borazzi haven't we it's never been made
18:09one of those fights that's just gone away could that be made well I'll tell you what Adam right
18:13now it could be Arthur Borazzi because he's the one who looks more composed at the minute for me
18:20that'd be more success Yard with that left hook of his this is the faint you can see when he throws
18:26the faint or looks to throw the jab he looks to parry it with his right hand
18:33that's where the left hook can come into play so you faint then throw the left hook but then he needs to
18:38come back with the right hand or double up the left hook there's more urgency required
18:49and I think they'll turn the other corner saying don't lean back I think you've got to try and slip
18:52that touch coming forward that jab if you can and this is this is just the perfect place for Arthur
18:58again you know he doesn't have to do a lot to win the round just enough and that's how he fights
19:02Barry he's been out almost a year and I wondered sort of what the ambition was and whether he'd be in
19:09tick-top shape for this one but the team have been really confident they've been saying when they get
19:14something it's not like I'm going to wake him up and get him out on the roads he's doing it he really
19:18wanted this and he looks in immaculate condition but this is the sort of fight you know there's jeopardy for
19:25him because there's a guy there who's knocked him out so you know he knows what he's up against
19:28so he has to be as sharp as ever there's a lovely one too there for Arthur and a little step back just
19:34to make sure that he comes back his way boxing smart here a bit of a shuffle from Yard but not much
19:41substance apart from the off left hand from Anthony Yard Arthur controlling this simple technical boxer
19:50and looking very very good at the moment
19:58wow the drone over this incredible Tottenham Hotspur stadium which is such a brilliant setting for
20:09boxing and there he is Chris you back junior
20:16the crowd i think a cheering is difficult to tell whether they want you back probably more than
20:24bad that he's warming up backstage i mean it's split isn't it i mean opinions of who wins the fight
20:34certainly a split yeah yeah mixed mixed emotions there mix
20:40food and cheers if you like for you bank i think with you bank people just all almost want to dislike
20:47him but i don't really know him why and i think when you when you hear him talk i mean sit down and talk
20:53probably about about the person stuff you think you know what he's a bad group he's a good lad he's a good lad
20:59chris he's an intelligent guy but he's a very different operator when a camera is on and a fight's there
21:06to be sold to be won and especially with his arch rival
21:10a little bit like his father right
21:18pose a question here i wonder if yard thought this would just be a formality like a lot of people
21:25has he taken his foot off the gas did he think this would be a walk in the park
21:29on the flip side you'd have had someone like papa who would have been training his socks off he would
21:35have had that second fight in his memory almost training training scared which is required at this
21:41stage in your your career and he's boxing so disciplined right now and also that wall would
21:48better be everywhere he was tremendous yeah i think he'd be absolutely tremendous but that takes miles
21:52on the clock and the underperforming his last fight was that just a blip or was that a sign of
21:57because he didn't look great did he he never you know that's not the first time you would have said
22:01that about the yard to be fair he's always looked really good always exciting hands of the yard trying
22:06to get his hands going arthur matching him just in front of us on these ropes
22:14into the sixth round
22:19i think yard's got plenty of work to do here i think so i think he needs to punch off the slip
22:24certainly but that right hand i like to see him slip on the inside and throw the right hand
22:28just smothering his work slightly here as he pushes arthur back this is where you skip either left or
22:33right but arthur won't mind this just gives him an opportunity to grab old tie and nullify the work of yard
22:44and just touching with the punches there not there the left better good body shot from arthur and there's just a
22:51feel about the corner around us as well pat barrett sonny edwards as if everything is going according to
22:58plan well he's boxing well but there hasn't been no real danger except for the few odd big shots here from
23:03yeah but again he's not really punching through his body with his body there's weight on the shelf but not
23:09enough for you to pick you on the floor or hurt you
23:11but he has that power we've seen it before so as long as he's in there he always has a trot
23:22he has dynamite in his fifth center yard always been really entertaining great talker
23:29excellent fighter can he put it all together he's got the world watching him tonight
23:36off a looking strong and compact body shots as well right out from yard back was good
23:51at the end of a round that he didn't win though
23:54good work there to the body from our father some deep breaths from yard just watching him in the
24:14corner there landing on good right hand there but you feel it's that the rhythm the the work
24:20behind the jab the the footwork is frustrating yard who i feel just needs to get going needs to liven
24:27up needs to get busier stop roughing arthur up
24:44big smile through the gum shield seconds out and fast out into the second half of this one comes linden
24:52arthur and is he in the lead against anthony yard we feel that at ringside i want to have carl seeing
25:01things i have linden arthur's 4-2 up at this stage it could it could be three each but i have him 4-2 up
25:08i think his job has been very good tonight um just not have to do a lot to win rounds but just doing
25:14enough to win the rounds and i think yard he's been criticized for this before he's being a little bit
25:19lazy maybe not doing enough now the last round was a better round for yard and hopefully that can
25:24continue for him but at this stage i have arthur in front and fucking well thanks carl i've got arthur
25:29in front in a slightly different way uh that's the feeling isn't it he can't really argue with that card
25:36fair assessment but it was a better round as cole said from yards like landing some better shots nothing
25:43really on note that hurt arthur there's still something that you can build off of a good round
25:48and what carl said was right arthur just does enough to win a round that's all just make sure he's a
25:53punch ahead of you and also he's also currently yeah just looking for the opportunity to present
25:58themselves rather in their first fight he created those opportunities and that was the big difference and i
26:03think he's got to go back to that mindset i have to look and create the openings by being busier
26:12three wins and to the yard since the better beer defeat which was a really good fight wasn't it
26:19eight frowny lost and absolutely no disgrace to lose to such an incredible fighter in better bm
26:27that was back in january 2023 even back then but will age catch up with better beer we were saying that
26:35then and we're still saying it now well he's just astonishing him and bevel absolutely fantastic and
26:44they're above the other light heavyweights but so many chasing some great fights to be made
26:52so tinley will be thinking in the corner of anthony yard
26:55good shot that left hand is dangerous oh right hand there from yard chop down with that shot there
27:02it's just a different angle of a punch there apparently yeah yeah better better work from the londoner
27:08needs to keep this going keep this tempo now good work here from the east londoner
27:15he's woken up a bit anthony yard just to look at his corner there linden arthur as he tries to get
27:21back to his jab and he answers that's not hurting me i'm going to come through you will he
27:27the yard's taking himself too close as that i mentioned a couple of rounds ago
27:32and allowing it alone yeah that arthur just to tie him up
27:37you can use the momentum here at times when you've got arthur leaning on
27:41just take a little step back then you can fire the shots through
27:43just allow that space if you're not going to go backwards you can go left
27:46right push of the elbow exactly that
27:51staying strong arthur popping the jab out but yard has closed the distance
27:57beginning to impose himself good body work much better from anthony yard
28:03going to be
28:09ben eubank fueling the fire on this big night
28:19this fight is going to be incredible i'm just glad uh it's actually happening now connor ben is a cheat
28:27and he will be exposed he's not my cup of tea you know i won't be uh going for a cup of tea
28:32of him after the fight that's for sure i don't see any strengths in connor ben
28:36i see a man who cuts corners who hasn't served his time in the sport and who doesn't deserve to be
28:42here yeah his strengths are his experience his size and that's it really i'm going to exploit this
28:50boy's weak mind and i'm going to take full advantage of that after this fight the wbc world's
28:57title is the world title i'd love to win as my dad won it he had that support and it all up
29:04how this fight plays out with the stoppage the procedure will be parliamentary
29:12the arch manipulator chris eubank jr well he's uh he's won every single press conference no doubt about
29:20that but will he win the fight that's what matters good work from linden arthur here in the eighth round
29:26this is heating up a bit now isn't it yeah that was good that one two left hook on the back foot
29:31from our fight
29:34well you're not as well as one side of the ref first good working from that
29:38he had a bad finish of the round didn't he come out more positive here linden arthur that's what you
29:43want to see from your fighter right hand from yard back he comes he had a good last session
29:49goal game in the round before as well yard seemed to get into his groove but linden arthur is standing
29:56and trading which is interesting yeah there's been some deep breaths from both in the last couple of
30:02rounds i feel someone's got an opportunity here to grab hold of the pace of this fight and that really is
30:08soul destroying to your opponent when you start upping the tempo 40 knockouts between them as we're into
30:18the eighth and clean shots are being landed from arthur yep surprisingly barry yeah you know in the range
30:26that should be suited for anthony yard here that's a good right-handed from the yard again he's still not
30:31turning to a shot anthony yeah he's just so naturally heavy-handed that they have some sort of effect but they
30:36could be more effective i think darren made a good point earlier i wonder if just psychologically
30:42he took linden arthur slightly lightly after the way he got rid of him last time and half is a different
30:48beast here tonight and also some of those wins that arthur didn't have nian cameron suarez was a good one
30:57where he was winning that five they had a real couple of real rocky rounds where he had to really dig deep
31:02and i thought that helps you with fights like this body shot from arthur big right hand back from
31:08anthony yard physically getting hard in there yeah just a little bit more room between the two
31:16that right hand he just managed to take the sting out of the shot linden arthur just really leaned back on the
31:21rope but it was still a good shot nonetheless but fighting well on the back foot it certainly is and the
31:29the boys variety is tipped off in great shape linden arthur anthony yard strong robust pouring this back
31:42this is a close round this is taking more out of yard than is arthur for sure
31:47you see yeah using that rope was down seven which is the national rhythm to evade shots here he's
31:55through the right hand too late there he rolled under the left look of arthur oh good left look from
32:00arthur oh and response up from yard beautiful combination from arthur back came yard in some of
32:06the best action of the five minutes tired looking linden arthur back to the blue corner he was definitely hurt
32:13then pat barrett giving him the right attack i think they want him to go back to his boxing
32:25yeah but i thought yeah the good wrong you know i sort of made fire with fire a little bit which is a
32:29little bit sharper off the mark there as we see here with a nice right hand left the combination beating
32:34yards of the left hook and his heart here then and the other one of the ropes having a bit of success
32:38but then getting a little bit too close and smothering some of his work we maintain that three
32:43quarter distance there yard and take a little step to the side he gets that uppercut into play he can
32:48get all the levers you throw that left hook through the through the middle but i thought arthur used the
32:52ropes really well the other body movement was good and the body shots were really good there from that
32:56but there's a street with left hook there to finish the round there i thought around that he won
33:01second time round nine
33:04tundee really shouting at anthony yard linden arthur again up quickly and ready for battle getting that
33:11jab going this is the 145th round of that linden arthur's career
33:20he won his first 19 yard won his first 18 these are top quality operators vying for supremacy
33:33certainly around the domestic light heavyweight division and maybe beyond the wba intercontinental belt
33:39on the line and more importantly darren it's who's watching this and the answer is everybody
33:45yeah the stage doesn't get much bigger than this and a win over your rival can really push you in the
33:51right direction but the confidence that it can give you and i'll tell you now arthur will be happy
33:57you'll be happy with this yana still feel there's more to come so the ai judge 77 to 75 to arthur pretty
34:11much spot on it's a good score it's close and there's four rounds left so it's a fight there to be won
34:26i think it's been a sort of strange performance against from anthony yard
34:31whereas arthur's just a little bit more organized disciplined
34:34yeah but i just think that there's been more confidence in the work of arthur the jab has been
34:40more solid i think you know it's not this road through a double jab the second job it's hard
34:45than the first job and that's really important he stepped through the field this is better work though
34:50as he's got arthur backed onto the rope better movement he's not just standing in front of arthur
34:55letting him grab hold and stopping the work he's skipping side to side is better his right eye there's a
35:01swelling anthony yard just look out for that that's right up close to arthur but arthur's doing all right
35:16on the ropes under the pressure under the heat from yard again i still thinking he should double up with
35:23the right hand there yard just throw it over the top twice then you can drop down to the body but
35:28i don't think you'll be minding this at all arthur i think answer the yard's sick of the sight of
35:35lindon arthur a lot of pressure here a lot of pressure here anther caught really quite well
35:42good work from both of them yard with the uppercut
35:47both of them showing solid chins tonight too it looks like there's more top in arthur's punches
35:52i would argue and i look at the change there for sure
35:58oh good shot these are big punches sort of cancelling each other out
36:07lindon arthur with a smile and a deep breath
36:12that's where we need to find a little bit
36:17that's where we need to find a little bit
36:23that's where we need to find a little bit
36:26that's where the head's coming up
36:28when it's back on the road
36:30it's an amazing setting
36:45the tottenham hotspur stadium
36:49here in north london
36:52lifelong fan fidel reilly got the win of his life
36:55earlier on tonight we've seen aaron mckenna
36:59win we've seen chris billen smith
37:02win
37:04who is winning this is it lindon king arthur
37:07we just feel he's sort of nudged in front and to the yard
37:10again has been good at times put the pressure on definitely won rounds but
37:16i think i'd rather be in arthur's corner at the moment
37:19yeah i'll say so adam but there was a look from
37:22tundee just looked at arthur as he sat down in that blue corner
37:25i just feel that he may be feeling his charges just starting to
37:31force the pace get on top and outwork arthur can he build on that
37:40a bit more urgency here back right into the corner where we're sat
37:44still some good work on the back foot though from arthur
37:49we'll see about that conditioning from ruben to boros and the team with
37:53anthony yard if he could just sustain a barrage maybe really
37:58throw everything at arthur
38:00and also he's like he didn't break arthur down in the last but he just went through him so
38:06arthur's got plenty of resolve so he's not seems like oh just wearing down there's no proof of that
38:10beautiful work off the ropes again from lindon arthur a lot from yard is
38:15hitting gloves and not quite connecting fully but arthur gets a
38:20a combination in and it looks wonderful yeah and like barry said in the previous round it seems as if
38:26there's more pop in the shot of arthur i think he's timing it better but yeah i've realized i have
38:32to be busy and push it back and really put the put the pressure on him he's trying to do that
38:37but arthur's not being over all with it nice and comfortable you could argue needs to take that right
38:43foot a bit further to the right and throw that right hand yard this is too easy adam for arthur at the
38:49minute a penny for the thoughts of the judges though at which style they're liking here in the 10th round
38:56it's all out aggression from yard it's just countering waiting smart from lindon arthur
39:06he had an opportunity there arthur just to spin and back yard into that neutral corner
39:11he's enjoying it on the road so you've got to be careful you're stuck on the road from the other side of the
39:17the ring the other just just seeing the other guy with his back to work in the way the other three
39:23judges all around the ring the ai of course having lindon arthur a couple up yard has certainly put a
39:29lot into this 10th round and arthur's hardly moved from that spot shot there from arthur right movement
39:39there like that i was asking for if he didn't let the punch go he really wants us lindon arthur he's
39:45trained long and hard for this moment it's not just about revenge on antony yard i think it's about
39:53making a name for himself on this sort of stage that was lovely there from yard once he stepped
39:59back and come back with the combination again shaking his head yard in defiance but who gets that round
40:09to knee with anthony yard a big clap for him
40:15and you're getting this round keep that same concentration when he's backed up against the road
40:20yeah brilliant work excellent your time now and yeah this is the round
40:25all the work that's been done keep it up
40:40head come on then bring his back down don't look for but you're gonna be dead
40:53ben widder here in the house frank bruno fraser clark has come and given darren barker a big hug
41:00they're all here tonight everybody wants to be idris elba marcus rashford and declan rice
41:07having a little chat just behind us ben shalom's there as well he's sitting in between football royalty
41:15what a legend frank bruno is ashley walters as well got to get down here
41:21he stole a chocolate pad off me earlier did he no i gave him his partner won the abas in 1980
41:30frank bruno at heavyweight my bad one it looked like flyweight oh really
41:34yeah same one but now you've mentioned that i gotta say he was lucky against rudy pika from wales
41:41man i gotta say he won you live in legend but rudy pika beat him that much that's the end of that
41:45i'm sorry into the 11th round back to the action enough of the glory days boys lindon arthur being
41:52cheered by his corner act of the yard digging in the body shots we're gonna have a cracking finish
41:57here to this one because it could be in the melting pot to be a joy believes this is anthony yard's time
42:03but is lindon arthur up well i think you obviously the right stuff trying to push him back and work
42:08but i'm not sure if it was having the desired effect on arthur
42:11it's never too late to make adjustments and try new things and again i still feel the movement
42:29has been massively neglected from yard
42:34we've seen that he's happy to be here arthur just leaning back taking this thing out of the shots and
42:39firing back with his own job look don't get me wrong he's having lots of success yard but i feel
42:43he could be having more by creating the opening i just wonder if this is catching the eyes of the
42:50judges anthony yards work right here we've got that much clean getting through body shot back from arthur
42:57see there's real quality this is good but yard comes back at him digging deep though here yeah you
43:03gotta give him his credit for that definitely look it's almost i'm saying this round it's four or five
43:07to two shots every now and again yard will throw the four or five shots and he'll come back with
43:14two of his own so i do feel he's getting out worms here arthur
43:17and he's covered in that but he's holding on the bottom so the referee knows what he's doing is
43:22really really adapt it is good for anthony yard late on in this light heavyweight battle
43:33with attrition really now linden arthur's box well at times yard with those big left hands
43:38what what that left to take after
43:45arthur just looking a little bit disorganized yard is he breaking the resistance
43:51of linden arthur 12 seconds left in the 11th round and arthur's in a bit of trouble here
43:59needs the bell linden arthur big big round is the yard
44:04had to come back with that arthur but he was hurt by the money shot and anthony yard is back in this
44:19this is it yeah excellent back him up finish strong don't let him break yeah
44:27tough round that for arthur he was quite comfortable for the first half of the minute the first half of
44:32the round i thought against the rope for that second half just seems something and something made him
44:37different a little bit i didn't see it but i think there must be a body shot the way he bent over
44:41big deep breath there from arthur and yard showing a good engine at this stage of a fight for a big
44:46muscular puncher like him to really dig deep and let his hands go wait
45:00second down says pat barrow and anthony yard with a spring to his step
45:08and the cards might be very very close it could come down to the final round
45:15oh just listen with the right hand there arthur trying to keep it long can he work can he build on that
45:21round 11 yards well karl has given the last five to answer the yard so he's forged ahead in an arthur
45:31couple of those close depends what the judges are looking for but yard has been the one
45:37who's really forced it hasn't the aggression and it it does stay in your eyes that's it that's it from karl
45:47call scott three up to anthony yard
46:00and again it's that old adage in boxing quality over quantity as always yeah it's been a busier
46:09some of the quality of the world coming from arthur against the ropes but sitting on the ropes is
46:15always a dangerous game to play i want to try and get back to karl if we can and karl franson come in
46:21yeah i have uh i have yard in front we're all seeing it a little bit differently i think there
46:25has been some close rounds which could have went either way i've just been giving them the yards
46:30because of the aggression i think that linden is doing some good stuff from the ropes but not enough
46:34of it for me and i just think that that yard is trying trying to win this fight more so than arthur
46:41anyway um yeah it's kind of i imagine the scorecards could be all over the place here but at this stage i
46:47have i have yard up and i also have them winning this round thanks karl totally agree that he's come
46:53on strong in his last few the judges well it was a split decision win for linden arthur the first time
47:01they met last minute it's just up the work rate in the last few rounds yard whereas before albeit arthur
47:11was backed onto the ropes he was just letting more shots go more eye-catching shots but the last few
47:17he's just up the tempo again that's good work from arthur albeit on the back foot he's winning this
47:23down the stretch i think arthur was up but these rounds for anthony yard and maybe it's hats off to
47:29the conditioning team of ruben tavara has been brought in to get him through the sticky moments and full
47:37credit to anthony yard for doing it linden arthur trying to stick with him the odd pod shot but it's not
47:43been enough from him well the biggest criticism of he had was always that he's a big puncher but he
47:47ran out of steam but he's shot a really good engine tonight it was a lovely left hook from yard and back
47:53come arthur with a right uppercut left hook of his own i tell you what it's got better and better this
47:57the last three or four rounds have been really good to watch you sort of don't want it to finish but you
48:03do because you've got eubank peck coming out three fights
48:18souls been shared and they will be mates forever the beauty of the world of pugilism meanwhile
48:30this is a rematch we can't wait for johnny fisher and dave allen after that controversy and a great
48:41fight in riyadh they do it all over again at the copper box or will it be the copper bosch may the 17th
48:49the zone
48:53so much coming up throughout the next few weeks for boxing fans here and who's gonna get this there's
49:01no real celebrations as linden arthur they feel he's done enough sonny edwards is clapping him he thinks
49:09maybe but it's tense isn't it you know what i do think this will split opinion there there was some
49:14really good work early on from arthur and even on the ropes in the later rounds but then yard got to
49:20work he was the aggressor he was as cole says forcing the pace and looking like he really wanted
49:25a win so i can see there'll be a bit of to and fro in here who wins it for you barry oh yeah i might
49:34just be busy and i think this is a tight i think it's a tight one and you darren you wouldn't argue either
49:39way well they got their arms around each other they could have a fourth fight but is there going
49:51to be a victor here remember it's one a piece between yard and arthur has arthur done enough late
50:01or not was it all yard at the back end
50:09ladies and gentlemen after 12 rounds of boxing we go to the judges scorecards judge john latham scores
50:21it 115 to 113 and both judges lejek jankovia and giuseppe portaroni are in agreement they both score at the
50:31same 116 to 112 all in favor of your winner my unanimous decision and now the wba intercontinental light
50:43heavyweight champion anthony the beast from the east
50:49chaps a fight of two halves talk to me about it do you go how you thought it would go i i scored it
51:03the the same way that two of the judges scored up on 16 112 um
51:10makes sense okay listen the weight is nearly over we cannot wait because a fight generations
51:15in the making is just moments away there's no