Former WBC Silver Cruiserweight Champion Dmitry Kudryashov in a conversation with , he said that the Briton Anthony Yard, surprisingly, in a fight with a Russian Artur Beterbiev gave a good performance.
On Saturday in London, Beterbiev defeated Britain’s Anthony Yarde by eighth-round technical knockout and defended the WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight titles. Another Russian Dmitry Bivol owns the WBA belt.
– Apart from the fact that I was very attached to Arthur and that he made me nervous, it was a great fight. Boxing is interesting when the underdog starts doing what was not expected of him. We saw how Arthur started working as number two and came back. We must pay tribute to Yard who did not give in and tried by all means to snatch this duel. And we know that at the time of the stoppage, Yard was top on the judges’ cards,” Kudryashov told .
– Can the fight with Yard be called the most difficult in Beterbiev’s career?
– Arthur has already had to get up from knockdowns. I can’t say how much more difficult this fight was for him than the previous ones. Everyone perceives this differently. I think it’s a bit of a problem for Arthur to box nine rounds.
– Yard didn’t have a chance before the fight.
– At the very beginning, nervousness was visible, he fidgeted, rushed from afar, but then he got away with it, then he acted maturely and with a view. And his low right from a distance was very dangerous for Arthur. Yard had a few upsets in this fight.
“What do you see next in Beterbiev’s career?”
– Artur is above all a spectacular boxer. That’s what the public loves about boxing. As far as we haven’t evolved into a humane society, but audiences like to see knockouts. That’s what punchers like. Arthur must continue to please the public. And who will he do it with… Honestly, I haven’t looked at the notes yet. It is not as clear as that of Dmitry Bivol. We see Joshua Buatsi, as well as Canelo’s desire for a rematch. But I don’t know who Arthur could be. I know the light heavyweights are purely ours!
Beterbiev has 19 first wins in 19 fights in the professional ring. Bivol has 21 wins (11 by knockout).
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