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Anthony Yarde

Anthony Yarde ( YARD; born 13 August 1991) is a British professional boxer. He has challenged for the world light-heavyweight championship three times; for the WBO title in 2019, unified WBC, IBF and WBO titles in 2023, and WBC and WBA (Regular) titles in 2025. At regional level, he has held multiple light-heavyweight championships, including the Commonwealth title from 2021 to 2022.

Infobox

Nickname
The Beast from the East
Born
(1991-08-13) 13 August 1991 (age 34)Hackney, London, England
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
Light-heavyweight
Reach
72 in (183 cm)
Stance
Orthodox
Total fights
31
Wins
27
Win by KO
24
Losses
4

Tables

· Professional boxing record
By knockout
By knockout
31 fights
By knockout
27 wins
24
4 losses
3
By decision
By decision
31 fights
By decision
27 wins
3
4 losses
1
31 fights
27 wins
4 losses
By knockout
24
3
By decision
3
1
· Professional boxing record
31
31
No.
31
Result
Loss
Record
27–4
Opponent
David Benavidez
Type
TKO
Round, time
7 (12) 1:59
Date
22 Nov 2025
Location
Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Notes
For WBC and WBA (Regular) light heavyweight titles
30
30
No.
30
Result
Win
Record
27–3
Opponent
Lyndon Arthur
Type
UD
Round, time
12
Date
26 Apr 2025
Location
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England
29
29
No.
29
Result
Win
Record
26–3
Opponent
Ralfs Vilcans
Type
PTS
Round, time
10
Date
19 Oct 2024
Location
Copper Box Arena, London, England
28
28
No.
28
Result
Win
Record
25–3
Opponent
Marko Nikolic
Type
KO
Round, time
3 (10) 1:15
Date
10 Feb 2024
Location
Copper Box Arena, London, England
27
27
No.
27
Result
Win
Record
24–3
Opponent
Jorge Silva
Type
KO
Round, time
2 (10) 2:07
Date
23 Sep 2023
Location
OVO Arena Wembley, London, England
26
26
No.
26
Result
Loss
Record
23–3
Opponent
Artur Beterbiev
Type
TKO
Round, time
8 (12), 2:01
Date
28 Jan 2023
Location
OVO Arena Wembley, London, England
Notes
For WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles
25
25
No.
25
Result
Win
Record
23–2
Opponent
Stefani Koykov
Type
KO
Round, time
3 (10), 2:31
Date
19 Nov 2022
Location
Telford International Centre, Telford, England
24
24
No.
24
Result
Win
Record
22–2
Opponent
Lyndon Arthur
Type
KO
Round, time
4 (12), 1:27
Date
4 Dec 2021
Location
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Notes
Won Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
23
23
No.
23
Result
Win
Record
21–2
Opponent
Alex Theran
Type
TKO
Round, time
1 (10), 2:32
Date
28 Aug 2021
Location
Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England
22
22
No.
22
Result
Loss
Record
20–2
Opponent
Lyndon Arthur
Type
SD
Round, time
12
Date
5 Dec 2020
Location
Church House, London, England
Notes
For Commonwealth and vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
21
21
No.
21
Result
Win
Record
20–1
Opponent
Dec Spelman
Type
TKO
Round, time
6 (10), 2:42
Date
12 Sep 2020
Location
BT Sport Studio, London, England
20
20
No.
20
Result
Win
Record
19–1
Opponent
Diego Jair Ramirez
Type
TKO
Round, time
2 (6), 2:55
Date
8 Feb 2020
Location
Discoteca Memphis, Madrid, Spain
19
19
No.
19
Result
Loss
Record
18–1
Opponent
Sergey Kovalev
Type
KO
Round, time
11 (12), 2:04
Date
24 Aug 2019
Location
Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Notes
For WBO light-heavyweight title
18
18
No.
18
Result
Win
Record
18–0
Opponent
Travis Reeves
Type
TKO
Round, time
5 (10), 0:48
Date
8 Mar 2019
Location
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Notes
Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
17
17
No.
17
Result
Win
Record
17–0
Opponent
Walter Gabriel Sequeira
Type
TKO
Round, time
4 (10), 2:14
Date
20 Oct 2018
Location
Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
Notes
Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
16
16
No.
16
Result
Win
Record
16–0
Opponent
Dariusz Sęk
Type
TKO
Round, time
7 (10), 2:17
Date
23 Jun 2018
Location
The O2 Arena, London, England
Notes
Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
15
15
No.
15
Result
Win
Record
15–0
Opponent
Tony Averlant
Type
RTD
Round, time
7 (10), 3:00
Date
24 Feb 2018
Location
York Hall, London, England
Notes
Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
14
14
No.
14
Result
Win
Record
14–0
Opponent
Nikola Sjekloća
Type
TKO
Round, time
4 (10), 1:52
Date
9 Dec 2017
Location
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Notes
Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
13
13
No.
13
Result
Win
Record
13–0
Opponent
Norbert Nemesapati
Type
RTD
Round, time
3 (12), 3:00
Date
16 Sep 2017
Location
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Notes
Retained WBO European light-heavyweight title;Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
12
12
No.
12
Result
Win
Record
12–0
Opponent
Richard Baranyi
Type
TKO
Round, time
1 (10), 2:21
Date
8 Jul 2017
Location
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Notes
Won WBO European light-heavyweight title
11
11
No.
11
Result
Win
Record
11–0
Opponent
Chris Hobbs
Type
TKO
Round, time
4 (10), 2:51
Date
20 May 2017
Location
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Notes
Won Southern Area light-heavyweight title
10
10
No.
10
Result
Win
Record
10–0
Opponent
Darren Snow
Type
KO
Round, time
1 (6), 2:17
Date
22 Apr 2017
Location
Leicester Arena, Leicester, England
9
9
No.
9
Result
Win
Record
9–0
Opponent
Ferenc Albert
Type
TKO
Round, time
1 (6), 1:36
Date
25 Nov 2016
Location
Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
8
8
No.
8
Result
Win
Record
8–0
Opponent
Rayford Johnson
Type
TKO
Round, time
1 (6), 2:10
Date
Sep 17, 2016
Location
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, US
7
7
No.
7
Result
Win
Record
7–0
Opponent
Grzegorz Semik
Type
TKO
Round, time
2 (6), 1:24
Date
10 Jun 2016
Location
York Hall, London, England
6
6
No.
6
Result
Win
Record
6–0
Opponent
Tzvetozar Iliev
Type
TKO
Round, time
2 (6), 2:40
Date
30 Apr 2016
Location
Copper Box Arena, London, England
5
5
No.
5
Result
Win
Record
5–0
Opponent
David Sipos
Type
TKO
Round, time
1 (6), 2:53
Date
25 Mar 2016
Location
York Hall, London, England
4
4
No.
4
Result
Win
Record
4–0
Opponent
Curtis Gargano
Type
TKO
Round, time
1 (4), 1:35
Date
19 Dec 2015
Location
Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
3
3
No.
3
Result
Win
Record
3–0
Opponent
Tamas Danko
Type
TKO
Round, time
1 (4), 1:40
Date
30 Oct 2015
Location
Harrow Leisure Centre, London, England
2
2
No.
2
Result
Win
Record
2–0
Opponent
Stanislavs Makarenko
Type
PTS
Round, time
4
Date
12 Jun 2015
Location
York Hall, London, England
1
1
No.
1
Result
Win
Record
1–0
Opponent
Mitch Mitchell
Type
KO
Round, time
2 (4), 0:15
Date
9 May 2015
Location
The SSE Arena Wembley, London, England
No.
Result
Record
Opponent
Type
Round, time
Date
Location
Notes
31
Loss
27–4
David Benavidez
TKO
7 (12) 1:59
22 Nov 2025
Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
For WBC and WBA (Regular) light heavyweight titles
30
Win
27–3
Lyndon Arthur
UD
12
26 Apr 2025
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England
29
Win
26–3
Ralfs Vilcans
PTS
10
19 Oct 2024
Copper Box Arena, London, England
28
Win
25–3
Marko Nikolic
KO
3 (10) 1:15
10 Feb 2024
Copper Box Arena, London, England
27
Win
24–3
Jorge Silva
KO
2 (10) 2:07
23 Sep 2023
OVO Arena Wembley, London, England
26
Loss
23–3
Artur Beterbiev
TKO
8 (12), 2:01
28 Jan 2023
OVO Arena Wembley, London, England
For WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles
25
Win
23–2
Stefani Koykov
KO
3 (10), 2:31
19 Nov 2022
Telford International Centre, Telford, England
24
Win
22–2
Lyndon Arthur
KO
4 (12), 1:27
4 Dec 2021
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Won Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
23
Win
21–2
Alex Theran
TKO
1 (10), 2:32
28 Aug 2021
Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England
22
Loss
20–2
Lyndon Arthur
SD
12
5 Dec 2020
Church House, London, England
For Commonwealth and vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
21
Win
20–1
Dec Spelman
TKO
6 (10), 2:42
12 Sep 2020
BT Sport Studio, London, England
20
Win
19–1
Diego Jair Ramirez
TKO
2 (6), 2:55
8 Feb 2020
Discoteca Memphis, Madrid, Spain
19
Loss
18–1
Sergey Kovalev
KO
11 (12), 2:04
24 Aug 2019
Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia
For WBO light-heavyweight title
18
Win
18–0
Travis Reeves
TKO
5 (10), 0:48
8 Mar 2019
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
17
Win
17–0
Walter Gabriel Sequeira
TKO
4 (10), 2:14
20 Oct 2018
Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
16
Win
16–0
Dariusz Sęk
TKO
7 (10), 2:17
23 Jun 2018
The O2 Arena, London, England
Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
15
Win
15–0
Tony Averlant
RTD
7 (10), 3:00
24 Feb 2018
York Hall, London, England
Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
14
Win
14–0
Nikola Sjekloća
TKO
4 (10), 1:52
9 Dec 2017
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles
13
Win
13–0
Norbert Nemesapati
RTD
3 (12), 3:00
16 Sep 2017
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Retained WBO European light-heavyweight title;Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
12
Win
12–0
Richard Baranyi
TKO
1 (10), 2:21
8 Jul 2017
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Won WBO European light-heavyweight title
11
Win
11–0
Chris Hobbs
TKO
4 (10), 2:51
20 May 2017
Copper Box Arena, London, England
Won Southern Area light-heavyweight title
10
Win
10–0
Darren Snow
KO
1 (6), 2:17
22 Apr 2017
Leicester Arena, Leicester, England
9
Win
9–0
Ferenc Albert
TKO
1 (6), 1:36
25 Nov 2016
Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
8
Win
8–0
Rayford Johnson
TKO
1 (6), 2:10
Sep 17, 2016
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, US
7
Win
7–0
Grzegorz Semik
TKO
2 (6), 1:24
10 Jun 2016
York Hall, London, England
6
Win
6–0
Tzvetozar Iliev
TKO
2 (6), 2:40
30 Apr 2016
Copper Box Arena, London, England
5
Win
5–0
David Sipos
TKO
1 (6), 2:53
25 Mar 2016
York Hall, London, England
4
Win
4–0
Curtis Gargano
TKO
1 (4), 1:35
19 Dec 2015
Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
3
Win
3–0
Tamas Danko
TKO
1 (4), 1:40
30 Oct 2015
Harrow Leisure Centre, London, England
2
Win
2–0
Stanislavs Makarenko
PTS
4
12 Jun 2015
York Hall, London, England
1
Win
1–0
Mitch Mitchell
KO
2 (4), 0:15
9 May 2015
The SSE Arena Wembley, London, England
· External links
Regional boxing titles
Regional boxing titles
Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Preceded byChris Hobbs
Preceded byChris Hobbs
Sporting positions
Preceded byChris Hobbs
Sporting positions
Southern Arealight-heavyweight champion 20 May 2017 – November 2018Vacated
Sporting positions
VacantTitle next held byAndre Stirling
Preceded byRichard Baranyi
Preceded byRichard Baranyi
Sporting positions
Preceded byRichard Baranyi
Sporting positions
WBO Europeanlight-heavyweight champion 8 July 2017 – December 2018Vacated
Sporting positions
VacantTitle next held byEmil Markic
VacantTitle last held byDominic Boesel
VacantTitle last held byDominic Boesel
Sporting positions
VacantTitle last held byDominic Boesel
Sporting positions
WBO Inter-Continentallight-heavyweight champion 16 September 2017 – 24 August 2019Failed to win world title
Sporting positions
VacantTitle next held byEleider Álvarez
Preceded byLyndon Arthur
Preceded byLyndon Arthur
Sporting positions
Preceded byLyndon Arthur
Sporting positions
WBO Inter-Continentallight-heavyweight champion 4 December 2021 – 28 January 2023Failed to win world title
Sporting positions
VacantTitle next held byJuan Carrillo
Commonwealthlight-heavyweight champion 4 December 2021 – December 2022Vacated
Commonwealthlight-heavyweight champion 4 December 2021 – December 2022Vacated
Sporting positions
Commonwealthlight-heavyweight champion 4 December 2021 – December 2022Vacated
Sporting positions
VacantTitle next held byDan Azeez
Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Preceded byChris Hobbs
Southern Arealight-heavyweight champion 20 May 2017 – November 2018Vacated
VacantTitle next held byAndre Stirling
Preceded byRichard Baranyi
WBO Europeanlight-heavyweight champion 8 July 2017 – December 2018Vacated
VacantTitle next held byEmil Markic
VacantTitle last held byDominic Boesel
WBO Inter-Continentallight-heavyweight champion 16 September 2017 – 24 August 2019Failed to win world title
VacantTitle next held byEleider Álvarez
Preceded byLyndon Arthur
WBO Inter-Continentallight-heavyweight champion 4 December 2021 – 28 January 2023Failed to win world title
VacantTitle next held byJuan Carrillo
Commonwealthlight-heavyweight champion 4 December 2021 – December 2022Vacated
VacantTitle next held byDan Azeez

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