I'm fine with this as one the 'learning' fights. It will give him rounds and if he KOs him, he'll do something the impressive Gvozdyk didn't.
I think with Buatsi catching up to him at a good pace. Yarde will step up a bit quicker th is year. At the end of the year if Buatsi is British champion and trying to win the belt outright he will have had a good year. Yarde needs to have fought a top 20 guy or top 15 by the end of the year. His ranking at the moment is false and any of the world champions ruin him at this point.
Totally safe opponent who’s tough but can’t hit. We want to see what Yarde defence is like cos we already know he has power but hey ho maybe 2020 we might catch a glimpse
Hosea Burton or any other British level LHW, however, wouldn't be surprised to see another Romanian dog-walker.