From his performance last night, if he were to fight any of the below, who does he beat and how? Burton Badou Jack Buatsi Johnson Bivol Beterbiev Gvozdyk Gilberto Ramirez Eleider Alvarez
It’s hard to say. Burton is a difficult nights work for anyone. Buatsi - fantastic talent but he himself is yet to step up. Johnson can bang but he can be banged too so that’s a 50-50. All the others I have Yarde as under dog.
I hope they don't go back to putting Yarde in against no-hopers. Maybe not his very next fight, but I hope they try again at the fringes of world level and above hopefully he can get a real proper win. Maybe Jean Pascal could be somebody to target in the near future. He's made himself relevant again by beating Browne. That would be a solid win for Yarde and a lesser belt to pick up.
Can we please take Burton off this list?? The guy is a joker, who talks about fighting and never does. How long has it been since he got beat by Buglioni. He’s even left Hearn after being offered fights with Buatsi and Richards.
If Yarde had been parked up by Kovalev in a couple of rounds then a fight against someone on the bum carousel next is acceptable but he didn’t so let’s see the competition stay at a high level please Frank
I think the highest ranked LHW Yarde almost definitely beats is Browne. Come from behind stoppage style. I think Jack is done too.