I like Ben. Doing an OK job starting out against two sharks. two sharks who try to rubbish Ben at every opportunity. Ask yourself this (readers of this post), if Ben wasn't such a threat, why do they rubbish him all the time, Hearn especially? Answer - Hearn and Warren are worried. They know what's coming down the line.
The new wave plus the experienced on SKYs platform. People will tune in to watch Whitaker (get sparked), Azim, Buatsi (last 2 fights, 2 great wins), Eubank, Bakole, etc. Is Yarde now with them or is he a Free Agent jumping onto one of Ben's shows? AJ aside, who has Hearn got domestically?
You really want to compare his stable to Warren's and Hearn's? No idea about Yarde's contract situation to be honest.
Because I can name him that way. Just like people name both "Eddie" and "Frank". Back in your box you pop "William".
Both have about 17 years (Hearn) and 40 years (Warren) on Ben. He isn't doing too bad considering he has what, 3 years, maybe 4?
Don't get me wrong, at the end of the day I just want to watch entertaining cards. If he delivers then all is well in the world.
Yarde's ruined his career. Back to the Copperbox against Polish decorators catching the bus to the venue in their overalls. He would have been making 7 figure purses headlining Saudi cards if he stayed with Fwank.
For statistical facts. Apart from the Russians he lost to, and Brits he's faced nations of the opponents he's has faced: 5 Hungary 2 Bulgaria 2 Poland 2 Colombia 1 Argentina 1 Latvia 1 Serbia 1 Montenegro 1 Portugal 1 France (To his credit he hasn't actually faced any 'Slovenian taxi drivers' or 'Albanian dairy farmers') Might take a look at Hungary's boxrec rankings of current super middleweights, good chance we might seem them next week
Yarde's opponent still TBA. Looks like they'll put the opponent from the crowd. Maybe have a raffle like they did last week, but instead of getting a Mercedes the winner gets to fight Anthony Lions in the Camp Yarde.