Artur Beterbiev vs Anthony Yarde

Unified champ Beterbiev has a 100% knockout rate and faces a fellow finisher in Yarde. Below, Bryan Fonseca shares his favorite bet, as well as a handful of ...

[PointsBet](https://www.actionnetwork.com/online-sports-betting/reviews/pointsbet). At the end of the day, these guys will be right in front of each other, and while anything could happen in 10-ounce gloves, bet on the better man, and that’s Beterbiev. The content on this page is for informational purposes only. But as a straight-up bet, putting down $20 and walking out with an extra $5.40 (less in other books) isn’t ideal, so group round betting, here we come! However, that’s hovering in the -370 to -450 range in most books. Unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs) is the only champion in boxing with a 100% knockout rate. Moreover, his narrow defeat to the aforementioned Arthur was to a fighter, while undefeated, who is several notches below Beterbiev, and even the 2019 version of Kovalev who stopped Yarde. Beterbiev by knockout is the obvious choice. And, for what it’s worth, the only other world light heavyweight title (WBA) is held by Dmitry Bivol, who famously upset Canelo Alvarez last May. For the London native Yarde, it’s his first world title shot since losing via TKO to Sergey Kovalev in August 2019 – his only decisive defeat. Beterbiev, 38, has been a phenom since long before his pro debut in June 2013, following a reported 295-5 amateur record, including multiple world and European-level gold medals. The first was in June 2015.

Anthony Yarde is set with the arduous task of dethroning the undefeated, unified light-heavyweight champion of the world, Artur Beterbiev, ...

Ring walks for the main card are expected to take place around 7pm GMT (2pm ET), with Beterbiev and Yarde entering the ring around 10pm GMT (5pm ET). Anthony Yarde (23-2) will be aiming to make Smith’s world title challenge an all-British affair and pull off one of the country’s greatest ever upsets by defeating such a dominant champion in Beterbiev, who has knocked out all eighteen of his opponents in his professional career. [Defeat to Lyndon Arthur](https://boxing-social.com/news/king-arthur-pips-yarde-on-the-cards/) in 2020 appeared to derail Yarde’s title ambitions, however three successive knockouts, including a fourth-round stoppage of Arthur in their rematch have earnt him the position as a mandatory challenger. This will be Dalakian’s sixth defence of his world title, since winning the belt in 2018, but just his second fight and first title defence outside of his native country. Abdullah has stopped five opponents in his career thus far and will be seeking to add to that record against an opponent who has been knocked out in two of his last four fights. This will be Ali’s fourth fight and the young British-Bangladeshi will be looking to do what Aaron McKenna couldn’t and get the stoppage against the 38-year-old, who has lost his last thirty-two fights.