Anthony Yarde pugile

Anthony Dwayne Duncan Yarde (born 13 August 1991) is a British professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBO light-heavyweight title in 2019, and has held the Commonwealth light-heavyweight title since 2021.Yarde began boxing at a relatively late age and only had twelve amateur fights prior to turning professional. In May 2015, he made his professional debut with a second-round knockout (KO) victory over Mitch Mitchell.After compiling a record of 10–0 (9 KOs) he captured the Southern Area light-heavyweight title, dropping reigning champion Chris Hobbs to the canvas six times en route to a fourth-round technical knockout (TKO) victory on 20 May 2017 at the Copper Box Arena in London.Two months later he defeated Richard Baranyi via first-round TKO on 8 July at the Copper Box Arena, capturing the WBO European light-heavyweight title.