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Anthony Yarde

27-4-0

Light Heavyweight #7

31Career bouts

132Rounds boxed

May 2015Pro debut

89%KO rate

Bio

Three-time world title challenger from London who fell short against Sergey Kovalev, Artur Beterbiev and David Benavidez. His most recent defeat came against Benavidez in Riyadh in November 2025.

Tale of the Tape

Record	27-4-0
Division	Light Heavyweight (175 lb)
Status	Contender
Nickname	—
Age	35
Nationality	British
Height	6'0" / 183cm
Reach	72" / 183cm
Stance	Orthodox
Win methods	24 wins by KO
KO rate	89% (24 of 27 wins)

Career record

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	Rd	Location · Notes	Record
Nov 22, 2025	David Benavidez	L	TKO	7 of 12	Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFor WBC and WBA (Regular) light heavyweight titles	27-4-0
Apr 26, 2025	Lyndon Arthur	W	UD	12 of 12	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England	27-3-0
Oct 19, 2024	Ralfs Vilcans	W	PTS	10 of 10	Copper Box Arena, London, England	26-3-0
Feb 10, 2024	Marko Nikolic	W	KO	3 of 10	Copper Box Arena, London, England	25-3-0
Sep 23, 2023	Jorge Silva	W	KO	2 of 10	OVO Arena Wembley, London, England	24-3-0
Jan 28, 2023	Artur Beterbiev	L	TKO	8 of 12	OVO Arena Wembley, London, EnglandFor WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles	23-3-0
Nov 19, 2022	Stefani Koykov	W	KO	3 of 10	Telford International Centre, Telford, England	23-2-0
Dec 4, 2021	Lyndon Arthur	W	KO	4 of 12	Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandWon Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles	22-2-0
Aug 28, 2021	Alex Theran	W	TKO	1 of 10	Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England	21-2-0
Dec 5, 2020	Lyndon Arthur	L	SD	12 of 12	Church House, London, EnglandFor Commonwealth and vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles	20-2-0
Sep 12, 2020	Dec Spelman	W	TKO	6 of 10	BT Sport Studio, London, England	20-1-0
Feb 8, 2020	Diego Jair Ramirez	W	TKO	2 of 6	Discoteca Memphis, Madrid, Spain	19-1-0
Aug 24, 2019	Sergey Kovalev	L	KO	11 of 12	Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, RussiaFor WBO light-heavyweight title	18-1-0
Mar 8, 2019	Travis Reeves	W	TKO	5 of 10	Royal Albert Hall, London, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title	18-0-0
Oct 20, 2018	Walter Gabriel Sequeira	W	TKO	4 of 10	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title	17-0-0
Jun 23, 2018	Dariusz Sęk	W	TKO	7 of 10	The O2 Arena, London, EnglandRetained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles	16-0-0
Feb 24, 2018	Tony Averlant	W	RTD	7 of 10	York Hall, London, EnglandRetained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles	15-0-0
Dec 9, 2017	Nikola Sjekloća	W	TKO	4 of 10	Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandRetained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles	14-0-0
Sep 16, 2017	Norbert Nemesapati	W	RTD	3 of 12	Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandRetained WBO European light-heavyweight title; Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title	13-0-0
Jul 8, 2017	Richard Baranyi	W	TKO	1 of 10	Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandWon WBO European light-heavyweight title	12-0-0
May 20, 2017	Chris Hobbs	W	TKO	4 of 10	Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandWon Southern Area light-heavyweight title	11-0-0
Apr 22, 2017	Darren Snow	W	KO	1 of 6	Leicester Arena, Leicester, England	10-0-0
Nov 25, 2016	Ferenc Albert	W	TKO	1 of 6	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England	9-0-0
Sep 17, 2016	Rayford Johnson	W	TKO	1 of 6	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, US	8-0-0
Jun 10, 2016	Grzegorz Semik	W	TKO	2 of 6	York Hall, London, England	7-0-0
Apr 30, 2016	Tzvetozar Iliev	W	TKO	2 of 6	Copper Box Arena, London, England	6-0-0
Mar 25, 2016	David Sipos	W	TKO	1 of 6	York Hall, London, England	5-0-0
Dec 19, 2015	Curtis Gargano	W	TKO	1 of 4	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England	4-0-0
Oct 30, 2015	Tamas Danko	W	TKO	1 of 4	Harrow Leisure Centre, London, England	3-0-0
Jun 12, 2015	Stanislavs Makarenko	W	PTS	4 of 4	York Hall, London, England	2-0-0
May 9, 2015	Mitch Mitchell	W	KO	2 of 4	The SSE Arena Wembley, London, England	1-0-0

2025

LDavid BenavidezTKO · R7 of 12

Nov 22, 2025 · Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia27-4-0

For WBC and WBA (Regular) light heavyweight titles

WLyndon ArthurUD · R12 of 12

Apr 26, 2025 · Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England27-3-0

2024

WRalfs VilcansPTS · R10 of 10

Oct 19, 2024 · Copper Box Arena, London, England26-3-0

WMarko NikolicKO · R3 of 10

Feb 10, 2024 · Copper Box Arena, London, England25-3-0

2023

WJorge SilvaKO · R2 of 10

Sep 23, 2023 · OVO Arena Wembley, London, England24-3-0

LArtur BeterbievTKO · R8 of 12

Jan 28, 2023 · OVO Arena Wembley, London, England23-3-0

For WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles

2022

WStefani KoykovKO · R3 of 10

Nov 19, 2022 · Telford International Centre, Telford, England23-2-0

2021

WLyndon ArthurKO · R4 of 12

Dec 4, 2021 · Copper Box Arena, London, England22-2-0

Won Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles

WAlex TheranTKO · R1 of 10

Aug 28, 2021 · Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England21-2-0

2020

LLyndon ArthurSD · R12 of 12

Dec 5, 2020 · Church House, London, England20-2-0

For Commonwealth and vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles

WDec SpelmanTKO · R6 of 10

Sep 12, 2020 · BT Sport Studio, London, England20-1-0

WDiego Jair RamirezTKO · R2 of 6

Feb 8, 2020 · Discoteca Memphis, Madrid, Spain19-1-0

2019

LSergey KovalevKO · R11 of 12

Aug 24, 2019 · Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia18-1-0

For WBO light-heavyweight title

WTravis ReevesTKO · R5 of 10

Mar 8, 2019 · Royal Albert Hall, London, England18-0-0

Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title

2018

WWalter Gabriel SequeiraTKO · R4 of 10

Oct 20, 2018 · Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England17-0-0

Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title

WDariusz SękTKO · R7 of 10

Jun 23, 2018 · The O2 Arena, London, England16-0-0

Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles

WTony AverlantRTD · R7 of 10

Feb 24, 2018 · York Hall, London, England15-0-0

Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles

2017

WNikola SjekloćaTKO · R4 of 10

Dec 9, 2017 · Copper Box Arena, London, England14-0-0

Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles

WNorbert NemesapatiRTD · R3 of 12

Sep 16, 2017 · Copper Box Arena, London, England13-0-0

Retained WBO European light-heavyweight title; Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title

WRichard BaranyiTKO · R1 of 10

Jul 8, 2017 · Copper Box Arena, London, England12-0-0

Won WBO European light-heavyweight title

WChris HobbsTKO · R4 of 10

May 20, 2017 · Copper Box Arena, London, England11-0-0

Won Southern Area light-heavyweight title

WDarren SnowKO · R1 of 6

Apr 22, 2017 · Leicester Arena, Leicester, England10-0-0

2016

WFerenc AlbertTKO · R1 of 6

Nov 25, 2016 · Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England9-0-0

WRayford JohnsonTKO · R1 of 6

Sep 17, 2016 · AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, US8-0-0

WGrzegorz SemikTKO · R2 of 6

Jun 10, 2016 · York Hall, London, England7-0-0

WTzvetozar IlievTKO · R2 of 6

Apr 30, 2016 · Copper Box Arena, London, England6-0-0

WDavid SiposTKO · R1 of 6

Mar 25, 2016 · York Hall, London, England5-0-0

2015

WCurtis GarganoTKO · R1 of 4

Dec 19, 2015 · Manchester Arena, Manchester, England4-0-0

WTamas DankoTKO · R1 of 4

Oct 30, 2015 · Harrow Leisure Centre, London, England3-0-0

WStanislavs MakarenkoPTS · R4 of 4

Jun 12, 2015 · York Hall, London, England2-0-0

WMitch MitchellKO · R2 of 4

May 9, 2015 · The SSE Arena Wembley, London, England1-0-0

Full career record, most recent first — sourced from the fighter’s published professional record and cross-checked against the record above. Each bout shows the record after that fight.

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