Artur Beterbiev vs Anthony Yarde weigh-in results and fight schedule
Unbeaten unified light-heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18KO) and challenger to his three titles Anthony Yarde (23-2, 22KO) both weighed in today, January 27, at The Drum in Wembley ahead of Saturday night's showdown.
'The Beast from the East' Anthony Yarde has endured a difficult journey in reaching this huge light-heavyweight unification fight, involving a brave defeat against Sergey Kovalev in Russia and a redeeming knockout victory against rival Lyndon Arthur after losing on points in their first fight. Despite this, he faces what may be the toughest battle of his career against this fearsome, who is the only reigning world champion to have knocked every single one of his opponents.
The action starts at 7pm on BT Sport 1 HD. All the weights, order of fights and ringwalk times (approx.) can be found below:
Main Event – 10pm
12×3 IBF, WBC & WBO Light-Heavyweight Championship
Artur Beterbiev 12 stone 6 pounds 8 ounces
Anthony Yarde 12 stone 6 pounds 4 ounces
Chief Support – 9am
12×3 WBA Flyweight Championship
Artem Dalakian 7 stone 13 pounds 10 oz
David Jimenez 7 stone 13 pounds 2 oz
Fight 9
10×3 Vacant WBC International Light-Heavyweight title
Karol Itauma 12 stone 6 pounds 2oz
Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna 12 stone 6 pounds 11 oz
Fight 8
4×3 International Heavyweight contest
Moses Itauma 17 stone 12 pounds
Marcel Bode 15 stone 10 pounds
Fight 7
6×3 International Featherweight contest
Umar Khan 9 stone 1 pound
Sandeep Singh Bhatti 8 stone 13 pounds 4 ounces
Fight 6
6×3 International Super-Featherweight contest
Charles Frankham 9 stone 6 pounds 6 ounces
Joshua Ocampo 9 stone 2 pounds 2 ounces
Fight 5
6×3 welterweight contest
Joshua Frankham 11 stone 8 ounces
Joe Hardy 11 stone 1 pound 5 ounces
Fight 4
6×3 International welterweight contest
Sean Noakes 10 stone 6 pounds 4 ounces
Santiago Garces 10 stone 4 pounds 2 ounces
Fight 3
6×3 International Super-welterweight contest
Khalid Ali 10 stone 13 pounds
Ivica Gogosevic 10 stone 10 pounds 10 ounces
Fight 2
6×3 International Featherweight contest
Masood Abdullah 9 stone 6 pounds
Lesther Lara 9 stone 6 pounds 10 ounces
Fight 1 – 7pm
6×3 Cruiserweight contest
Tommy Fletcher 14 stone 3 pounds 6 ounces
Darryl Sharp 13 stone 6 pounds 8 ounces