Thanks Steve. I too believe Yarde will always suffer endurance issues. He's simply too big. He looked massive compared to Beterbiev. With the current vogue of weight draining a fighter he appears to be trying to buck the trend by making himself as big as possible. This move failed him on Saturday as it did back against Kovalev. It might get him top slot in UK but no further.
Great article Steve. Completely agree that live events are incomparable to replays where you already know the result, same thought crossed my mind when watching the fight. Also interesting comment on Yarde only being an 8-9 round fighter given his build - I don’t disagree and would love to see him against Callum Smith or Joshua Buatsi to see if he could get them out of there in time!
Thanks Steve. I too believe Yarde will always suffer endurance issues. He's simply too big. He looked massive compared to Beterbiev. With the current vogue of weight draining a fighter he appears to be trying to buck the trend by making himself as big as possible. This move failed him on Saturday as it did back against Kovalev. It might get him top slot in UK but no further.
Great article Steve. Completely agree that live events are incomparable to replays where you already know the result, same thought crossed my mind when watching the fight. Also interesting comment on Yarde only being an 8-9 round fighter given his build - I don’t disagree and would love to see him against Callum Smith or Joshua Buatsi to see if he could get them out of there in time!