The undefeated Anthony Yarde entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 17-0-0 (16 KOs=94%) and he is ranked as the No.8 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Gvozdyk). He fought three times last year winning over Tony Averlant (Anthony Yarde vs Tony Averlant), Dariusz Sek (Anthony Yarde vs Dariusz Sek) and Walter Gabriel Sequeira (Anthony Yarde vs Walter Gabriel Sequeira).
His opponent, Travis Reeves, has an official record of 17-3-2 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class. He lost to Karo Murat last year (Karo Murat vs Travis Reeves) but then he has beat Devin Butcher and Lanell Bellows. Yarde vs Reeves is valid for the WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-03-08
Where: Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Division: light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg)
Title: WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title
Yarde’s previous fight: Anthony Yarde vs Walter Gabriel Sequeira
Yarde’s next fight: Sergey Kovalev vs Anthony Yarde
Yarde vs Reeves full fight video:
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Official video
That stoppage was too quick.