Yarde vs Nikolic

Who won Yarde vs Nikolic?

Anthony Yarde beat Marko Nikolic by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday, February 10th, 2024, at Copper Box Arena, London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Hamzah Sheeraz beating Liam Williams for the CBC Commonwealth Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Sam Noakes beat Lewis Sylvester for the CBC Commonwealth Lightweight and BBBOC British Lightweight belts, and Masood Abdulah defeated Qais Ashfaq.

Yarde vs Nikolic stats

Back in February 2024, Anthony Yarde stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws.

Marko Nikolic made his way to the ring with a record of 32 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws.

Anthony Yarde was the younger man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Nikolic had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yarde.

Both Anthony Yarde and Marko Nikolic fought out of an orthodox stance.

Yarde was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 9 months later than Nikolic, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 71 fewer professional rounds, totaling 113 compared to Nikolic's 184.

Anthony Yarde went into the fight ranked number 4 by the WBA, 5 by the WBC, 6 by the WBO, and 8 by the IBF at light heavyweight.

Yarde vs Nikolic form

Anthony Yarde had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Jorge Silva on September 23, 2023, by knockout in the 2nd round at Wembley Arena, Wembley, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Artur Beterbiev on January 28, 2023, by knockout in the 8th round in their IBF World Light Heavyweight, WBC World Light heavyweight and WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at Wembley Arena, Wembley.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Stefani Koykov on November 19, 2022, by knockout in the 3rd round at Telford International Centre, Telford.

Before that, he had won against Lyndon Arthur on December 4, 2021, by knockout in the 4th round at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

He had beaten Alex Theran on August 28, 2021, by knockout in the 1st round at Arena Birmingham, West Midlands.

Activity check

Yarde's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 13 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

What time did Yarde vs Nikolic start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM GMT at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 2:00 PM EST or 11:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Yarde vs Nikolic?

Yarde vs Nikolic was broadcast on TNT Sports 1 in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Yarde vs Nikolic?

Anthony Yarde was a 1/50 (-5000) favorite going into the contest, while Marko Nikolic made his way into the ring at 18/1 (+1800) with oddsmakers.