Yarde vs Theran

Who won Yarde vs Theran?

Anthony Yarde beat Alex Theran by knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 28th August 2021 at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham.

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 Akeem Ennis-Brown losing to Sam Maxwell for the CBC Commonwealth Super Lightweight and BBBOC British Super Lightweight championship. Also, on the undercard Anthony Cacace beat Leon Woodstock for the BBBOC British Super Featherweight belt.

Yarde vs Theran stats

Back in August 2021, Anthony Yarde stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alex Theran made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Yarde had a large advantage in power over Theran, boosting at 95% knock out percentage over Theran's 65%.

Anthony Yarde was the younger man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Theran had 4-inch reach advantage.

Anthony Yarde fought out of the orthodox stance, while Alex Theran was a southpaw.

Yarde was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 year and 9 months later than Theran, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 103 to Theran's 107.

Anthony Yarde went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBC, 13 by the WBO and 10 by the IBF at light heavyweight.

Yarde vs Theran form

Anthony Yarde had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Lyndon Arthur on 5th December 2020 by split decision in their CBC Commonwealth Light Heavyweight championship fight at Church House, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Dec Spelman on 12th September 2020 by technical knockout in the 6th round at BT Sport Studio, London.

Going into that contest, he had won against Diego Jair Ramirez on 8th February 2020 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Discoteca Memphis, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.

Before that, he had been beaten by Sergey Kovalev on 24th August 2019 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

He had beat Travis Reeves on 8th March 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Yarde's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

What time did Yarde vs Theran start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:30 PM BST at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, which was 5:30 PM EST or 2:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Yarde vs Theran?

Yarde vs Theran was broadcast on BT Sport 1 in the UK.

What were the odds on Yarde vs Theran?

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