Wembley Arena will host a bout between current IBF, WBC, and WBO World Light Heavyweight Title holder Artur Beterbiev (18-0) and his new challenger Anthony Yarde (23-2).
Before Beterbiev can have a potential super-fight with Dmitry Bivol, he must defend all three of these belts. Read on for an in-depth Beterbiev vs Yarde betting analysis and prediction ahead of this Saturday night’s title fight.
Last Fight Record
Beterbiev is coming off a title fight where he captured his third belt by defeating the dangerous Joe Smith Jr. in June of 2022 via KO.
Yarde is fresh from an impressive KO victory over Stefani Koykov, prompting him to ask for this title shot, the second of his career.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde Information
Artur Beterbiev vs Anthony Yarde
Location of the fight: Wembley Arena. London, England.
Date: Saturday, January 28. 2:00 PM ET.
Beterbiev vs. Yarde Betting Analysis
Artur Beterbiev
Beterbiev was a world-class amateur champion before he turned pro in 2013. With a lack of analytics available throughout his career, the main stat we can acknowledge is every win of his career has come via knockout. This guy has serious power in his hands and is a true knockout artist.
If his last fight told us one thing, it would be that he absolutely dominated a world championship-level opponent in Joe Smith Jr. Beterbiev, an old-school boxer who throws a lot of punches and has heavy hands.
In the Smith Jr. fight, he showed that he could also sit back and counter with perfect timing.
Beterbiev has the ability to get someone out of there in the first two rounds but also can fend off a tough challenger throughout a 12-round boxing match and then get the finish in the later rounds. He is really one of the most solid, all-around boxers in the world to watch right now.
Anthony Yarde
Anthony Yarde will enjoy being the younger, more athletic fighter this weekend. Along with that, he will be in his home country surrounded by a pro-Yarde crowd. He has an impressive 95% TKO/KO percentage, but that still isn’t the 100% that his opponent has.
Yarde is an exciting fighter to watch. At first glance, it might look like he is the superior fighter because of his more flashy style of fighting compared to Beterbiev. Yarde will throw a lot more heat behind his punches and start putting them on his opponent with impressive volume once he gets into the flow of the fight.
Updates
Yarde called Beterbiev “slow” at his last fight against Joe Smith Jr. Beterbiev responded with: “Slow and steady wins the race,” with a smirk attached to the comment.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde Betting Preview
If you just decided to start betting on boxing tonight, let’s take a deeper look into the betting side of big fights like these. We need to break down the boxing odds when looking at the Beterbiev vs Yarde betting preview.
Beterbiev is a big betting favorite at -800 over the challenger. Yarde will be a +500 underdog going into this weekend. This means you would have to bet $800 on Beterbiev to win only $100. The oddsmakers have him listed as a big favorite to win because they believe he will most likely get his hand raised in the ring on Saturday night.
These odds make it very difficult to bet on boxing because there isn’t much value in the clear favorite. One of the strategies I like to use is adding a big favorite like Beterbiev to a parlay to increase the odds of that hitting.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde Betting Prediction
Boxing predictions are very difficult to make when the odds are very close. In this case, we seem to have a clear heavy favorite to choose from. If you are just getting into betting on boxing, you will realize there are a lot of matchups that seem very one-sided.
For the final Beterbiev vs Yarde betting prediction, we will have to go with Beterbiev to get the job done. Even though it seems more prevalent in boxing lately that underdogs have achieved some major upset wins on big stages.
On a strictly technical level, Beterbiev is the superior boxer. He makes up for what he will lack in speed and athleticism in the ring on Saturday night with timing and boxing IQ. He also has incredible accuracy.
As a great combat sports athlete once said, “timing beats speed, and precision beats power.” and that is going to be the key to this fight. The 38-year-old Russian-Canadian will have his hands raised once again, potentially by a late-round TKO.
Look for Beterbiev to call for a fight against Bivol later this year to try to be the undisputed champion and hold all the belts in the light-heavyweight division.
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