Older and wiser, Anthony Yarde believes the third time's a charm, 4
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July 4, 2025
Source: Boxing Scene
Smith consequently emerged as Benavidez’s likeliest next opponent, but the confirmation that it will instead be Yarde means that Yarde feels vindicated in the patience demonstrated by he and his trainer and manager Babatunde Ajayi.
“I’m a firm believer that when you concentrate and focus on the opinions of others, you’re always going to be at the bottom of the barrel, because people are momentary; they focus on the moment; on the here and now, and I’ve never been like that,” he explained. “I’m a firm believer in what’s meant to be is gonna be – it’s why I don’t get nervous before fights. What’s gonna be is gonna be. I’m in a fantastic position; my life’s already changed for the better. I just see it as an opportunity. Some people never get the chance; some people never get opportunity. I’m the person – my belief in God and the way my life’s gone, when the opportunity presents itself, I’m going to take it.”
November’s fight regardless represents Yarde’s first since the death, following a struggle with cancer, of his assistant trainer James Cook MBE – a development that, in turn, followed him learning that his one-time amateur coach Tony Cesay is suffering with motor neurone disease.
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