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title: "Anthony Yarde imitates Artur Beterbiev at open workout"
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published: "2024-10-17T16:01:17Z"
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# Anthony Yarde imitates Artur Beterbiev at open workout

**Light-heavyweight title hopeful Anthony Yarde is set for a landmark fight this weekend and after witnessing Artur Beterbiev’s undisputed title win last Saturday, the Brit appears to have taken some inspiration.**

Anthony Yarde gave the Canadian-Russian one of his toughest tests in the professional ring when they went toe-to-toe last January – [losing via knockout whilst ahead on the cards against the undefeated mastermind](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/boxing-reaction-to-beterbiev-yarde-fight/).

Following that victory, Beterbiev moved on to another Briton and [halted Liverpool’s former super-middleweight world champion Callum Smith](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/beterbiev-smith-reaction/) to extend his 100% knockout record to 20 fights.

However, 39-year-old Beterbiev’s insane run of stoppages came to an end when he was tasked with Russian technician and fellow light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in Riyadh on Saturday.

Although that is not to say that he was not happy with the result, where he [edged a split-decision](https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/live/clynz7n2zjvt) to become the first undisputed light-heavyweight champion of the four-belt era.

During the build-up to that legendary scrap, Beterbiev’s training methods went viral as he showed his brutal wrist exercises at the public workout for the event.

https://www.twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1844102486661251392

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Meanwhile, Yarde has fought twice since losing out to the pound-for-pound superstar, banking back-to-back stoppage wins of his own against Jorge Silva and Marko Nikolic – neither of those opponents being able to reach the fourth round against the Londoner.

Now, as Yarde’s pursuit for light-heavyweight gold continues, the 33-year-old is set to make his debut under Ben Shalom and BOXXER since [leaving Frank Warren’s Queensberry promotions](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/anthony-yarde-and-frank-warren-clash-once-again/).

At the public workout, Yarde copied Beterbiev’s training techniques and smiled at the camera afterwards, paying homage to one of the modern greats of the sport, [as per Sky Sports Boxing.](https://www.twitter.com/SkySportsBoxing/status/1846939841772110219)

> Anthony Yarde channelling his inner Artur Beterbiev ? ?[#AzimDavies](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AzimDavies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) | Saturday [pic.twitter.com/JMeM6ArgED](https://t.co/JMeM6ArgED)
>
> — Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) [October 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/SkySportsBoxing/status/1846939841772110219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Yarde (25-3) will take on Latvia’s Ralfs Vilcans (17-1) on the Azim-Davies undercard at the Copper Box Arena in London this weekend, with the full card being available to watch live on Sky Sports on Saturday October 19th.

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