Anthony Yarde to fight Artur Beterbiev in light-heavyweight unification blockbuster providing Russian beats Joe Smith Jr
PROMOTER Bob Arum has revealed that Artur Beterbiev will fight Anthony Yarde - providing the Russian beats Joe Smith Jr.
Beterbiev takes on Smith in a unification clash tonight in New York and Briton Yarde is expected to be watching ringside.
If Beterbiev, 37, wins then Yarde, 30, awaits for a bout that will take place in October.
London is set to be the venue for the fight with the WBC, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight world titles on the line.
Promoter says he has been in talks with Arum who represents both Beterbiev and Smith.
Warren told : "It's more or less agreed, we're looking to fight the winner in October in London.
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"Bob and I have agreed we'll do the fight, but they're going to be ordered [to fight Yarde] anyway. It will be a great fight, whoever wins."
Beterviev is undefeated in his 17 fights.
Meanwhile, Smith has lost three bouts in his career with his most recent defeat occurring in 2019 when he lost to Dmitriy Bivol.
Bivol himself is also interested in fighting the winner of Beterbiev-Smith.
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As for Yarde, he has a record of 22 wins and two losses with his most victory coming against fellow Brit Lyndon Arthur.
Yarde got his revenge against Arthur a year after losing to him with a knockout last December.
The potential fight against Beterbiev would be the second world title fight of Yarde's career after he lost his first chance to win a world title against Sergey Kovalev three years ago.