Champion Sergey Kovalev In With “Lions In The Camp” Anthony Yarde.

BY Scottie “The Context” White

WBO Sergey Kovalev 33-3-1 (28KOs) v. #1 Anthony Yarde 18-0 (17KOs) in a lightweight championship showpiece. Rumblings are siding in favor of Yarde edging out Kovalev when gloves finally touch. Some Voices are egging on a potential stoppage inside the limit but pumping the breaks a bit to the easiness in believing the recipient of that knock out will be delegated from Yarde. There is a slight 6 year disparity that petition the gap betwixt these fighters ring experience. An important highlight to a boxing epoch of the challenger Yarde, he answered his first professional bell while Kovalev was a reigning world champion 2013 – 2015. Boxing aficionados reflecting on Yarde ledger has seen him contend his first professional contest in replay back to 5/2015, an extension moving forward for Kovalev is a recorded multiple time world champion to his boxing credentials.

This isn’t a green lit intersection for Yarde, who in my opinion will endure tough challenges in this bout and will dependent on him executing sound adaptation to shift levels on the big stage. Hearing the vociferous echos “Lions In The Camp, we don’t get weak.” is a mantra heard loud and clear. Rest assured Tunde Ajayi (Lead Trainer) and Ade Olayinke (assistant trainer) has spun the reels in studying Kovalev toughest fights in recent years, from former champions Andre Ward to Elider Alvarez.

Kovalev, treated the Frisco Texas crowd to a sensational rematch in regaining his title under the tutelage of Hall Of Famer Buddy McGirt, as Kovalev performed sharply outside of any marginal residue from facing previous foe Eleider Alvarez their first outing.

For Kovalev, this bout isn’t considerably a step up fight in competition for him, just merely notating Yarde 18 straight victories ranks far outside the competitive tour of duty registered by Kovalev. Yarde wall-street weighs heavily on his ranking status in a single sanctioning body as the current number one WBO light heavyweight contender. Now the expectations is absolutely heighten for this highly hyped contender in Yarde, the priority is to win his first championship bout but understanding he’s on dangerous grounds in keeping the chip as his company cages a hungry lion who is salivating in close proximity. The second ranked contender is division newcomer Gilberto Ramirez 40-0 (26KOs). Yes, fight fans you read it correctly, former super middleweight champion Ramirez tallied his first win in the light heavyweight division with a fourth round stoppage over Tommy Karpency, so you know he’s yearning for a title shot in the near future.

This 12-round collision for Yarde will test his grand entry in splitting the ropes all the way to the closing bell. A schedule affair taking place at Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, 24 August. Yarde will venture onto foreign battlegrounds far from any home-soil reinforcements. We have seen Kovalev body of work both ups and downs, so now boxing chapters another young hitter to the fray in solidifying his mark. Yarde is unproven at this level, so of course he’s out to prove to us all, he truly belongs in the squared championship quadrant with a veteran as Kovalev.

My final round. A simple media toggle is the reporting story-line of combat sports, a fun fact that comes easy with pulling content from archival footage. What isn’t as pleasant is the predictions, we attempt to gauge our assessments from boxing catalogs, rated performances and derive a conscious settlement of reasons to the boxing masses. So with that said, my fledgling ratio in predicting winners in contact sport shouldn’t be calibrated in the high percentile of high-stakes betting.

So here we go! My prediction is Kovalev by UD. Be sure to Turn Up and Tune In to “WORLD COMBAT SPORTS” MEDIA