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on this link here.And at light-heavyweight, things are bubbling nicely too after Anthony Yarde’s emphatic victory over Lyndon Arthur.What a fine performance from the Londoner to get revenge against the Manchester man inside four rounds.I knew Anthony had that in his locker and I’ve been pleading with him to bring it out for ages now.I’m sure if he boxed like that against Sergey Kovalev then he would already be world champion.He definitely would have beaten Arthur first time round, too.Anthony didn’t look to load up on his shots, he picked the best ones to throw and his head movement was great.Now he is ready for another crack at a world title and it will be against the winner of Callum Johnson against WBO champion Joe Smith Jnr.

Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde couldn’t have a bigger incentive for victory on Saturday night.The winner will get a crack at the WBO light-heavyweight champion next year.Hopefully, that will be Britain’s Callum Johnson.It was perfect timing that we announced Johnson’s shot at the current WBO champion Joe Smith Jnr this week.Johnson will head to the US on January 15 to take on the American.Hopefully he can bring home the belt and set up a defence against tonight’s winner.It is nearly a day to the year since they last met in the ring.That fight saw Arthur box superbly and come out on top as a deserved points winner.But it never really caught fire.Londoner Yarde started slow while Manchester man Arthur was troubled by an injury to his right