{"id":5156,"date":"2023-01-27T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/anthony-yarde-on-how-grief-heartbreak-and-unstinting-self-belief-drove-him\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:02:45","slug":"anthony-yarde-on-how-grief-heartbreak-and-unstinting-self-belief-drove-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/anthony-yarde-on-how-grief-heartbreak-and-unstinting-self-belief-drove-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Yarde on how grief, heartbreak and unstinting self-belief drove him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-1\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-1.1\">Boxer Anthony Yarde on battling temper, grief and his redemption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table class=\"gs-o-table story-body__table\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2\">\n<thead class=\"gs-o-table__head gel-brevier \" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.0\">\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.0.$row-0\"\/><\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"gel-long-primer \" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1\">\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0\">\n<td class=\"gs-o-table__cell\" colspan=\"1\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0\"><strong data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:0\">Venue:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:1\"> OVO Arena, Wembley <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:2\">Date: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:3\">Saturday, 28 January<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-1\">\n<td class=\"gs-o-table__cell\" colspan=\"1\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-1.$td-0\"><strong data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:0\">Coverage:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:1\"> Follow live text coverage and reaction on BBC Sport website &amp; app from 21:00 GMT.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">When Anthony Yarde was 19, he told everyone he was going to fight for a world title.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0.0\">Even his closest friends were baffled; at that point he&#8217;d never fought &#8211; as either an amateur or professional.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8216;All right, watch&#8217;,&#8221; he remembers replying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">Yarde had learned to back himself from a young age. His mother was his greatest ally, his &#8220;teacher and provider&#8221; and let him experience everything east London had to offer. Good or bad, mistakes were his to make.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">&#8220;Belief is one of the key things in any form of success,&#8221; he says. &#8220;You have to believe you can do something and if you don&#8217;t, you have to search for it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">Yarde&#8217;s search led him to the boxing ring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">He sits a few feet away from one as we speak. His gym in Ilford is plastered with some of the most famous faces in boxing &#8211; including Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather. It is not far from where he grew up, on the Carpenters Estate in Stratford. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">&#8216;Lions in the camp&#8217; &#8211; Yarde&#8217;s mantra &#8211; is displayed in gold above the ring. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">Yarde is 31 now, and preparing for the biggest fight of his life. Unified light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev travels to London on Saturday to defend his three world titles, unbeaten record and formidable reputation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">The home fighter is a massive underdog but has spent his life upsetting the odds. He left fear behind decades ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">&#8220;If fear is stopping me from following something, who am I?&#8221; he asks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been faced with certain situations, had knives pulled out on me, had guns pulled out on me. That&#8217;s fear. That&#8217;s something to be scared about.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-16\">From Stratford streets to the ring <\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.0\">Yarde grew up with his two sisters and mother; his father was mostly out of the picture by the time Yarde was seven. They lived in one of the estate&#8217;s main blocks &#8211; Dennison Point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.0\">He was friends with everyone &#8211; &#8220;kind like his mum&#8221;, as he puts it. But his community &#8211; while tight-knit and caring &#8211; was chaos. His friends were being stabbed, sent to prison and even killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19.0\">&#8220;Somewhere within me was a bad temper; my environment brought that out,&#8221; he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.0\">&#8220;You start to rely on that because that is your defence mechanism.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21.0\">Yarde first went to the boxing gym at 14. His mum was against it. But Yarde wanted to learn to protect himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22.0\">His temper was getting him in and out of trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-24\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-24.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-24.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-24.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$video-24.1\">12 rounds with.. Anthony Yarde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-25\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-25.0\">He was never in a gang or a &#8220;troublemaker&#8221; but his life unravelled when his promising football career derailed after he missed out on a place at Queens Park Rangers because of injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-26\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-26.0\">Yarde went down the &#8220;wrong path&#8221; &#8211; and his mum told him the life he was leading would end in one of two outcomes &#8211; prison or death. Aged 19, he listened. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-27\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-27.0\">&#8220;Good people know when they&#8217;re doing something wrong,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s an intuition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-28\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-28.0\">&#8220;I was trying. I wasn&#8217;t a person who didn&#8217;t try.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-29\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-29.0\">&#8220;When things started going wrong, I had to recall when things were going good. I wasn&#8217;t even giving 100% to football and things blossomed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-30\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-30.0\">&#8220;So I said I&#8217;d do boxing, but this time I&#8217;d give it 100%.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-31\">&#8216;Regrets hurt more&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-32\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-32.0\">Yarde turned pro after 12 amateur and three unlicensed fights. His coach, Tunde Ajayi, convinced veteran promoter Frank Warren to take a chance on a 23-year-old making a name for himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-33\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-33.0\">He had just won the Haringey Box Cup &#8211; a prestigious amateur tournament &#8211; by knocking everyone out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-34\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-34.0\">&#8220;When there&#8217;s a knockout artist, everyone runs back to their seats,&#8221; he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-35\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-35.0\">&#8220;So I said: &#8216;I&#8217;m going to be a knockout artist.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-36\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-36.0\">Yarde was an instant hit &#8211; surging to 18-0 with 17 knockouts. Then, in 2019, he got the chance to fight WBO light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev &#8211; his first world title bout &#8211; in Chelyabinsk, Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-37\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-37.0\">The dream became a nightmare. His bags were lost, he was advised not to drink the water provided for fear of sabotage, and he had an armed escort everywhere he went.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-38\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-38.0\">He <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/49462563\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-38.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-38.$link-2.0\">lost the fight<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-38.3\"> &#8211; his fitness levels found wanting as he tried to keep pace with the champion. But he has &#8220;zero regrets&#8221; about taking the fight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-39\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-39.0\">&#8220;They say you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re made of until you experience loss,&#8221; he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-40\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-40.0\">&#8220;I would rather have these opportunities than not. That&#8217;s my personality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-41\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-41.0\">&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing worse than regret. That hurts more.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-42\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-42.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-42.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-42.1\">Yarde&#8217;s two defeats were to Lyndon Arthur (right) and Sergey Kovalev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-43\">&#8216;I didn&#8217;t like the feeling of being present&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-44\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-44.0\">Yarde returned home nursing the wounds of his first defeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-45\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-45.0\">But his rebuild was halted by the Coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. Then, in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/52493123\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-45.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-45.$link-2.0\">space of seven months,<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-45.3\"> he lost his father, grandparents and aunt. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-46\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-46.0\">He chose to fight twice at the end of 2020, losing the second &#8211; a big domestic encounter with Lyndon Arthur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-47\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-47.0\">&#8220;You can prepare for a fight but you can&#8217;t prepare for emotion or for grief,&#8221; he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-49\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-49.0\">Yarde remembers before the fight he spent all his energy putting on a brave face. He would hide his tears when he looked at his mum and baby niece. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-50\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-50.0\">One day he took the bus to visit a friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-51\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-51.0\">&#8220;I had all my jewellery on and I knew all the dangers but I didn&#8217;t care,&#8221; he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-52\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-52.0\">&#8220;Some boys approached me and in my mind it was a relief. &#8216;Come on then!&#8217; You know what these boys are like, they&#8217;ll stab you, but I wanted that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-53\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-53.0\">&#8220;I know it sounds crazy but I just charged towards them. Luckily they ran away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-54\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-54.0\">&#8220;When I looked back, that could have easily gone another way. I was inviting danger. I wasn&#8217;t accepting the reality of what had happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-55\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-55.0\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t like the feeling of being present.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-56\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-56.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-56.0.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15D89\/production\/_128418498_gettyimages-1245339022.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, (min-width: 600px) 976px, (min-width: 400px) 624px, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/400\/cpsprodpb\/15D89\/production\/_128418498_gettyimages-1245339022.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15D89\/production\/_128418498_gettyimages-1245339022.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/15D89\/production\/_128418498_gettyimages-1245339022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/15D89\/production\/_128418498_gettyimages-1245339022.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Artur Beterbiev (L) faces off with Anthony Yarde\" class=\"qa-srcset-image\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-56.0.0.0\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-56.1\">Artur Beterbiev is unbeaten and has knocked out every one of his opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-57\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-57.0\">Like so often in his life, his mum intervened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-58\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-58.0\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s go through this together,&#8221; she told him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-59\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-59.0\">He went to Mexico with his family and close friends and stayed away from boxing while he grieved properly for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-60\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-60.0\">&#8220;Slowly but surely I started to go back to being myself,&#8221; he says. Twelve months after he was beaten by Arthur on points, he dismantled the same opponent in four rounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-61\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-61.0\">Soon after, Beterbiev came calling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-62\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-62.0\">The 38-year-old is the only reigning boxing world champion with a 100% knockout ratio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-63\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-63.0\">He stopped fellow champion Joe Smith <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/61856124\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-63.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-63.$link-2.0\">in two rounds<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-63.3\"> to add the WBO title to his IBF and WBC belts last June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-64\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-64.0\">No-one has figured out the blueprint to beat Beterbiev as a professional &#8211; and the Russian only lost five times in 300 amateur fights. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-65\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-65.0\">Yarde, though, isn&#8217;t concerned. His confidence in himself remains as strong as when he was teenager, telling his friends he would be world champion one day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-66\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-66.0\">&#8220;I know I&#8217;m going to surprise Beterbiev,&#8221; he says. &#8220;There&#8217;s a difference between thinking and knowing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-67\"><span data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-67.0\">&#8220;Fireworks, explosion and pure entertainment, for however long it lasts.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media gs-u-mb-alt+ qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-68\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:11.875%;\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-68.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/94AD\/production\/_127816083_bbc_header_grey_8-1x-1.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, (min-width: 600px) 976px, (min-width: 400px) 624px, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/400\/cpsprodpb\/94AD\/production\/_127816083_bbc_header_grey_8-1x-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/94AD\/production\/_127816083_bbc_header_grey_8-1x-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/94AD\/production\/_127816083_bbc_header_grey_8-1x-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/94AD\/production\/_127816083_bbc_header_grey_8-1x-1.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Across the BBC banner\" class=\"qa-srcset-image\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-68.0.0\"\/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media gs-u-mb-alt+ qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-70\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:1.9791666666666665%;\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-70.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/BBBD\/production\/_127816084_bbc_footer-1920x38-1x-1.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, (min-width: 600px) 976px, (min-width: 400px) 624px, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/400\/cpsprodpb\/BBBD\/production\/_127816084_bbc_footer-1920x38-1x-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/BBBD\/production\/_127816084_bbc_footer-1920x38-1x-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/BBBD\/production\/_127816084_bbc_footer-1920x38-1x-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/BBBD\/production\/_127816084_bbc_footer-1920x38-1x-1.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Across the BBC footer\" class=\"qa-srcset-image\" data-reactid=\".14qpbsobnle.0.0.0.1.$image-70.0.0\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/64403592?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxer Anthony Yarde on battling temper, grief and his redemption Venue: OVO Arena, Wembley Date: Saturday, 28 January Coverage: Follow live text coverage and reaction on BBC Sport website &amp; app from 21:00 GMT. 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