Boxing

[H2O Man]

6. He was an outstanding amateur.

Top level of international fighters. I'll say I find that impressive -- competing in the Olympics, etc -- because he really doesn't have the style to reach that level in three 3-minute rounds. The guy is made for the professional fights. I haven't watched film of Betervies at the amateur level, but I'll speculate his punching power decided a lot of those fights!

Since turning pro, he has obviously been outstanding. Some people wonder if he showed that he is slowing down. I think that this was a tough fight against a serious opponent. In my opinion, it would have taken one of the great light heavyweights to beat him. There were greater champions at that weight, but he'd have presented problems for any of them.

Yarde actually fought one of his very best fights. He lost, but he fought well. It's just that Beterbiev set a fast pace, and landed some hard body shots. Yarde tired out, but was still fighting back.