Anthony Yarde says he knows exactly how to defeat Dmitry Bivol after watching him beat Canelo

Anthony Yarde has said he knows EXACTLY how to beat Dmitry Bivol after watching his fight with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

WBA light heavyweight champion Bivol successfully defended his 175-pound world title with a unanimous decision victory over Canelo Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas last weekend.

The Russian moved to 20-0 on Saturday as all three judges scored it 115-113 in his favour.

But despite dominating the majority of the fight, Yarde insists he knows the blueprint on how to defeat Bivol.

When asked how he would go about beating Bivol, he told Queensberry Promotions’ YouTube channel: “I personally think I would know how to beat Bivol.

 “It would be a task because he’s fundamentally very good. I don’t lie to anybody, I’m not going to say, ‘Ah, it’s an easy fight for me,’ or anything like that. He’s fundamentally very good.

“You saw it in the Canelo fight with his footwork, knowing when to step back, knowing when to come forward, and all those kinds of things.

“I think how you beat someone like Bivol is you’ve got to match him. That’s it literally for me. You’ve got to match him and at times outsmart him.

“Craig Richards is someone I know, did extremely well against Bivol, and that was his first world title fight. What happened to Craig Richards is what happened to me.

“It was the luck of the draw. You get the most dangerous person at the time. When I fought [Sergey] Kovalev, he was the most dangerous light heavyweight in the world, and he got Bivol.

“I think the two most dangerous light heavyweights right now in my opinion that are world champions are Bivol and Beterbiev, the two Russians again.

“But you saw how good Craig done [sic] against him, so I fancy my chances.”

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