By Chris Glover
York Hall, London - For the WBO Intercontinental and European Light Heavyweight titles, Anthony Yarde 15-0 (14KOs) stopped Tony Averlant 26-9-2 (5KOs) in seven rounds of action.
Averlant's corner retired him at the end of round seven.
The fight began with Yarde being the aggressor as he looked to slow down his French opponent, working well on the inside. Averlant replied with some good jabs and straight right hands of his own but it was Yarde in control in the early rounds.
Averlant was in London to win however, as he continued to land some sharp right hands on the WBO number 3 Anthony Yarde. Despite this, Yarde worked well for the vast majority of all the rounds as he controlled the pace and worked well behind his jab.
Yarde's breakthrough come in round six as he landed an excellent left hook to the body off the ropes, sending his French counterpart to the canvas. The East London champion piled on the pressure, sending Averlant to the canvas again after unloading an onslaught to both head and body. Averlant made the count once again but was lucky to survive the round.
Round seven featured a similar script, however, nothing came back from Averlant and Anthony Yarde put his combination punches together with absolute ease, forcing the Averlant corner to withdraw the Frenchman at the end of round number seven.
Also in action, for the Southern Area Heavyweight title, Daniel Dubois 7-0 (7KOs) continued his streak of knockouts with a third round stoppage of previously undefeated DL Jones 8-1-1.
Referee Bob Williams jumped in to stop the contest after 2.23 of round number three as DL Jones slumped to the canvas after taking a barrage of massive hooks and uppercuts to the head from 'Dynamite' Daniel Dubois.
In other action, heavyweight prospect Nathan Gorman 12-0 (10KOs) continued his winning run with a knockout of overmatched Morgan Dessaux 4-2 (4KOs).
Anthony Yarde was taken to the seventh round for the first time in his career.
Anthony Yarde retained his WBO European and intercontinental light-heavyweight titles by beating Tony Averlant.
Yarde, 26, was in control from the start, and Averlant was retired by his corner at the end of the seventh round at London's York Hall.
Yarde, unbeaten in his 15 fights, sent Averlant to the canvas with a body shot in round six which did the damage.
"We're looking at the belts like they're meat and we all want a feast," Yarde said.
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Anthony Yarde is edging closer to world title honours (Picture: Getty Images)
Some of the hottest prospects in British boxing are in action on Saturday night as Anthony Yarde headlines a big night of fights at York Hall.
Yarde (14-0) has knocked out all but one of his opponents to date and is expected to do the same to unheralded Frenchman Tony Averlant (26-9-2) this weekend.
20-year-old heavyweight Daniel Dubois (6-0) is also a terrifying puncher who is yet to go past the second round.
Super featherweight Zelfa Barrett (19-0) does not boast the same monstrous power, but is racking up an impressive record and fights for his second professional title at just 24-years-old.
Daniel Dubois is one of the hottest prospects in heavyweight boxing (Picture: Getty Images)
When are the Yarde, Dubois and Barrett fights?
The event is on Saturday, February 24 at York Hall in Bethnall Green.
The first bout is on at 6m, whilst the only other fight given a time is Barrett vs Clark at 8.35pm.
What TV channel is it on?
BoxNation and BT Sport 1 will be showing the event live.
Zelfa Barrett is moving up the super featherweight ranks (Picture: Getty Images)
What are the odds? (Courtesy of Betfair)
1/100 Yarde vs Averlant 20/1
1/100 Dubois vs Jones 25/1
1/25 Barrett vs Clark 10/1
50 SHADES OF…BOXING? 😂 Ronnie Clark certainly made an impression at today's weigh-in, ahead of his fight with @zelfaflash tomorrow night 😳#BarrettClark pic.twitter.com/XsppLdpFmI — BoxNation (@boxnationtv) February 23, 2018
Fight Card Anthony Yarde (14-0) vs Tony Averlant (26-9-2) – WBO European and Inter-Continental light heavyweight title Ryan Garner (6-0) vs Lesther Cantillano (3-11) Daniel Dubois (6-0) vs DL Jones (8-0-1) – Southern Area heavyweight title Nathan Gorman (11-0) vs Morgan Dessaux (4-1) Nathan Gorman is building his unbeaten record at heavyweight (Picture: Getty Images) Zelfa Barrett (19-0) vs Ronnie Clark (20-4-2) – vacant IBF East/West Europe super featherweight title Archie Sharp (11-0) vs Ivan Ruiz Morote (18-8-1) Boy Jones (14-1-1) vs Reynaldo Mora (7-31-1) Umar Sadiq (1-0) vs Adam Jones (7-29-6) Harvey Horn (1-0) vs Patrik Bartos (12-16) Hamzah Sheeraz (1-0) vs TBA
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