‘There's a bit of bad blood there' – Anthony Yarde issues brutal warning to Lyndon Arthur ahead of trilogy fight
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ANTHONY YARDE warned history will brutally repeat itself when he settles "bad blood" with Lyndon Arthur.
The light-heavyweights settle their trilogy series on Saturday night at Tottenham's stadium on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn.
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Anthony Yarde and Lyndon Arthur ahead of their trilogy fight
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It comes five years after Arthur stunned Yarde to defeat before losing the rematch a year later via dominant fourth-round stoppage.
The score is now even and Yarde told BoxingScene: 'I know that Lyndon Arthur is not a gatekeeper. He is a guy who will want his revenge.
"Even after I beat him in our rematch, the first thing he said to me was, 'I want my belts back. I want to fight again.' He will be seeing this as a massive opportunity.
'Knowing that, plus the fact there's a bit of bad blood there, makes this a very exciting fight for me.'
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Yarde boxed cautiously in the first encounter but got on the front foot and left no doubt in the rematch - and he expects the same in the trilogy.
He said: 'I don't ever go into a boxing ring expecting anything in terms of the opponent fighting a certain way, or the fight playing out a certain way.
"But he's known as a fighter who fights on the back foot, jabs a lot, and clinches a lot. He might come with something different this time. Who knows?
"I'm just seeing it as a fresh fight. We know each other well enough, as two people going into a ring and fighting, but you still can't assume anything.
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"I just genuinely feel that he can't handle the things I bring to the table.
"That's my mentality for this fight. I know I'm better now than I was when we fought three years ago.'
Yarde, 33, warns he is even more ferocious now - four years of from his savage stoppage at the Copper Box.
He said: 'I'm going to be more aggressive, better, sharper. Hopefully he's better as well. I'm probably the best [version of himself] out of the three.
"Third time's a charm, they say, and of the three fights we have had, I feel like I am in the best place mentally for this one.'
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Yarde was beaten on points in his first fight with Arthur in 2020
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