UK light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde will NOT appear on the undercard of Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury this weekend. WBN was informed late into fight week.
WBN received reliable concrete details that Yarde, without an opponent during fight week, would not appear on the show.
Yarde was also removed from the scheduled list on Boxrec, a move that has since been ratified.
It was confirmed that Yarde would fight Israel Diffus on the card and feature on the BT Sport broadcast. This move was rejected by the California State Athletic Commission.
The undefeated 27-year-old previously defeated Rayford Johnson on the Canelo v Liam Smith bill in Texas two years ago and was set to make his second US appearance.
Here’s how the full card looks for Saturday night:
12 – WBC heavyweight title
Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury
12 IBF/WBA/IBO super welterweight titles
Jarrett Hurd v Jason Welborn
12 – vacant IBF minimumweight title
Mark Anthony Barriga v Carlos Licona
10 – heavyweight
Luis Ortiz v Travis Kauffman
10 – heavyweight
Joe Joyce v Joe Hanks
10 – heavyweight
Chris Arreola v Maurenzo Smith
8 – welterweight
Robert Guerrero v Adam Mate
8 – middleweight
Julian Williams v Francisco Castro
8 – super middleweight
Alfredo Angulo v Eduardo Flores
8 – super featherweight
Isaac Lowe v Lucas Baez
8 – super bantamweight
Jesse Rodriguez v Josue Morales
4 – cruiserweight
Marsellos Wilder v David Damore
The December 1 SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION telecast will now begin at 7:45 p.m. ET/4:45 p.m. PT live on SHOWTIME. It will feature one-fight coverage from Canada as boxing’s longest-reigning world champion Adonis Stevenson makes the 10th defense of his WBC Light Heavyweight Title. Stevenson fights unbeaten challenger Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
