Anthony Yarde claims it would be the greatest ever achievement by a British boxer if – or, in his view, ’when’ – he unseats Sergey Kovalev in the WBO light-heavyweight champion’s home nation of Russia. While that is a highly contentious claim, there is no denying the audacity of the challenger or his supreme confidence ahead of the formidable task.
Here he explains why he will defeat Kovalev and how he has already ’won’.