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Anthony Yarde says boxing gives you discipline for both body and mind. He believes the smarter, mentally focused fighter usually wins, and he wants a title that he can keep, not just win and lose quickly. He treats every bout as equally important, even after a packed schedule of thirteen fights in two years.

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I've knocked out a lot of my opponents.

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I'm looking to fight for a world title by the end of 2019.

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Us fighters thrive on performing and entertaining a crowd.

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Boxing gives you discipline, it helps you physically and mentally.

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Boxing is not a sport where you can be at a low level at all.

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I'd fight anybody. People are turning me down and I know that for a fact.

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I study Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr and Sugar Ray Leonard.

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I was living a dangerous life before I started boxing.

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I've got a lot of criticism for not taking domestic fights but I've got my own strategy.

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I just say to myself I'm going to be a better fighter day to day. That's my thing.

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As fighters we want to do the best we can, so we visualize what we want to happen.

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I have been very busy having so many fights since I turned pro. To have 13 in little more than two years…

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I train hard, but having a fight on the cards so often gives me targets and focus.

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It's about getting in there and being ready, getting the fight on your terms, taking the least amount of punishment possible.

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I was never a weapons person, you're a coward if you have to walk with a weapon, be a man and fight.

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My dreams are to unify the world light-heavyweight titles like Roy Jones did and then at cruiserweight before then possibly the heavyweight…

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I told my boss, 'Thank you - but I'm not going to be here tomorrow. I'm going to pursue my career as…

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I used to imitate Stone Cold Steve Austin. Identical. I literally made my own waistcoat like Stone Cold, put a little '3:16'…

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Floyd Mayweather said it, perfect boxing career, undefeated, but he says that in life there's balance. He might have the perfect boxing…

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I sometimes look on YouTube and see people label videos 'Anthony Yarde sparring his trainer Ade' but that is not sparring, that's…

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People always say 'I will fight for a world title in a year' but that sort of thing is not down to…

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When I told people my plan was to knock everyone out in the amateurs and become world champion as quickly as I…

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Everyone has their own methods, when Muhammad Ali was coming through I am sure people said he leaned back too far, had…

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I have learned in boxing to separate emotion from your job and the time in the ring. When it comes to anything…

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Some people are natural-born punchers and I think I've always had it.

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I'm going to Russia to knockout Kovalev - it's that simple.

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Sparring with southpaws have been different but nothing to worry me.

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Each fight of my career I take just as important as the last. And I will keep it that way.

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I could fight for a world title and win it, but it is about getting to that stage and staying there.

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I am not looking at Dec Spelman as if he is a fighter I can just walk through. I don't go out…

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It was boxing, but I also feel it was my drive and ambition that kept me away from the stupidness, and my…

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When I first went into a boxing gym I watched Kovalev fight on TV and now my name is spoken about in…

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I don't want to become world champion and lose it immediately. I want to become world champion, take over the division and…

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I thought the Mike Tyson story was beautiful and it drew me in. He was bullied, a small kid who started knocking…

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Nine times out of 10 the smarter or mentally focused fighter comes out on top.

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I wanted to look like Mike Tyson. But then I started to realize, in a twelve round fight, you must be patient.

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It doesn't matter about the man behind the belt. For me, it's about the title.

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Mark Prince is a massive inspiration to me, he has been since I started boxing.

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The streets are tough but sport, and boxing especially, has put me on the right path in my life.

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I didn't start boxing until I was 18 but I believe that is a big advantage now. If you start too young,…

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I'm a strong believer in destiny. I believe you are born to do certain things.

I love my slow jams.

I'm an example of someone that's got a big physique but doesn't touch any weights. I used to, but I realized when I used…

Boxing gives you discipline, it helps you physically and mentally.

I believe when you have your hands on four or five pots at once, you can never have a firm grip on one pot.…

Nine times out of 10 the smarter or mentally focused fighter comes out on top.

Everyone has their own methods, when Muhammad Ali was coming through I am sure people said he leaned back too far, had his chin…

I doubt Picasso ever painted a picture in an hour, he took his time, looked at every detail and made sure it was perfect.

I've been listening 50 cent's audiobook, 'The Hustler.'

Sometimes if you spend your time focusing on other people, you give them energy over you; you give them power.

It doesn't matter about the man behind the belt. For me, it's about the title.

I've knocked out a lot of my opponents.

No shame in losing to an all-time great.

I don't want to become world champion and lose it immediately. I want to become world champion, take over the division and take it…

I have been very busy having so many fights since I turned pro. To have 13 in little more than two years is a…