Yarde powers through
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BETHNAL GREEN
SEPTEMBER 12
MAIN EVENT
UNDERCARD
ANTHONY YARDE had set himself a task. He’d declared he would halt Dec Spelman and, at 2-42 of their sixth round, he lived up to that promise.
On Saturday at York Hall in Bethnal Green, former world title challenger Yarde was well composed. He flicked out quick jabs, finding the range. Gutsy Spelman closed in, firing his right over. But Yarde smartly
