King Arthur
WESTMINSTER
DECEMBER 5
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LYNDON ARTHUR showed any inexperienced fighters the importance of the jab as he used it, almost exclusively, to deservedly outpoint Anthony Yarde over 12 rounds.
As soon as that lesson was over, Arthur provided another: How to act in the aftermath of a fight. When standing alongside a bitterly disappointed Yarde, and asked directly by BT Sport’s Steve Bunce why he’d barely thrown his right hand, the surly Mancunian refused to admit there was a problem but was gracious enough to concede the contest had been close.
The truth was Arthur had been nursing an injury to his right arm for weeks and he’d hurt his right hand in the warm-up, minutes before he walked to the ring. That was not
