Given some of the undercard results, Anthony Yarde will gladly settle for a win today and to look good the next time.
The former two-time title challenger earned his third straight victory a ten-round decision over Ralfs Vilcans. Referee Victor Loughlin scored the bout for Yarde in their light heavyweight bout Saturday from Copper Box Arena in Hackney Wick, London.
Yarde (26-3, 24 knockouts) went the distance for just the third time in his career. It came after the threat of an early knockout surfaced.