Anthony Yarde grew to become down 'lifestyles-changing' £1m present to omit world title shot towards Sergey Kovalev

'I laughed at it': Anthony Yarde grew to become down 'life-changing' £1million offer from Canelo Alvarez to relinquish world title shot in opposition t Sergey Kovalev

Anthony Yarde turned down a £1million offer to step apart from his title combat

The British boxer travels to Russia to face Sergey Kovalev later this month

Yarde is the mandatory challenger for the WBO easy-heavyweight championship

Canelo Alvarez's crew provided to pay his battle price if Yarde missed his title shot 

by Jordan Seward For Mail on-line

posted: 00:sixteen, 9 August 2019 | updated: 00:16, 9 August 2019

Anthony Yarde grew to become down 'life-changing' cash from Canelo Alvarez's crew to relinquish his world title shot towards Sergey Kovalev.

Sportsmail is aware the Bri t will bag within the vicinity of £1million when he travels to Kovalev's place of origin of Chelyabinsk, Russia in a bid to win the WBO mild-heavyweight championship on August 24 and turned into provided his total combat fee to step apart and permit Canelo take his place.

The Mexican sensation, who will now wait to discover the result of Yarde's showdown with Kovalev before making a call on his next combat, attempted to muscle in and exchange the Brit after their preliminary combat date of June 29 became postponed.

Anthony Yarde became down a existence changing amount of money to miss his world title combat

Yarde is the obligatory challenger for Sergey Kovalev's light heavyweight championship belt

Canelo Alvarez's team offered Yarde the equivalent of £1million if he stepped apart 

Yarde, who secured a shot at Kovalev after fittin g the WBO mandatory challenger in March, would had been entitled to compensation and Sportsmail can exhibit an approach changed into made by means of Canelo's crew.

'I received provided step aside cash. first off, it turned into beneath what i'm getting to fight Kovalev and i laughed at it. Then they provided me the identical quantity that i'm getting for the combat and that i laughed it once again,' he advised Sportsmail.

'I observed to them, you more desirable be doubling or tripling it to get me to step aside because here's a world title fight. sure, it's to do with cash however i wished to be a global champion. I suppose like they have been simply gobsmacked i'm truly up for going to Russia, a lot of people are.

'i might somewhat get paid the same money and combat for a global title. They offered me existence-altering funds to step apart and let him combat Canelo however again I ju st mentioned, you could have acquired to double or triple it to get me to stroll far from an international title shot.

Yarde will commute to Chelyabinsk, Russia to take on Kovalev for the combat on August 24

Yarde, 27, is undefeated and would had been entitled to compensation if he stepped apart

'either they could not find the money for it or it didn't make experience to them, I have no idea the explanations at the back of it but they didn't up their present.'

The undefeated 27-12 months-ancient brought: 'nobody has basically gone out to Russia to combat someone like Kovalev. a lot of people are paying attention to it and may't accept as true with what i'm doing. Some americans suppose i am going to tug out. I've seen comments announcing 'Oh here's a great publicity stunt' and that i become simply laughing. They don't keep in mind.

'They basically do not have in mind I actually have been offered some huge cash to not battle this guy. 90 per cent of americans would have snapped their fingers off. they would have got on their knees and thanked them. I see it as here's my profession, here's my world title and i need it now.'