The 31-year-old boxer recently received an offer to cross gloves with WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol at Matchroom Boxing, scheduled for October. Judging by this information, Yard chose a different path.
The Englishman was also recently scheduled to fight for the vacant European title against Daniel dos Santos, but also turned down the opportunity. The main event of the September evening of boxing in London will be Joe Joyce's rematch with Zhilei Zhang for the interim WBO heavyweight belt.