{"id":454650,"date":"2026-03-03T03:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/454650\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T03:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:33:18","slug":"anthony-yarde-reacts-to-reported-missile-activity-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/454650\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Yarde Reacts To Reported Missile Activity In Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuys, I\u2019m actually scared,\u201d Yarde said on Instagram stories. \u201cThere are missiles in the sky, and they\u2019re protecting Dubai by hitting the missiles mid-air before they detonate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another clip, he added: \u201cYeah, I\u2019m shook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yarde, 25-3 with 24 knockouts, has been based in Dubai since his November loss to David Benavidez. He is preparing for a summer return but has not announced an opponent, venue, or date. He remains a recognized contender at 175 pounds, though he is not currently in a mandatory position with any of the major sanctioning bodies.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was at Kite Beach when he noticed what appeared to be an object burning in the sky. Yarde later referenced news coverage linking the incident to a missile that struck the Palm area. <\/p>\n<p>Yarde uploaded short clips that appeared to show activity inside the airport before removing them from his account.<\/p>\n<p>Yarde later referenced local news reports describing missile interception activity in the region. Official details were limited at the time of his posts.<\/p>\n<p>Several British fighters use Dubai as a training base, including Hamzah Sheeraz and Lawrence Okolie and Chris Eubank. <\/p>\n<p>At this stage, Yarde\u2019s immediate concern is safety rather than fight preparation. His next move in the light heavyweight order remains undefined. Until a bout is signed and sanctioned, he stays outside the current title sequence while the division\u2019s ranking structure continues to move without him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cGuys, I\u2019m actually scared,\u201d Yarde said on Instagram stories. \u201cThere are missiles in the sky, and they\u2019re protecting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-454650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}