It was meant to be the homecoming party of Tyson Fury and, while those original plans were shelved, we still have an intriguing domestic dust-up to look forward on BT Sport's London show on Saturday night.

The Commonwealth light heavyweight contest between Anthony Yarde and Lyndon Arthur clearly doesn't command the same level of attention as the 'Gypsy King' would have done, but this has been eagerly anticipated among boxing fans for some time and it has the potential to be an early Christmas cracker. First scheduled for April and then July, it has made more appeal as time has gone on and while it provides a springboard for Yarde to secure another shot at world glory, Arthur is unbeaten, improving and really fancies his chances of causing a 5/1 upset.

Yarde was always going to be a heavy favourite due to his flashy knockout record and the company he has kept, most notably his brave world title challenge against Sergey Kovalev in Russia. A huge underdog that night, he was well behind when rocking the champion badly in the eighth round and was only a punch or two away from a famous victory when the bell sounded. Those exertions emptied the tank and he was stopped in the 11th, more due to exhaustion than anything else, but he won plenty of fans by going out on his shield and proved he deserves to dine at the top table. However, he's a top price of 1/7 and that could underestimate how competitive this has the potential to be.

A late starter at 17, Arthur quickly made the Great Britain squad and boxed at a high level as an amateur, including losing a big final to Joshua Buatsi, before turning professional in 2016 and subsequently racking up 17 consecutive wins. His CV is littered with plenty of early stoppages but it is in his last two outings, both going the full 12 rounds, that he has shown signs of coming of age technically. Firstly, picking up this vacant belt with a unanimous decision victory over Emmanuel Amin, and then boxing beautifully behind his excellent jab when clearly outpointing Dec Spelman at the end of July.

That is a notable form line as just six weeks later it was Yarde who faced Spelman and got rid of him in six rounds, but both these rivals boxed the Scunthorpe man in very different ways and it is hard to draw comparisons. While Arthur was constantly on the move and popping the jab in his relentless opponent's face, Yarde was more than happy to stand in range and, after looking a little rusty, he quickly forced the stoppage once he went through the gears. Those look to be big clues in how this one will play out, with the champion looking to keep it long and the challenger hunting him down in a bid to let his bombs go.