Do you remember the scene in Jurassic Park where  a goat is tethered in the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s pen? That’s what the Munguia fight reminded me of last night. 
I don't believe that a boxer can progress without proper sparring. However, if you choose not to use proper sparring then surely you should choose opponents for your fights that are likely to bring out, and hopefully improve, certain aspects of your boxing in order for you to progress as a boxer.
This certainly doesn't describe most of Anthony Yarde's opponents as all but two of them have been tomato cans and Yarde's boxing can't have improved when knocking out these opponents.
Yarde may have learned something in the Kovalev fight, and he certainly improved his boxing after losing his first fight to Lyndon Arthur - however I very much doubt that these two fights and the other 22 easy knockouts have progressed Yarde to genuine world level - he does seem to have very good punching power though.
IMO the best that Yarde, and trainer Tunde, can hope for when fighting Beterbiev is that the 38 year old (by fight night) has suddenly declined and/or his knee operation has badly affected his mobility and his punching technique. This of course is very unlikely, although not totally impossible for a 38 year old with the number of amateur and pro fights that Beterbiev has had.
I think the most likely outcome is Beterbiev stopping Yarde. However it will be interesting to see if Beterbiev shows any sign of decline. Bivol will be watching closely. I don't regard Yarde as a "genuine" world level opponent, and so imo he shouldn't be able to take Artur the distance. Consequently, it's possible that the closer Yarde gets to surviving the twelve rounds may indicate the extent of any decline in Beterbiev. He has to decline eventually so some opponent is going to take advantage of that at some point - unless he retires.
 Do you remember the scene in Jurassic Park where  a goat is tethered in the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s pen? That’s what the Munguia fight reminded me of last night. 
RE: Anthony Yarde.
I don't believe that a boxer can progress without proper sparring. However, if you choose not to use proper sparring then surely you should choose opponents for your fights that are likely to bring out, and hopefully improve, certain aspects of your boxing in order for you to progress as a boxer.
This certainly doesn't describe most of Anthony Yarde's opponents as all but two of them have been tomato cans and Yarde's boxing can't have improved when knocking out these opponents.
Yarde may have learned something in the Kovalev fight, and he certainly improved his boxing after losing his first fight to Lyndon Arthur - however I very much doubt that these two fights and the other 22 easy knockouts have progressed Yarde to genuine world level - he does seem to have very good punching power though.
IMO the best that Yarde, and trainer Tunde, can hope for when fighting Beterbiev is that the 38 year old (by fight night) has suddenly declined and/or his knee operation has badly affected his mobility and his punching technique. This of course is very unlikely, although not totally impossible for a 38 year old with the number of amateur and pro fights that Beterbiev has had.
I think the most likely outcome is Beterbiev stopping Yarde. However it will be interesting to see if Beterbiev shows any sign of decline. Bivol will be watching closely. I don't regard Yarde as a "genuine" world level opponent, and so imo he shouldn't be able to take Artur the distance. Consequently, it's possible that the closer Yarde gets to surviving the twelve rounds may indicate the extent of any decline in Beterbiev. He has to decline eventually so some opponent is going to take advantage of that at some point - unless he retires.