Frank Warren has told talkSPORT.com that Anthony Yarde is set to return to the ring in an unexpected fight on Saturday night in Madrid.

The 28-year-old Brit has not competed since coming up short in his world title challenge against Sergey Kovalev in August, and so intends to shed some ring rust against an overmatched opponent.

getty 3 Yarde will be looking to work his way back into title contention in 2020

After beating Yarde, Kovalev was dethroned by Canelo Alvarez who then vacated the WBO light-heavyweight title.

As a result, the governing body ordered Gilberto Ramirez vs Eleider Alvarez and Umar Salamov vs Maxim Vlasov as two eliminators with the winners set to meet for the vacant belt.

There are rumours Ramirez may pull out of the tournament and Yarde could be in contention to take his position due to his WBO ranking.

However, WBO rules state you must be coming off a win to be able to be involved in their title fights – hence the Spain six-rounder for Yarde.

Getty 3 Yarde will be fight on Daniel Dubois’ April 18 undercard after the Spain fight

The opponent for this bout at the Memphis Nightclub in Madrid is reported to be Diego Jair Ramirez – a Colombian journeyman with a record of 4-48-3.

Promoter Frank Warren told talkSPORT.com: “He’s just been out the ring for a while so he’ll just have a run out.

“He may fight again in the next couple of weeks, he’s gotta win first.

“It’s not my show so we don’t know the opponent.

Getty 3 In 2017, Liam Smith did fought Marian Cazacu in Barcelona after the Canelo loss so his bout with Liam Williams bout could be for WBO ‘interim’ belt

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“I didn’t wanna wait until April, April’s a long time away, he’s been out the ring since he fought Kovalev.

“He’ll get back in and get that rust out of his system.

“They called two eliminators, but if one of the guys pulls out [Yarde would jump in].”