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Turki Alshikh has revealed on social media today that David Benavidez will defend his WBC lightweight weight title “Dangerous” The contestant Anthony Yarde in November at a Riyadh season event.
Fans are disappointed with Turki’s news with Yarde as an opponent for the next Benavidez struggle of “Mexican Monster”, as they hoped that he would face Wbo’s temporary champion Callum Smith.
The garden has been tagged to “Meh” Choose the fans, who see a defective fighter who fails when he faced the quality opposition. He is out of place fighting for a world title against a talent like Benavidez.
Benavidez-Yarde Fight confirmed
Yarde (27-3, 24 kos) has challenged the world titles twice in his ten-year professional and has been eliminated both times, losing to Artur Beeterbiev and Sergey Kovalev. The British Fighter Yarde, 33, is a Gatekeeper-Type fighter. He has good skills, but he lacks talent for winning world titles.
Anthony is in place 2 Wbo, #4 WBA, #5 IBF and #5 WBC. This ranking is more than an indication of the weakness of the lightweight weight division than on Yarde’s talent level.
Since being eliminated in the eighth round by former 175 -pound unified champion Beterbiev in 2023, Yarde has won his last four fights against the minor opposition. It has not increased from this loss so far. In Yarde’s last struggle, he defeated his fellow Brit Lyndon Arthur for a 12 -round unanimous decision last April.
No explanation was given why this struggle did not happen, but it is reasonable to assume that Smith and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, chose not to take the risky struggle. He is in a position to challenge Dmitry Bivol VS Artur Beeterbiev’s trilogy match. It would be a bad play for Callum to fight a dangerous hunter like Benavidez and miss this opportunity for a larger payment day.
BENAVIDEZ: Leave the opponent?
Yarde is a great step by Benavidez for his fight earlier this year in February against the WBA Light Heavy Weight Champion David Morrell. Benavidez made many punishments from Cuban Morrell in this struggle and was fortunate enough to pass it without being eliminated. Benavidez went out in the rounds of the championship and was abandoned by Morrell.
Analyzing the state of Yarde goalkeeper
Like many of Yarde’s fights, he looked strong before, but then spent in the middle of the struggle and threw punches for the second half. Went to his advantage to get the victory. It was not a fantastic thing about Yarde, and View fans were already a goal struggle.
The last four Yarde fights
Lyndon Arthur
Ralph Vilcans
Marko Nikolic
Jorge Silva
“The Mexican Monster” David Benavidez will debut his Riyado Season in November, when he defends the World Heavy WBC weight title against the dangerous challenger Anthony Yarde💪 pic.twitter.com/DGGD68SNNA
– Turki Alshikh (@turki_alhikh) July 3, 2025
Last updated on 03/07/2025
