Boxing Results: Benavidez Obliterates Yarde With Vicious Round-Seven Barrage To Retain WBC Light Heavyweight Crown

David Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) did what many followers anticipated him to do, annihilating #4 Anthony Yarde (27-4, 24 KOs) by a seventh-round knockout to retain his WBC gentle heavyweight title on Saturday evening within the headliner of the stacked Ring IV occasion on the ANB Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

(Credit score: Queensberry/Leigh Dawney)

Benavidez Turns Up the Warmth

‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez fought at instances like he was purposefully holding again, permitting the highly effective however overmatched challenger Yarde to have his moments within the struggle. However when he turned it on, it was easy with how he buried the British fighter with rapid-fire combos.

In spherical seven, Benavidez got here alive after Yarde nailed him with some arduous proper fingers early on. He let free a flurry of pictures that bloodied Yarde’s nostril, reducing and inflicting his lips to swell. After absorbing what gave the impression to be 15 consecutive headshots, Yarde sank to the canvas. Benavidez received a little bit overanxious and nailed him with a shot whereas he was down.

The referee stopped the motion, took some extent for the unlawful blow by Benavidez. When the motion resumed, Benavidez completed off the bloodied Yarde with one other unanswered flurry to get a stoppage. The time was 1:59 of spherical seven.

Unlawful Photographs Go Unpunished

Within the fourth spherical, Benavidez had gotten away with some unlawful pictures when he held Yarde across the neck with one arm and nailed him with 10 consecutive headshots with out the referee stepping in to cease the unlawful transfer. The one motive Benavidez stopped is that the spherical ended. That was arduous to look at Benavidez get away with so many unlawful blows in a struggle that he was closely favored to win.

Yarde’s Courageous however Outgunned

Yarde confirmed superior energy within the contest, touchdown arduous punches in each spherical. His downside was that he was restricted to throwing single pictures, which had been no match for the speedy combos that Benavidez was hitting him with. Benavidez was motioning him to land to his head and physique. Yarde was obliging, however he couldn’t match the return hearth from the Mexican Monster when he turned on his offense.

After the struggle, Benavidez revealed that he’ll be transferring as much as cruiserweight to face WBA and WBO champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez subsequent in 2026.