Anthony Yarde let his followers on social media know that he’s okay after struggling a seventh-round knockout in his loss to WBC gentle heavyweight champion David Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) final Saturday night time on November twenty second in the primary occasion on the ANB Enviornment in Riyadh.
Bloody Seventh-Spherical Collapse
The struggle was stopped after the bloody and battered Yarde was hammered nonstop by Benavidez within the seventh. Bleeding from the nostril, Yarde (27-4, 24 KOs) had been dropped within the spherical. The ringside physician had been known as to try his swollen proper eye.
The Controversial 23-Punch Sequence
Earlier within the struggle within the fourth, Benavidez had grabbed Yarde and held him in place whereas he hit him with 23 consecutive headshots, one after one other, in fast vogue. Apparently, the referee simply stood by, passively watching with out lifting a finger to cease the repeated fouls.
“People who know me know that I’m pissed. I’ll be again higher, stronger,” mentioned Anthony Yarde on DAZN, letting his followers know that he’s OK after his knockout loss to David Benavidez final Saturday night time in Riyadh. “I do know what I used to be getting myself into, however I assumed I might pull it off, attempting to shock the world, attempting to be nice once more.”
Followers Worry Profession Decline
Boxing followers need the 34-year-old Yarde to dump his coach earlier than it’s too late. They imagine that he’s not improved by him and goes downhill. It’s questionable whether or not Yarde can rebuild his profession in time to get one other world title shot. He was lucky this time that he solely needed to wait two years since dropping to unified 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev in 2023.
“He was simply the higher man tonight. Congrats to him. Congrats to his staff. I’m simply letting everybody know I’m good. Some individuals have been apprehensive as a result of my nostril was bleeding. Yeah, I’m good. I’m going to eat some good meals, and go on vacation, and do another stuff that I’m not going to say,” mentioned Yarde.
Yarde appeared in dangerous form within the seventh with blood pouring out of his nostril, proper eye, and lips swollen from the speedy mixtures that Benavidez was hitting him with.
