Coach Jose Benavidez Sr. says his son, David Benavidez’s subsequent opponent, Anthony Yarde, is his “hardest opponent” of his profession heading into their November twenty second conflict on the ANB Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Morrell: Benavidez’s Actual Hardest
David Morrell would have one thing to say about that. The pound of flesh he took out of Benavidez final February, knocking him down and altering his facial options right into a ghoulish masks, confirmed that he’s been his “hardest opponent.” A retooled Morrell would doubtless beat ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez in a rematch.
Yarde, 33, is understood for his knockout title losses to world champions Artur Beterbiev and Sergey Kovalev. These had been his declare to fame: shedding to these fighters after gassing out early.
The ten-year professional Anthony’s finest profession wins got here in opposition to Lyndon Arthur twice. Apart from him, Yarde has overwhelmed solely British and European-level fighters.
Yarde is muscle-bound, too overmuscled to be efficient for greater than three or 4 rounds in his fights. Furthermore, he’s totally predictable, telegraphing his important offensive tactic, the uppercut. In his KO defeats in opposition to Beterbiev and Kovalev, these two fighters shortly discovered that each one Yarde had was an uppercut, and so they neutralized it shortly.
“Anthony Yarde is a beast. He’s actually good, hits exhausting, is younger, and in his prime. I feel that is going to be David’s hardest opponent. He’s tremendous harmful,” stated coach Jose Benavidez Sr. to Ring Journal about his son, David Benavidez’s subsequent opponent, Antony Yarde, on November twenty second.
Yarde: A Step Down in Class?
The truth is, Yarde is a BIG step down in competitors for Benavidez from his final struggle in opposition to Morrell, and beneath his three opponents earlier than that in opposition to Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Demetrius Andrade, and Caleb Plant. All 4 of these fighters would beat Yarde, and sure by knockout.
After 4 or 5 rounds, Yarde tires out and turns into an arm puncher with none pop in his punches. He’s there for the taking. He’s been capable of get by with the weak matchmaking that’s been performed by his promoters, who’ve steered him towards no-name fighters that didn’t pose a risk to exposing him.
Yarde’s Final 4 opponents:
– Lyndon Arthur: Pointless trilogy match– Ralfs Vilcans– Marko Nikolic– Jorge Silva (23-15: Nice document, eh?
“If we will beat a man like Anthony Yarde, and do it impressively, then it’s a must to have a look at us like we’re actual champions,” stated Jose Sr.
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