David Benavidez claimed a dominant win over Anthony Yarde after they clashed atop the Ring IV card on Saturday, November 22. The occasion aired reside from ANB Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “The Mexican Monster” placed on a spectacular efficiency to retain his WBC mild heavyweight title through stoppage.
En path to his victory, Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) knocked down Yarde (27-4, 24 KOs) within the seventh spherical and was deducted two factors for hitting his opponent whereas he was down.
Referee Hector Afu stepped in to avoid wasting Yarde from additional punishment after Benavidez landed a collection of heavy, unanswered punches. The time was 1:59 of the seventh spherical.
With the victory, David Benavidez retained his 175-pound belt and introduced his subsequent combat at cruiserweight towards Mexico’s unified 200-pound WBA and WBO champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez. The unbeaten 28-year-old Phoenix, AZ, native goals to turn into a champion in his third weight class, having beforehand held the WBC title twice at 168 lbs.
34-year-old British challenger Anthony Yarde fell brief in his third bid to turn into a champion, snapping his four-fight profitable streak.
Benavidez is predicted to problem Ramirez on Might 2 in Las Vegas throughout Cinco de Mayo weekend.
“I bought some information for you guys,” Benavidez stated post-fight. “Might 2nd, me vs. Zurdo Ramirez. I’m going as much as cruiserweight to problem for his titles. I’m excited for that. I feel it is likely to be in Las Vegas, for my folks. I need to return to Vegas.”
“Zurdo” Ramirez (48-1, 30 KOs) final fought in June, when he defeated Yuniel Dorticos to retain his belts. The 34-year-old two-division champion from Mazatlán, Mexico, has since been sidelined attributable to a shoulder damage that required surgical procedure.
Haney upsets Norman, Rodriguez KOs Martinez and Mason bests Noakes
Within the co-feature, San Francisco’s Devin Haney (33-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC) defeated Brian Norman Jr. (28-1, 22 KOs) of Decatur, GA, by unanimous determination to turn into the brand new WBO welterweight champion. After 12 rounds, the judges scored the combat 114-113, 117-110, and 116-111.
Haney, who on his solution to victory knocked down Norman with a left hook-right cross mixture, grew to become a three-division world champion, including to his earlier reigns as undisputed light-weight and WBC tremendous light-weight champion.
On the undercard, a three-belt championship unification ended with a giant KO, as Jesse Rodriguez (22-0, 15 KOs) of San Antonio, TX, dropped Fernando Daniel Martinez (18-1, 9 KOs) of Argentina with a giant left hand within the tenth spherical.
With the victory, two-division champion Rodriguez retained his WBC and WBO tremendous flyweight titles and claimed Martinez’s WBA 115-pound strap. The official time was 1:25 of the spherical.
Additionally, a brand new light-weight champion was topped when Abdullah Mason (20-0, 17 KOs) of Bedford, Ohio, defeated Sam Noakes (23-2, 17 KOs) of the UK by unanimous determination. After 12 rounds, the judges scored it 115-113, 115-113, and 117-111.
Mason claimed the vacant WBO 135-pound belt.
Amongst different Benavidez vs Yarde outcomes, Vito Mielnicki Jr. (22-1, 13 KOs) of Belleville, New Jersey, dropped and stopped Samuel Nmomah (21-1, 5 KOs) of Nigeria. The official time was 3:09 of the ninth spherical. With the win, Mielnicki retained his WBO World middleweight strap.
