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Matt Christie previews a big-night of boxing in Saudi Arabia, looking ahead to Benavidez-Yarde, Haney-Norman, Rodriguez-Martinez, and Mason-Noakes
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Matt Christie previews a big-night of boxing in Saudi Arabia, looking ahead to Benavidez-Yarde, Haney-Norman, Rodriguez-Martinez, and Mason-Noakes

BoxingScene's staff picks the fight from the "Ring IV" card that most gets their pulse racing

"The Surgeon" thinks Benavidez, in the heart of his prime, will prove too much

Light-heavyweights David Benavidez and Anthony Yarde have both weighed in inside the 175 lbs limit ahead of their WBC title clash on Saturday night in Riyadh.

"All that I see is I beat David Benavidez," a determined Anthony Yarde tells Declan Warrington.

Ahead of the impressive card in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the fighters completed public workouts and beat the drums of publicity.

David Benavidez is dealing with creating a new world order as he takes to Saturday’s main event in Saudi Arabia versus two-time light-heavyweight title challenger Anthony Yarde.

Of all the recent additions to the professional boxing phrasebook, few are perhaps as jarring as the phrase “Daring to be great”. It is jarring because implicit in this phrase is both an acceptance of defeat and the exoneration of a reckless boxer taking an impossible challenge for a lot of money. It is, in effect, a get-out clause, “daring to be great”. It is designed more for the suits who have arranged the mismatch than the boxer who is, on fight night, being led to the slaughter – or, well, daring to be great.

David Benavidez is making the first defense of his WBC light heavyweight title against Anthony Yarde, who has been competitive in his two previous title shots.

In today’s episode of BoxingScene Today, the crew previews David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde, a fight that could define Benavidez’s rise to superstardom.