Comments Thread For: ?Throwback? Anthony Yarde relishing November shot at David Benavidez in Riyadh

[garfios]

You called it, Smith wanted a higher payday and wasn't willing to fight unless he got it, but Yarde immediately took the opportunity.

Hope it still is available fight in the future, along with Benavidez getting a opportunity against Canelo and Bivol/Beterbiev with the help of Turki.

Canelo is not fighting benavidez unless they tie one arm behind his back.

[garfios]

i honestly think morrell is a way bigger more accurate puncher but both guys never knocked out anyone with half a name

Well, at least Morrell fought some up-and-comers like himself moving up in weight, and he hurt benavidez a few times.

[A.B Counterhooks]

Nothing can go wrong with this match-up tbh, its got 'Action Packed' written all over it, someone getting stopped in that one! Hardest puncher of all Benny's opp so far, and make no mistake Yarde can box too, careless at times with his guard but the boy skilled as Benavidez too. I like this scrap.

[Oracle01]

You called it, Smith wanted a higher payday and wasn't willing to fight unless he got it, but Yarde immediately took the opportunity.

Hope it still is available fight in the future, along with Benavidez getting a opportunity against Canelo and Bivol/Beterbiev with the help of Turki.

Thanks for that. Skipped a vegas ppv fight in vegas. That's a duck folks.

[tokon]

Good fight, though I must say I wasn't impressed by Yarde's last performance against Lyndon Arthur. Honestly felt like Arthur gave the fight away. If he had just pushed hard for another one or two rounds instead of laying on the ropes he would have deserved the decision.

Benavidez should wear Yarde down and stop him, but it will be good while it lasts.

I thought Arthur gave that fight away. even though I thought he was actually landing the cleaner punches from against the ropes, it just didn't "look" like he was winning!

Yarde is somewhat overrated but he's a ticket seller and, apart from the world title shots, has always been very carefully matched - avoiding Smith, Buatsi, Johnson etc - and enabling him to over-achieve.

I'm expecting a corner stoppage once Benavidez starts to brutalise Yarde anywhere from around the mid rounds onwards.

[BoxerFreddy]

Think Benny will get his first KO at LHW in this one... Not a lot of potential challengers for him at this weight though, so let's see if he can get the Bivol fight afterwards...