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David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde – Large Fight Preview and Predictions
Turki Alalshikh is promoting the Night of the Champions event at the ANB Arena in Riyad, Saudi Arabia this Saturday night, and at the top of the bill is David Benavidez, who makes his first defense of the WBC lithe heavyweight title against Anthony Yard.
Benavidez fights in the light heavyweight division where he is scheduled to meet the hard-hitting Yard, DAZN is broadcasting the bill live.
The mammoth card includes four world title fights.
Benavidez (30-0, KO24) won the vacant WBC super middleweight title back in 2017 and defended the belt twice before losing the belt due to missing weight before defeating Roamer Alexis Angulo in 2020.
The Miami fighter will take up an interim version of the title in 2022, defeating David Lemieux to a three-round defeat, and also defended against Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade before moving up to lithe heavyweight, where he scored against Oleksandr Gvozdyk to become the WBC interim champion last June.
He defended in February, waiting for the Dmitry Bivol-Artur Beterbiev fight to end with a points victory over David Morrell, coming off the canvas in the penultimate round, and later that year was promoted to full champion.
His first defense is against the confident Yard from Essex (27-3, KO24), who is fighting for the world title for the third time.
He was stopped 11th after a solid fight against WBO boss Sergey Kovalev in 2019, and was leading on two cards in January 2023 before being stopped by Beterbiev in their unified title fight.
Since then, at the lower level, The Beast has won four times, with his last victory on points coming in a rubber match against Lyndon Arthur in April.
Brian Norman Jr. Fight with Devin Haney
In an intriguing welterweight fight, Devin Haney (32-0, KO15) will move to the welterweight category, where he will try to take the WBO title from Brian Norman Jr (28-0, KO22).
Haney reigned as the unified lightweight champion, scoring points over the likes of Jorge Linares, George Kambosos Jr (twice) and Vasyl Lomachenko, then moved up to super lightweight to capture the WBC title with a masterful points victory over Regis Prograis.
“The Dream” last premiered in May, far surpassing Jose Carlos Ramirez.
Norman is a massive hitter, and after being promoted to full WBO champion, he knocked out Derrieck Cuevas in three rounds in his first defense in March, then traveled to Japan in June to knock out Jin Sasaki in five.
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs. Fernando Martinez
WBC and WBO super flyweight champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (22-0, KO15) looks to add a WBA title to his collection by defeating Fernando Martinez (18-0, KO9) for a trio of titles. Rodriguez added the WBO belt to his WBC crown in July, stopping Phumelela Cafu in ten rounds, while Martinez had to relinquish his IBF title to fight a rematch with Kazuto Ioka in Japan in May, winning on the cards after he did the same in their original meeting last July.
Sam Noakes vs Abdullah Mason fight
Maidstone’s Sam Noakes (17-0, KO15) claims glory by beating Abdullah Mason (19-0, KO17) for the vacant WBO lightweight title.
Noakes has been a British, Commonwealth and European champion, but it’s a formidable challenge against Cleveland’s Mason, who is coming off a fifth-round retirement win over Jeremy Nakathila.
He has never gone 12 rounds, but Mason can do it in a shootout over the break.
Undercard remaining
The only fighter to win in 10 rounds is a middleweight, and Vito Mielnicki Jr (21-1, KO12) should remain in the fight for the world title, winning on points against undefeated Nigerian Samuel Nmomah (21-0, KO5).
In six-round fights, Mohammed Alakel (6-0, KO1) can remain undefeated by scoring against super featherweight Jiaming Li (7-5, KO4), and in super middleweight Julio Porras Ruiz (13-0, KO9) can also remain undefeated by beating Pius Mpenda (11-4-1, KO5).
In the only four-round fight, Sultan Almohammed (1-0, KO0) can defeat Umesh Chavan (3-1-1, KO0) in a lightweight match.
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Jarred Anderson’s return to the ring against Solomon Dacres was canceled just days later.
Dacres and Anderson were scheduled to face on May 9 in Fabio Wardley’s first world title defense against Daniel Dubois.
It looks like “Massive Baby” will continue to gain momentum after suffering his first career loss in 2024.
After a great start to his professional career and 17 impressive victories, Anderson took a gigantic risk in his fight against Martin Bakole in Los Angeles.
This acceleration did not go as planned, as Bakole stopped the American in the fifth round.
The American was forced to withdraw from competition for several weeks after suffering an injury during camp.
Anderson reportedly suffered a torn biceps, and the news was first broken by reporter Chris Mannix during the broadcast of Jarrell Miller’s win over Lenier Pero in Las Vegas.
Anderson, 26, recently signed a promotional deal with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, strengthening his existing relationship with Top Rank that he has been pursuing since his professional debut in 2019.
He last fought in a 10-round victory over Marios Kollias in February 2025, more than 14 months ago.
For now, no further information has been provided regarding a possible postponement of the fight.
For Dacres, it would be his first fight since his impressive decision victory over Vladyslav Sirenko.
Both Dacres and Anderson have only one loss to their name, and the fight between them will prove to be a great indicator of where each is at in their careers.
Dacres’ only loss came in the first round to David Adeleye in 2024, and he has only had one fight since that defeat.
Although the Anderson-Dacres fight has been canceled, the Manchester event will still go ahead as planned, with Fabio Wardley defending his WBO heavyweight title for the first time after winning the title with a stoppage victory over Joseph Parker.
Wardley remains undefeated and his opponent is Daniel Dubois, who has a 95% knockout rate.
Dubois is heading straight for another shot at the world title after being stopped by Oleksandr Usyk last July.
Wardley vs. Dubois it should be an epic fight, and the pair showed off their incredible knockout ability throughout their careers. The Ipswich fighter has wins over Justis Huni, Frazer Clarke and Joseph Parker, while Daniel Dubois has stopped Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua, so a stoppage seems the most likely outcome for the main event.
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Dillian Whyte is eager to fight Joseph Parker again.
In 2018, Whyte and Parker played 12 invigorating rounds, with both hitting the canvas.
Whyte won his dramatic heavyweight fight by unanimous decision at the O2 Arena.
‘The Body Snatcher’ is now planning a rematch with the Recent Zealander, who is looking to clear his name after testing positive for cocaine following his October defeat to Fabio Wardley.
“There are a lot of good fights and Joseph Parker is one of them,” the 38-year-old said Ring Magazine.
“I would love to fight Joseph Parker, I think it’s a really good fight.
“He has to come back, he has to be cleared or whatever. I don’t know the situation.
“So in the meantime I have to stay busy and fight my way back, so let’s see.
“I feel like I still have a little bit to give, so let’s see what we can do to finish the season on a high.
“I’m training now and I want to come back in May or June.
“Now it’s just a matter of training and seeing what comes out on this kind of date.”
The former world title challenger from Brixton has not fought since a crushing first-round knockout defeat to rising contender Moses Itauma last August in Riyad.
Former world champion Parker won six times on spin before being stopped in the 11th round against Wardley, losing the WBO interim title and a shot at unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.
The 34-year-old says he is going through this process after failing the test and hopes it will be resolved soon.
“Let’s hope so [I’m back] soon,” Parker said Professional boxing fans.
“I’m just going through the process and practicing patience.
“We just have to be patient and learn from what they say happened.
“I know what happened and I handed over everything, so let’s see.”
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