{"id":216304,"date":"2025-10-21T21:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216304\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:02:07","slug":"yarde-promises-big-upset-vs-benavidez-fans-doubt-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216304\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarde Promises \u201cBig Upset\u201d Vs Benavidez \u2014 Fans Doubt It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Yarde predicts he\u2019ll cause a big \u201cupset\u201d against WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez in their headliner on November 22, 2025, in Riyadh. The oddmakers have it 10-1 to 11-1 in favor of the unbeaten \u2018Mexican Monster\u2019 Benavide (30-0, 24 KOs).<\/p>\n

The Queensberry-promoted Yarde must raise his game significantly to pull off a miracle upset over the much younger 28-year-old Benavidez. If not, this fight will end early, and the boxing fans who paid $59.99 to order the event on DAZN<\/a> PPV will feel they were sold a bad bill of goods.<\/p>\n

The chief support fight for the November 22nd event, between Devin Haney and WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr., feels more like the main event than the Benavidez-Yarde fight.<\/p>\n

Tom Galm\u2019s Fight Game Reality: A Bout Nobody Asked For<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to be a big upset. The way both of us fight, you\u2019re guaranteed a good fight,\u201d said Anthony Yarde to InsideRingShow<\/a> about his title challenge against WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez in 32 days on November 22nd.<\/p>\n

Fans deserve better than this for PPV. It\u2019s fine if Benavidez were coming off a loss to use Yarde as a confidence-builder, but not now.<\/p>\n

Turki Alalshikh picked\u00a0he #3 WBA, #4 WBC-ranked Yarde (27-3, 24 KOs) for this title shot against Bensvidez. That choice has created a backlash among fans on social media, who feel that the 34-year-old Yarde shouldn\u2019t be given another world title shot after failing two years ago in his eighth-round knockout loss to IBF, WBC, and WBO 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev on January 28, 2023.<\/p>\n

Yarde returned from that loss to defeat these four mostly unknown opponents: Lyndon Arthur,\u00a0Ralfs Vilcans, Marko Nikolic, and Jorge Silva.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old Lyndon (24-3, 16 KOs) is a decent fighter, but he\u2019d recently lost a wide 12-round unanimous decision to Dmitry Bivol on December 23, 2023, by the scores 120-107, 120-107, and 120-107.<\/p>\n

Bottom Line: Benavidez Needs Danger Again<\/p>\n

Anything but Yarde would be preferable. A rematch with David Morrell would have been tolerable for boxing fans to watch on PPV, but not Yarde. It\u2019s too easy for Benavidez and not even sporting. It\u2019s like hunting with the prey standing right in front of you.<\/p>\n

U.S fans wanted to see \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 Benavidez fight Artur Beterbiev or Bivol for the November 22nd event, not the two-time world title challenger failure Yarde. They\u2019ve witnessed Benavidez involved in these four consecutive fights on pay-per-view that have failed to deliver:<\/p>\n

David Morrell
\nOleksandr Gvozdyk
\nDemetrius Andrade
\nCaleb Plant<\/p>\n

Tom Galm has covered the global boxing scene since 2014, specializing in heavyweight analysis, business trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n

Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Anthony Yarde Promises \u201cBig Upset\u201d Against David Benavidez \u2014 But Fans Aren\u2019t Buying It Ahead of Riyadh Showdown<\/p>\n

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