{"id":218988,"date":"2025-10-22T23:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/218988\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T23:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:33:12","slug":"fans-call-ring-iv-best-card-but-rip-yarde-as-weak-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/218988\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Call \u2018Ring IV\u2019 Best Card \u2014 But Rip Yarde As Weak Link"},"content":{"rendered":"

The loaded David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde, Ring IV, event is just 31 days away on November 22nd on DAZN<\/a> PPV at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It\u2019s a card that outshines anything put together this year, as it\u2019s high-quality top to bottom.<\/p>\n

The only complaint fans have about the event is the selection of the 34-year-old Yarde (27-3, 24 KOs) for the challenger to face \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) for his WBC light heavyweight title in the main event.<\/p>\n

Turki\u2019s 24-Karat Lineup<\/p>\n

The Ring IV event<\/p>\n

David Benavidez vs Anthony Yarde
\nDevin Haney vs Brian Norman Jr
\nJesse \u2018Bam\u2019 Rodriguez vs Fernando Martinez
\nAbdullah Mason vs Sam Noakes<\/p>\n

Fans view the two-time world title challenger failure, Yarde, as not meeting the high standards for Turki Alalshikh\u2019s prestigious event. Yarde doesn\u2019t meet the gold standard criteria to be among these talents. He\u2019s more of a bronze medal among these 24k gold fighters.<\/p>\n

Turki would have done better to throw him out and focus on using David Morrell again or Imam Khataev to challenge Benavidez. Those would be highly entertaining.<\/p>\n

The co-feature fight on the card between WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) and Devin Haney (32-0, 16 KOs) is receiving the most buzz on social media. It\u2019s seen as a true 50-50 matchup, and it\u2019s a far superior clash than the main event.<\/p>\n

Fans Smell a Mismatch<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably too late for Turki to switch this fight to the headliner, but he really should because it\u2019s being talked about by fans far more than the mismatch between Benavidez and the 34-year-old Brit Yarde.<\/p>\n

Artur Beterbiev vs. Deon Nicholson has been cancelled and is off the November 22nd card. Nicholson reported the news. The former undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) has suffered an injury in training. That leaves him off the card, but it\u2019s still a massive event even without the 40-year-old Artur.<\/p>\n

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Boxing News<\/a> | Boxing News<\/a> | Fans Praise \u2018Ring IV\u2019 as the Best Card of 2025 \u2014 but Slam Yarde as a Bronze-Level Challenger for Benavidez\u2019s Gold<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The loaded David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde, Ring IV, event is just 31 days away on November 22nd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-218988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}