Yarde needs to focus on scoring a KO, and not waste time trying to box Benavidez. He doesn\u2019t possess the mobility to fight in that manner. If he tries, Benavidez will hunt him down and chop him apart.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re both going to have our tactics, but at some point, we\u2019re going to collide and we\u2019re going to start trading,\u201d said Yarde about him and Benavidez. \u201cIt was the fight of the year [clash against Artur Beterbiev]. With this one, it\u2019s going to be similar. You can\u2019t get away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Benavidez Brings Relentless Pressure<\/p>\n
It\u2019s going to be trading from the opening seconds of the fight. The tactics that are going to be involved are nonstop punching, and if Yarde can\u2019t handle that, he\u2019ll be knocked out. It\u2019ll be a replay of his losses to Sergey Kovalev and Artur Beterbiev. The only difference is that this one could end earlier if he can\u2019t keep up with the furious pace Benavidez sets.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fighting Benavidez. So what has Joshua Buatsi have to do with me right now? I know you\u2019re promoting him,\u201d said Yarde, getting upset when asked about Joshua Buatsi. \u201cI\u2019m in a big fight, and they\u2019re sliding his name in there somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buatsi\u2019s stock is at a low point right now after his recent controversial 10-round majority decision on November 1, 2025, in Manchester, England. Before that, Buatsi lost to Callum Smith by a 12-round unanimous decision earlier this year on February 22nd. So, he\u2019s not a value add for the winner of the Benavidez vs. Yarde fight.<\/p>\n
Yarde Snaps at Buatsi Talk<\/p>\n
\u201cLook who I\u2019m fighting. Stop all this. It\u2019s annoying. There\u2019s no comparison in terms of who is a better fighter and who is a better name fighter. Stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s understandable why Yarde would get upset when Buati\u2019s name was mentioned. The last thing he needs right now is for him to start talking about an irrelevant fighter, who he may not fight next, regardless of the outcome.<\/p>\n
If Yarde defeats Benavidez, there could be a lucrative rematch or a potential fight against IBF, WBA, and WBO light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol for an undisputed championship. Either one of those fights would be much bigger than a defense against Buatsi. If Yarde loses to Benavidez, there would be no point in fighting Buatsi because he would be rebuilding.<\/p>\n
War Forecast<\/p>\n
Benavidez-Yarde won\u2019t be a chess match. It\u2019s going to be a pure war with heavy artillery, as Yarde says. He knows what he\u2019s up against in this fight, and he\u2019s not going to shy away from it. His only chance of winning is to stay on the frontlines and use his superior firepower to obliterate \u2018The Mexican Monster.\u2019<\/p>\n
Yarde possesses the superior power in this fight, and he\u2019s facing Benavidez at the ideal time. He\u2019s coming off a fierce battle against David Morrell on February 1, 2025. He may be battle-weary after that contest, dealing with the heavy shots from the Cuban\u2014the pure madness of war.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Veteran boxing columnist Graham Ilford brings dry humor and long-earned perspective to the sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb Anthony Yarde Predicts a \u201cShootout\u201d With David Benavidez in Explosive WBC Light Heavyweight Clash on November 22<\/p>\n Last Updated on 11\/05\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Graham Ilford: Anthony Yarde predicts that his fight with WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-246645","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\/246645","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=246645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}