David Benavidez and Anthony Yarde will strut their stuff for fans and media at today’s open workouts, streaming LIVE at 1 p.m. ET from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Benavidez will defend his WBC light heavyweight
title against “The Beast from the East” on Sat. night (Nov. 22) on DAZN pay-per-view (order here).
“With rain comes mud and the potential mud, with Benavidez, is when he’s raining all those punches at you,” longtime trainer, Teddy Atlas, said on YouTube. “Sometimes he’s vulnerable. If you punch with him when he’s throwing, you can catch him. There are going to be spots, especially early, for the veteran and the good puncher, the strong, physical puncher of Yarde.”
“There’s going to be opportunities to catch and hurt Benavidez,” Atlas continued. “Benavidez has a good chin, great heart, but there will be opportunities [for Yarde] to do that. I think Benavidez, if he gets his way with the body work, the pressure, the volume, the bursts — he’ll wear down Yarde. At the end of the day, I like Benavidez to win.”
For the rest of the Ring IV “Night of Champions” fight card, which also features Brian Norman Jr. vs. Devin Haney for the WBO welterweight title, click here.
