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BBC News
04-07-2025
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- BBC News
Briton Noakes to fight for world title in November
Briton Sam Noakes will fight fellow unbeaten contender Abdullah Mason for the vacant WBO lightweight world title in Saudi Arabia this 27-year-old from Maidstone has won all 17 of his professional bouts, stopping 15 opponents. American Mason, 21, also boasts a perfect record, with 17 knockouts from 19 WBO ordered the bout after stripping former champion Keyshawn Davis, who failed to make weight for a cancelled fight against Edwin De Los fight will take place during Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season, with the exact date and venue yet to be undercard will feature London's Anthony Yarde challenging WBC light-heavyweight champion David Benavidez, and a welterweight main event between WBO champion Brian Norman Jr and Devin Haney.
Express Tribune
04-07-2025
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- Express Tribune
David Benavidez vs Anthony Yarde confirmed: WBC light heavyweight title fight scheduled for November, find out full details
WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez will defend his title against Britain's Anthony Yarde in November, Saudi boxing officials announced on July 3. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and president of the Saudi Boxing Federation, confirmed the fight as part of Riyadh Season. The exact date and venue are yet to be finalised. The bout will be Benavidez's first since he was promoted to full champion status. The 28-year-old previously held the interim belt, which he captured with a unanimous decision win over Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June 2024. He followed up with a victory against David Morrell in February, securing his position as the division's leading contender. Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) was elevated to champion earlier this year after former titleholder Dmitry Bivol opted for a trilogy bout against Artur Beterbiev rather than defend against the interim titleholder. Long linked to a clash with Canelo Alvarez at super middleweight, Benavidez moved up in weight after failing to secure the fight. His opponent, Anthony Yarde (27-3, 24 KOs), will be making his third attempt at a world title. The London-born fighter fell short in his first title shot against Sergey Kovalev in 2019 and again in 2023, when he was stopped by Beterbiev in a high-profile bout for the WBC, IBF and WBO titles. Yarde returned to winning form in April with a points win over Lyndon Arthur on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn. He'll now seek a breakthrough moment against one of the division's most powerful and technically gifted champions. The November contest adds another high-profile name to Riyadh Season, which has emerged as a key player in boxing's global calendar. Further details on the card are expected in the coming weeks.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
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- Yahoo
David Benavidez set to defend WBC light heavyweight title against Anthony Yarde in November
David Benavidez will be facing a British opponent in his next fight — but not the one who was expected. Benavidez is scheduled to make the first defense of his WBC light heavyweight title against Anthony Yarde on a Riyadh Season card in November, Turki Alalshikh confirmed Thursday. Advertisement "The Monster" was in advanced negotiations for a fight with WBO interim champion Callum Smith, but those talks ultimately failed, and so a deal with Yarde was finalized instead. While Yarde is in the top 10 at 175 pounds, a fight between Benavidez and Smith would've seen the consensus Nos. 3 and 4 fighters in the division pitted against each other. Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) twice held the WBC super middleweight title between 2017-20, but lost it outside the ring on both occasions. In 2023, Benavidez proved himself to be a formidable challenger for undisputed champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez by beating Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade. But with Alvarez uninterested in facing Benavidez, the latter was forced to move up to light heavyweight. After picking up the WBC interim title against Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June 2024, Benavidez had to get off the floor to defeat the WBA (Regular) champion David Morrell in a thriller in February. Now that Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol are expected to fight for a third time, Benavidez has to once again wait his turn. With Benavidez's next fight scheduled for a Riyadh Season show, which hosted the two Beterbiev-Bivol fights, the chances of seeing the winner of the trilogy face Benavidez have increased substantially. Advertisement Yarde (27-3, 24 KOs) is a former two-time light heavyweight title challenger. The Brit was stopped in both championship attempts: by Sergey Kovalev in 2019 and by Beterbiev in 2023. Yarde was last in action when he edged Lyndon Arthur to lead their rivalry, 2-1. Alalshikh announced Sunday that Brian Norman Jr. would defend his WBO welterweight title against two-division world champion Devin Haney on a Riyadh Season card in November. Both Benavidez vs. Yarde and Haney vs. Norman are expected to take place on the same card.
BBC News
03-07-2025
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- BBC News
Yarde to face world champion Benavidez in November
British light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde will challenge unbeaten WBC world champion David Benavidez in Saudi Arabia this Yarde, 33, will be making his third attempt to win a world title, having fallen short against Sergey Kovalev in 2019 and Artur Beterbiev in known as 'The Mexican Monster', boasts an unblemished record of 30 wins, including 24 by American fighter of Mexican heritage is a former two-time WBC super-middleweight world has long been linked with a bout against Mexican star Saul 'Canelo' Álvarez, with some purists saying the pound-for-pound star has steered clear of a showdown with heads into the fight on the back of a trilogy victory over Lyndon Arthur in April, having lost their first bout in 2020 before winning the rematch a year bout will form part of Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season, though an exact date and venue are yet to be confirmed.
The Sun
07-06-2025
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- The Sun
Frank Warren leads tributes as iconic boxing trainer James Cook dies just months after tragic cancer diagnosis aged 66
FRANK WARREN has led the tributes to boxing trainer and former champion James Cook - who has passed away at 66. Cook - who won the British and European super-middleweight titles during his career - was diagnosed with bladder cancer this year. 3 3 And after a short battle, he has sadly passed away as boxing mourned the respected coach and former fighter. Promoter Warren posted: "Incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of James Cook MBE. "A true gentleman of our sport who achieved incredible things inside and outside of the ring. "The work he has done for youths in East London will live on forever and he will be hugely missed. "Our condolences to his family and loved ones for their sad loss RIP." Cook turned professional in 1982 after a successful amateur career and fought British greats in Michael Watson and Herol Graham. He won the British and European titles in the space of a year and retired after losing to Cornelius Carr in 1994. Cook later became a coach and was awarded an MBE in 2007 for services to youth justice in Hackney. At Buckingham Palace he received the honour directly from Queen Elizabeth II. In later years, Cook joined Anthony Yarde's camp before the light-heavyweight's rematch win over Lyndon Arthur in 2021. 3
