Anthony Yarde Lighter Than David Benavidez Before Saturday's Ring IV PPV Event
Highlights
Anthony Yarde is slightly lighter than David Benavidez ahead of their Light Heavyweight WBC title fight at The Ring IV: Night of the Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Benavidez weighed in at 174.3 lbs, while Yarde came in at 173.9 lbs. The event also features a title unification between Jesse Rodriguez and Fernando Martinez.
Nov 21, 2025
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The participants from “The Ring IV: Night of the Champions” show are just one more sleep away from squaring off in their respective bouts.
Highlights
Anthony Yarde is slightly lighter than David Benavidez ahead of their Light Heavyweight WBC title fight at The Ring IV: Night of the Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Benavidez weighed in at 174.3 lbs, while Yarde came in at 173.9 lbs. The event also features a title unification between Jesse Rodriguez and Fernando Martinez.
Highlights
Anthony Yarde is slightly lighter than David Benavidez ahead of their Light Heavyweight WBC title fight at The Ring IV: Night of the Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Benavidez weighed in at 174.3 lbs, while Yarde came in at 173.9 lbs. The event also features a title unification between Jesse Rodriguez and Fernando Martinez.
Preceding the chief support bout should be a tactical slugfest when The Ring, WBC, and WBO junior bantamweight champion Jesse Rodriguez (22-0, 15 KOs) takes on WBA belt holder Fernando Martinez (18-0, 9 KOs) in a title unification bout.
Rodriguez weighed in at 114.6 pounds while Martinez was almost a pound-and-a-half lighter at 113.2 pounds.
Kicking off the PPV portion of the card is a pitting that will crown a first-time titleholder when Abdullah Mason (19-0, 17 KOs) and Sam Noakes (17-0, 15 KOs) square off for the vacant WBO lightweight belt.
Mason weighed in at 134 pounds, while Noakes came in just under the championship limit at 134.9 pounds.
“The Ring IV: Night of the Champions” takes place on Saturday, November 22 and will stream live on DAZN PPV from 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT (UK: £24.99; US: $59.99).
Main card weights in full, are as follows:
Light heavyweight for Benavidez's WBC world title, 12 rounds
- David Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs), 174.3 pounds, Miami, Florida
- Anthony Yarde (27-3, 24 KOs), 173.9 pounds, Ilford, London
Welterweight for Norman's WBO belt, 12 rounds
- Brian Norman Jr (28-0, 22 KOs, 2 NC), 146 pounds, Conyers, Georgia
- Devin Haney (32-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC), 146.6 pounds, Las Vegas, Nevada
Ring, IBF, WBC, WBA junior bantamweight unification, 12 rounds
- Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez (22-0, 15 KOs), 114.6lbs, San Antonio, Texas
- Fernando Daniel Martinez (18-0, 9 KOs), 113.2lbs, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vacant WBO lightweight title, 12 rounds
- Abdullah Mason (19-0, 17 KOs), 134 pounds, Cleveland, Ohio
- Sam Noakes (17-0, 15 KOs), 134.9 pounds, Maidstone, Kent
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