David Benavidez TKO7 Anthony Yarde. ...  In the main event of the big show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, David Benavidez successfully defended his title against Britain's Anthony Yarde.  After a little bit of a slow start, Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) turned it on with his fast hands to bloody and swell Yarde's face up, which resulted in Benavidez dropping the Brit and stopping him at the 1:59 mark of the seventh round to retain the WBC and interim WBA light heavyweight titles. In the third round, Benavidez uncorked a series of left hands that let Yarde know trouble was brewing. He continued to unload those violent combinations until he completely broke Yarde and closed the show in the seventh round. “I got some news for you guys,” a victorious Benavidez said during his post-fight interview on the DAZN pay-per-view broadcast “May 2 — me versus [WBA/WBO 200-pound champion Gilberto] ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez. I’m going up to cruiserweight to challenge for his titles, so I’m excited for that.”