Boxing Challenge

   The boxing weekend is all on one card, but it is a damn good card from Saudi Arabia.

The main event is a light heavyweight title fight as newly promoted WBC champion David Benavidez will defend that title for the first time against Anthony Yarde.

Benavidez hammered out a unanimous decision over David Morrell in February to keep his minor title and was promoted to full champion when undisputed champion Dmitry Bivol gave up the title in favor of a third fight with Artur Beterbiev rather than defend against Benavidez.

Yarde is a strong puncher and fought well in his title challenges against Sergey Kovalev and Artur Beterbiev, but was stopped in both losses.

The interesting points here will be seeing how Benavidez handles the punch of a hard-hitting light heavyweight and how Benavidez's punch affects a fighter at his natural weight.

WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman faces his toughest test against former lightweight and junior welterweight champion Devin Haney.

Norman has impressed since winning his title with two optional defenses, and his power could do well against Haney, who was battered in his "no contest" against Ryan Garcia and was timid in his win over Jose Ramirez.

Is Haney damaged goods? Or will he be revitalized in a new division?

Junior bantamweight titleholders Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez (WBC and WBO) and Fernando Martinez (WBA) will unify seventy-five percent of the division in their matchup.

Both fighters have had an exciting recent win, with Rodriguez stopping Phumlele Cafu in ten rounds to take Cafu's WBO title, with Martinez repeating his unanimous victory over Kazuto Ioka.

The unification fight might be the best battle on the card.

Unbeaten contenders Abdullah Mason and Sam Noakes will face off for the WBO lightweight belt that was vacated by Keyshawn Davis when Davis missed weight for a scheduled defense against Edwin De Los Santos earlier this year.

Mason has been tabbed as a future champion with his fast fists and power punches, but his chin has looked vulnerable, while Noakes has looked strong against fighters at the European level.

Boxing Challenge

WBC Light Heavyweight Title. 12 Rds

David Benavidez vs Anthony Yarde

Ramon Malpica: Benavidez KO 10
TRS: Benavidez KO 8
Vince Samano: Benavidez Unanimous Decision

WBO Welterweight Title. 12 Rds

Brian Norman vs Devin Haney

R.L: Norman KO 9
TRS and V.S: Norman Unanimous Decision

Unification WBA- WBC & WBO Junior Bantamweight Titles. 12 Rds

Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez vs Fernando Martinez

R.L: Rodriguez KO 6
TRS: Rodriguez KO 11
V.S: Rodriguez KO 9

Vacant WBO Lightweight Title. 12 Rds

Abdullah Mason vs Sam Noakes

R.L: Mason KO 8
TRS: Mason KO 4
V.S:  Mason Unanimous Decision