Anthony Yarde loses for the fourth time - third at world level - in 31 pro bouts
British light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde's third shot at a world title ended in heartbreak again after a systematic beat-down by WBC champion David Benavidez in Saudi Arabia.
After a slow start, American Benavidez seized control, sending 34-year-old Yarde to the canvas with a barrage in the seventh.
With blood streaming from Yarde's nose and smeared across the canvas, another heavy flurry of punches with a minute left in the round forced the referee to halt the contest.
"I stuck in there. I'm a fighter," Yarde told BBC Radio 5 Live.
