Craig “Spider” Richards Ready for Big Fights, Eyes Top Light-Heavyweight Contenders

“Very good fight,” said Richards. “It’s a big step up for Yarde. Benavidez, monster in his own right at the weight; he’s tall; he overwhelms his fighters with work rate; people say about his last two performances he didn’t get a stoppage at light heavyweight, but if we’re looking at the guys he’s in there with, [David] Morrell and [Oleksandr] Gvozdyk, we all know [Gvozdyk] gave Beterbiev his hardest fight and he put Adonis Stevenson in a coma to win the WBC title, so we know he’s no joke, and Benavidez walked through him as well, so we know Benavidez isn’t a joke. So it’s a big step up for Yarde.”