November 23, 2025 • 8 mins
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Last night’s boxing event delivered a remarkable series of performances that shifted the momentum of multiple divisions. David Benavidez retained his position at the top of the light heavyweight class with a commanding stoppage win over Anthony Yarde, while Devin Haney showcased discipline and precision to secure the WBO welterweight title in a hard fought decision. Jesse Rodriguez added even more significance to the night by unifying three world titles with a late knockout that demonstrated both resilience and championship caliber power. Abdullah Mason continued his rapid rise by claiming the WBO lightweight title through a composed and intelligent performance against Sam Noakes. In today’s episode, we break down how each of these victories affects the future landscape of the sport and why this card stood out as one of the most meaningful of the year.
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SPEAKER_01 (00:00):
Tap in it's the fight episode 63.
Listen, bro.
We have some bump of a boxingding ding.
Listen.
The fight episode 63.
Life and Times Network.
Listen.
This main event in boxing periodhas been in such a great spot.
(00:23):
We come from the Eubank JuniorConnor Ben fight too to this
weekend of fights.
David Benavidez, Devin Haney,Bam Bam, Adula Mason,
Championship level fights.
Four of them.
It was an incredible night ofboxing.
Incredible night of fights.
(00:43):
The preliminary, you know, thepremier prelim fight was amazing
too with those middle weights.
Shout out to White Magic forgetting that W.
A dramatic knockout.
A dramatic KO.
In a back and forth fight.
Both fighters got hurt in thatfight.
So even though he lost, hisopponent should take some pride
in that, man.
It was a great fight.
(01:04):
And then we get into theAbdullah Mason.
Listen, I've been watchingAbdullah since he started.
I've been watching him since hewas a prospect.
I watched him fight four, five,six times a year.
This kid had the good since hestepped in, since I seen him.
I knew he was going to be achampion.
It was amazing to see.
(01:25):
Even though he fought a fight atsome times, I really didn't
like.
He does not have to stand thereand trade with Sam.
I know it's good for the fans.
I know you're looking for aknockout, but you did get
dropped before.
This is boxing.
You need to minimize your risksif you're not, if you're not
really.
(01:46):
Don't go for broke if you don'thave to.
Like, don't go for broke if yougot money in the bank.
Don't get a loan if you gotcash.
Like, don't go ahead and losewhat you already have, man.
Your boxing ability.
He won a tough, rugged war.
He fought a fight.
He didn't have to fight.
It kind of reminds me of anearly Floyd where he used to
fight those knuckle drag, youknow, those drag off fights with
(02:08):
Chop Chop Curly and Zab Judah,like, where he went to war and
fought a much more aggressivefight and stopped those guys or
got the TKO.
And it was impressive.
And maybe that's what he wastrying to do.
He's is a young champ, only 21.
Shout out to Abdullah Mason, oneof the youngest champs in
history, and one of the youngestchamps currently.
(02:29):
That division is stacked.
Like flapjacks.
Okay.
I can't wait to see what theseguys do.
He can he can he can hang withall of them.
He can hang with all of them.
All he has to do is get moremature.
I don't want him in the ringwith Tank yet.
Big puncher, a lot ofexperience.
He's going to catch that kid forsure.
(02:50):
So anybody but that, he's cool,man.
Shout out to Abdullah Mason,young champion, big, big fan.
I think he'll be one of thegreatest fighters we've ever
seen, especially as he getsolder and grows into his man
strength, his man weight.
You don't know what weight classhe might end up in towards the
(03:12):
end of his career.
You know, that's the crazy partof it.
But he's not the only youngprodigy on the card.
Bam bam.
Jesse Rodriguez, bro.
Punches in bunches.
Punches in bunches.
Accurate.
Hitting you more than yourtaxes.
(03:34):
Like, if you don't have a jab,you can't beat guys like Bam
Bam.
If you don't have footwork, youcan't beat guys.
If you don't have good defense,you can't.
Like, going in there with heartand determination is not going
to win you this fight.
He broke him down.
He was the matador to the bull.
He outworked him, out jabbedhim, outpunched him, out-angled
(03:55):
him, out thawed him.
He had him every which way.
And it's Sunday.
Bam bam.
Put a thump in on that man, putbelted ass, and then he, you
know, he dropped him.
He finished the fight.
Three belts.
He wouldn't go undisputed.
Flyweight champ.
Bam bam.
Shout out to him, man.
Incredible fight.
(04:16):
Incredible fight.
Then we get to Devin Haneyversus Brian Norman.
Now, we had so many fuckingnarratives about Devin Haney.
He can't box.
He he got a weak chin.
He can't punch.
He all that shit we was talkingabout.
Listen, man.
He dropped the hard puncher.
(04:38):
Brian Norman got put down thisfight.
Second round.
Chin check.
Stop it.
Can't come over here.
Put him in a bad neighborhood.
Can't come here.
It's illegal.
I'm robbing you.
You come in this neighborhood,I'm robbing you.
You came into Devin Haney'sneighborhood, got robbed, got
shot.
Shout out to Teddy Atlas.
Make it a bad neighborhood.
Devin Haney made it a badneighborhood all night.
(05:02):
Brian Norman had fits.
He could not cut off the ring.
You can talk a lot of shit.
You gotta cut off the ring.
SPEAKER_00 (05:11):
He wasn't running, he was right there.
Pop shot.
Boom, bang, bang, bang, bang,right here.
Right here, right there.
You got to do more.
SPEAKER_01 (05:21):
And if you're gonna talk shit, now you gotta deal
with everybody else talkingshit.
So like everything that peoplecriticize Devin Haney for, he
disproved.
I'm I'm so proud of him.
You know, three-weight classchampion, uh, you know, a young
legend in the sport.
He's so young, I don't eventhink he's 30 yet.
(05:42):
So like the amount of scrutinyhe's gotten before he's even
reached his prime is insane.
And this is Devin Haney's I wantI don't want to say era, but
he's gonna be one of thegreatest fighters of his era for
sure.
Connor Benn doesn't lookinterested in fighting him
because he knows if he jumps in,he's gonna get something he
doesn't want.
Devin Haney was not born, thefight was not born.
(06:05):
Stop it.
Now, getting to the main card.
David Benavidez versus AnthonyYarte.
Listen, it was gonna be a dogfight regardless.
I wish Yardi had a better jab.
I wish he had a lot more things,but this proves that Anthony
(06:25):
Yarty is just not world-classlevel.
He's just underneath it, andhe's getting older, so he's
sliding out of his prom.
David Benavidez punches inbunches.
He was everywhere, anywhere,here or there, inside, outside,
like wherever he wanted to be,he had it.
He he made it a he didn't makeit a bad neighborhood.
(06:47):
He made it a bad city, he madeit a bad country, he made it a
bad continent for Anthony Yarde.
He couldn't go anywhere.
Heat sick and heat-seekingmissiles of punches in bunches.
Violence.
Pure violence.
He held him and punched him like18 times.
He didn't give a fuck.
Ref's not gonna stop it.
I'm not gonna stop it.
He holding my arm.
(07:08):
I'm just gonna keep hitting him.
I don't give a fuck.
Canelo don't want to fight.
I don't give a fuck.
I'm moving up.
Better Beav don't want to fight.
I don't give a fuck.
I'm moving up.
Bibble don't want to fight.
I don't give a fuck.
I'm moving up.
David Benavidez does not care.
He's chasing greatness.
If you want to bullshit, if youwant to duck, he's gonna go
(07:28):
somewhere else, man.
It's a shame he's leaving theweight class.
I think he should fight BetterBeep.
I think he should fight Bibble.
I think he should fight Caneloif he gets out of the car
Crawford fight with a W.
Canelo Crawford 2 is coming.
Rematch talks are on the way.
So I can't wait to see that.
Mayweather Pacquiao 2's coming.
Rematch talks are on the way, soI can't wait to see that as
(07:49):
well.
Anthony Joshua versus Jake Paulis happening in December.
Boxing's on fire, man.
It's on fire.
And I didn't even mention theofficial cars that's coming
through.
It's so much going on.
Tapping into the fight episode63.
The fight life and times.
Network.
SPEAKER_00 (08:09):
Tap and then it's later lay.
Tap in it's the fight episode 63.
Listen, bro.
We have some bump of a boxingding ding.
Listen.
The fight episode 63.
Life and Times Network.
Listen.
This main event in boxing periodhas been in such a great spot.
(00:23):
We come from the Eubank JuniorConnor Ben fight too to this
weekend of fights.
David Benavidez, Devin Haney,Bam Bam, Adula Mason,
Championship level fights.
Four of them.
It was an incredible night ofboxing.
Incredible night of fights.
(00:43):
The preliminary, you know, thepremier prelim fight was amazing
too with those middle weights.
Shout out to White Magic forgetting that W.
A dramatic knockout.
A dramatic KO.
In a back and forth fight.
Both fighters got hurt in thatfight.
So even though he lost, hisopponent should take some pride
in that, man.
It was a great fight.
(01:04):
And then we get into theAbdullah Mason.
Listen, I've been watchingAbdullah since he started.
I've been watching him since hewas a prospect.
I watched him fight four, five,six times a year.
This kid had the good since hestepped in, since I seen him.
I knew he was going to be achampion.
It was amazing to see.
(01:25):
Even though he fought a fight atsome times, I really didn't
like.
He does not have to stand thereand trade with Sam.
I know it's good for the fans.
I know you're looking for aknockout, but you did get
dropped before.
This is boxing.
You need to minimize your risksif you're not, if you're not
really.
(01:46):
Don't go for broke if you don'thave to.
Like, don't go for broke if yougot money in the bank.
Don't get a loan if you gotcash.
Like, don't go ahead and losewhat you already have, man.
Your boxing ability.
He won a tough, rugged war.
He fought a fight.
He didn't have to fight.
It kind of reminds me of anearly Floyd where he used to
fight those knuckle drag, youknow, those drag off fights with
(02:08):
Chop Chop Curly and Zab Judah,like, where he went to war and
fought a much more aggressivefight and stopped those guys or
got the TKO.
And it was impressive.
And maybe that's what he wastrying to do.
He's is a young champ, only 21.
Shout out to Abdullah Mason, oneof the youngest champs in
history, and one of the youngestchamps currently.
(02:29):
That division is stacked.
Like flapjacks.
Okay.
I can't wait to see what theseguys do.
He can he can he can hang withall of them.
He can hang with all of them.
All he has to do is get moremature.
I don't want him in the ringwith Tank yet.
Big puncher, a lot ofexperience.
He's going to catch that kid forsure.
(02:50):
So anybody but that, he's cool,man.
Shout out to Abdullah Mason,young champion, big, big fan.
I think he'll be one of thegreatest fighters we've ever
seen, especially as he getsolder and grows into his man
strength, his man weight.
You don't know what weight classhe might end up in towards the
(03:12):
end of his career.
You know, that's the crazy partof it.
But he's not the only youngprodigy on the card.
Bam bam.
Jesse Rodriguez, bro.
Punches in bunches.
Punches in bunches.
Accurate.
Hitting you more than yourtaxes.
(03:34):
Like, if you don't have a jab,you can't beat guys like Bam
Bam.
If you don't have footwork, youcan't beat guys.
If you don't have good defense,you can't.
Like, going in there with heartand determination is not going
to win you this fight.
He broke him down.
He was the matador to the bull.
He outworked him, out jabbedhim, outpunched him, out-angled
(03:55):
him, out thawed him.
He had him every which way.
And it's Sunday.
Bam bam.
Put a thump in on that man, putbelted ass, and then he, you
know, he dropped him.
He finished the fight.
Three belts.
He wouldn't go undisputed.
Flyweight champ.
Bam bam.
Shout out to him, man.
Incredible fight.
(04:16):
Incredible fight.
Then we get to Devin Haneyversus Brian Norman.
Now, we had so many fuckingnarratives about Devin Haney.
He can't box.
He he got a weak chin.
He can't punch.
He all that shit we was talkingabout.
Listen, man.
He dropped the hard puncher.
(04:38):
Brian Norman got put down thisfight.
Second round.
Chin check.
Stop it.
Can't come over here.
Put him in a bad neighborhood.
Can't come here.
It's illegal.
I'm robbing you.
You come in this neighborhood,I'm robbing you.
You came into Devin Haney'sneighborhood, got robbed, got
shot.
Shout out to Teddy Atlas.
Make it a bad neighborhood.
Devin Haney made it a badneighborhood all night.
(05:02):
Brian Norman had fits.
He could not cut off the ring.
You can talk a lot of shit.
You gotta cut off the ring.
SPEAKER_00 (05:11):
He wasn't running, he was right there.
Pop shot.
Boom, bang, bang, bang, bang,right here.
Right here, right there.
You got to do more.
SPEAKER_01 (05:21):
And if you're gonna talk shit, now you gotta deal
with everybody else talkingshit.
So like everything that peoplecriticize Devin Haney for, he
disproved.
I'm I'm so proud of him.
You know, three-weight classchampion, uh, you know, a young
legend in the sport.
He's so young, I don't eventhink he's 30 yet.
(05:42):
So like the amount of scrutinyhe's gotten before he's even
reached his prime is insane.
And this is Devin Haney's I wantI don't want to say era, but
he's gonna be one of thegreatest fighters of his era for
sure.
Connor Benn doesn't lookinterested in fighting him
because he knows if he jumps in,he's gonna get something he
doesn't want.
Devin Haney was not born, thefight was not born.
(06:05):
Stop it.
Now, getting to the main card.
David Benavidez versus AnthonyYarte.
Listen, it was gonna be a dogfight regardless.
I wish Yardi had a better jab.
I wish he had a lot more things,but this proves that Anthony
(06:25):
Yarty is just not world-classlevel.
He's just underneath it, andhe's getting older, so he's
sliding out of his prom.
David Benavidez punches inbunches.
He was everywhere, anywhere,here or there, inside, outside,
like wherever he wanted to be,he had it.
He he made it a he didn't makeit a bad neighborhood.
(06:47):
He made it a bad city, he madeit a bad country, he made it a
bad continent for Anthony Yarde.
He couldn't go anywhere.
Heat sick and heat-seekingmissiles of punches in bunches.
Violence.
Pure violence.
He held him and punched him like18 times.
He didn't give a fuck.
Ref's not gonna stop it.
I'm not gonna stop it.
He holding my arm.
(07:08):
I'm just gonna keep hitting him.
I don't give a fuck.
Canelo don't want to fight.
I don't give a fuck.
I'm moving up.
Better Beav don't want to fight.
I don't give a fuck.
I'm moving up.
Bibble don't want to fight.
I don't give a fuck.
I'm moving up.
David Benavidez does not care.
He's chasing greatness.
If you want to bullshit, if youwant to duck, he's gonna go
(07:28):
somewhere else, man.
It's a shame he's leaving theweight class.
I think he should fight BetterBeep.
I think he should fight Bibble.
I think he should fight Caneloif he gets out of the car
Crawford fight with a W.
Canelo Crawford 2 is coming.
Rematch talks are on the way.
So I can't wait to see that.
Mayweather Pacquiao 2's coming.
Rematch talks are on the way, soI can't wait to see that as
(07:49):
well.
Anthony Joshua versus Jake Paulis happening in December.
Boxing's on fire, man.
It's on fire.
And I didn't even mention theofficial cars that's coming
through.
It's so much going on.
Tapping into the fight episode63.
The fight life and times.
Network.
SPEAKER_00 (08:09):
Tap and then it's later lay.
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