Heavyweight contender Jared Anderson (17-1, 15 costs) in 15 days against Marios Collias (12-3-1, 19 COs) in a 10 round on February 14 on the bottom of denys Berinchyk against Keyshawn Davis on Madison Square Garcia in New York. The event is displayed directly on ESPN and ESPN+.
Martin Bakole spoiled Top Rank’s big plans for 25-year-old Anderson by destroying him last summer in five rounds on Turki Al-Sheikh’s map on August 3 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Kin concern
The top ranking took care of Jared with the same match manufacturing they did for Edgar Berlanga and Keyshawn, and hit him against soft opponents to build him up to a dwarf. Not a real star, but a smaller one to be protected from the legal people. Bakole temporarily ruined things with his knockout victory.
Despite being dropped three times, Anderson did not look half bad. He is nice to look at, and you can say that he has the skills to be a world champion. The chin, though. This is the limiting factor.
Anderson landed well when he did not sit in the ground and looked like a better fighter than Bakole. If his chin stopped, he might have won a decision. Unfortunately, he was unable to handle the power of Bakole and was crushed in fifth place and descended twice before the referee blew it off.
Anderson is #9 WBO and #15 IBF. If he can focus on his defense, he may do something with his career, but he can know his fragile. He can’t take a punch for something that won’t change. A fighter with a weak chin at 25 will not get better as they get older.
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Top Rank tries to rebuild the Toledo, Ohio native Anderson, by suiting him against the few well-known Greek indigenous collias. It is unclear how many rebuilding fights will place the top ranking before deciding whether to keep or cut him loose. It doesn’t look good to him. If he looked terrible against Collias, I would be surprised if Anderson is another year from now with the top rankings.
Before Anderson lost to Martin Bakole, the warning signs were already there. He was injured in his fighting against Charles Martin and Jerry Forrest. Both heavyweights had power, but it was a bad sign that Jared was struggling at this level early in his career.
Anderson did not have a tremendous amateur career to gain experience before becoming a pro in 2019. As an amateur, Jared was 21-5, which is not the record that indicates a future champion.
On February 14, junior middleweight contender Xander Zayas will face Slava Spomer on the same map. Zayas is another fighter for whom top rank on great things hope. However, he cannot strike and is injured at less opposition, which is why he will have problems in this career.
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