High Rank will slowly convey heavyweight Jared Anderson again, matching him towards Marios Kollias (12-3-1, 10 KOs) on February 14th on the Hula Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York. The 2 fighters will likely be preventing on the undercard of WBO light-weight champion Denys Berinchyk vs. Keyshawn Davis.
Anderson (17-1, 15 KOs) was knocked out in his step-up battle by Martin Bakole on August third final 12 months, and he was not prepared for that sort of opponent at 25 years previous. Bakole dropped Jared within the first spherical and twice extra within the fifth to get the knockout.
Type Change Wanted
If Anderson had chosen to field extra quite than battle aggressively, he would have had an opportunity of going the gap and probably profitable. He outboxed Bakole in rounds two via 4 however was caught within the fifth as soon as once more and brought out.
Matching Anderson towards Kollias, 33, is smart to rebuild him earlier than stepping him up later towards world-level opposition. Anderson’s weak punch resistance will seemingly proceed to be an issue regardless of what number of rebuilding fights High Rank provides him.
In the event that they hold Jared long-term with the concept of getting him seize a heavyweight title sooner or later, they should change his type from a mix puncher to a pure boxer.
Charles Martin damage him of their battle in 2023 and Jerry Forrest in 2022. After the Martin battle, High Rank stepped Anderson again and matched him towards the 40-year-old Andrii Rudenko and Ryad Merhy. He carried out properly towards these guys.
Future Unsure
Nonetheless, when Anderson fought Bakole, he was simply as poor as he had been towards Martin and Forrest. There was no enchancment. This implies that Anderson is flawed and won’t have a lot of a future past being a gatekeeper.
The most effective his promoters can hope for is to get fortunate and have him battle one of many fashionable ageing British heavyweights, Anthony Joshua or Tyson Fury, earlier than they retire. That’s unlikely, however Jared is price preserving round for a short while to see if he improves. If not, it’s no nice loss.
Lance Pugmire @pugboxing is the one who reported the information of Jared Anderson coming again towards Marios Kollias.
