Comments Thread For: Jared Anderson Is Here For a Good Time, Not a Long Time

[Rockybigblower]

Yeah, I remember a young heavyweight who swore up and down the road in every interview he'd retire by the time he was 30, and yet Joe Parker is still fighting.

Danny Willams is 49 and has been knocked out more than a dozen times. He cant get a license in GB but hes still making money on the euro circuit because he loves the sport. Joe Parker may have the same mentality. It seems Anderson does not.

[Tecnoworld]

I hope Charles Martin scores an upset, here

[Murray Kelm]

Very few young men are disciplined enough to bank their money, he most likely will find a woman and an entourage that will drain him ,forcing him to continue, but if his heart is not in it ,talent will only take him so far.

[4truth]

Bernard Hopkins promised his dying mother he'd retire by 40.

[anonymous2.0]

I feel like so many fighters say this when they are young. Then they have setbacks or get bored in life and suddenly they’re in their 30s still fighting. Hard to find many fighters who actually retired wealthy in their 20s and never came back.

Yeah, I remember a young heavyweight who swore up and down the road in every interview he'd retire by the time he was 30, and yet Joe Parker is still fighting.

[slim hudson]

if anderson is ever fool enough to step into the ring vs arslanbek makhmudov he will get his wish an early retirement

[Baba K]

Honest assessment from the young man but 1) for a fighter, the mental is important. A hungrier fighter with close to his talent level can derail the plan and 2) Fighters don't get paid on titles or championships; they get paid on how many people want to watch them fight. This kind of statement doesn't increase that number - might even decrease it.

[Boxing2695]

I feel like so many fighters say this when they are young. Then they have setbacks or get bored in life and suddenly they’re in their 30s still fighting. Hard to find many fighters who actually retired wealthy in their 20s and never came back.

Only one I can really think off is naseem hamed. He retired at 28 never came back and he made good money in boxing obviously he was a big name here in the UK but then he put it into the property and is still wealthy today because of it

[OldTerry]

I feel like so many fighters say this when they are young. Then they have setbacks or get bored in life and suddenly they’re in their 30s still fighting. Hard to find many fighters who actually retired wealthy in their 20s and never came back.

Hopefully he does exactly what he says, which would mean he could retire healthy as well as wealthy.

[OldTerry]

A lot of fighters had similar plans but few stay the course. Money is addictive, the more you get the more you want. If Jared is successful it's going to be difficult leaving with so much money still on the table. If he isn't successful, it's going to be hard leaving with so little money.

You are an astute student of human nature.