Jared Anderson is fighting Martin Bakole

[Toffee]

It's a strange blunder by Arum and Anderson's team.

Jared is talented but he is still a novice and will get beaten badly by Bakole. He needs a few more fights and proper progression before fighting at this level.

Feels like a big gamble.

If Anderson wins then they have a credible US Heavyweight. That's a massive commercial prospect.

But if he loses then he's gone and there isn't a US Heavy anywhere in the mix.

I would have thought we'd have another couple of years of ranking booster fights.

Fair play to Anderson stepping up.

[billeau2]

My God are you people reading these posts you are posting? 4truth is the only one who seems to get it: Jared Anderson is an immensely talented kid who is BORED because of this crap that would have fighters be well into thirty before they test themselves. This is a great fight for him that is winnable but, even in a loss he would get better, grow, learn to fight up and not down. Fighters like Boots Ennis, Moses Ituama and Jared need to do what the Paul Brothers do... Do what Adrien Broner, what Ryan does... start shiat and DEMAND that fans learn about them and make the casuals demand better fights... The Saudis will finance good fights! Get into some scuffles, hire a few baby mamas to follow them around, get Shannon Briggs to pull his "lets go champ" routine.

Jared reminds me of being in Junior High with a teacher asking the class to read Judy Bloome Books... Books about female drama, etc... which made me so bored I totally became a junior delinquent. Jared is sick of stiffs! If he wanted to work in the morgue he would be an undertaker!

This kid is floundering precisely because of the attitude of fighters like Davis, who do little, lose fights (Like he did to Cruz) get protected and claim to be special. jared needs to take the high road and fight real opponents or his talent will peter out... He will become as disinterested as the stiff Croat!

And here the majority of posters are moaning like little school girls ******** for the first time: "Slowly, slowly, oh jared take it slow!" SERIOUSLY?!

[paul77]

Guys, Anderson has had a lot of legal troubles and has been doing some downright dumb **** lately.

Top Rank is cashing him in - they'll recoup a chunk of their investment with a cut of his purse, and if he wins he's in a line for a payday.

Not at all a blunder by Top Rank - this is win-win in their eyes. If they try to move him slow and he ends up in jail, they get nothing for their effort.

For what it's worth, I think Anderson gets by Bakole, especially if Bakole doesn't show up in better shape than he did against Takam.

[Inoue Body Shot]

Very fun fight!! Bombs away!!

[hugh grant]

I think this is great, prospects fighting each other, lets see who's real.
I've been seeing Jared creep into top 10s? I've heard bakole say he beats zhang!
Enough already, fight

[shenmue]

Is this on espn?, i want to hear Joe tessitore crying as Anderson gets brutalised, his rimming of Anderson has been sickening, especially the last fight.