Comments Thread For: Jared Anderson criticized by Top Rank matchmaker after win over Marios Kollias

[Superbee]

The criticisms are valid, but I can't remember Top Rank publicly criticizing one of their own fighters who was on his way up the way they have Anderson. It's 3 or 4 times now they've released something negative about him in the media.

Really strange - if you genuinely want him to improve, in the ring and out, these are not the kind of conversations to have in public.

I think the rant was more towards Anderson behavior throughout the fight... He seemed completely out of his focus zone talking shyte the whole fight ... Child King with no common sense...

[paulf]

Anderson could fight Bakole 100 times and wouldn't win a single match.

Bakole is all wrong for him.

[MulaKO]

He needs to rematch Bakole right away. That is what will get him to the next stage. I can’t believe Anderson isn’t insisting on this.

How does he justify a rematch ???

[JohnnyCan]

He needs to rematch Bakole right away. That is what will get him to the next stage. I can’t believe Anderson isn’t insisting on this.

[PBR Streetgang]

Top Rank shouldn't be criticizing Anderson publicly but he has been a pain in the ass for them. They hyped him up quite a bit and tried to match him carefully (I think they do that fairly well for most of their stable). He had the drama with the legal issues, the public comments about his lack of interest in the sport, the decision for the money-grab against Bakole and some lackluster performances against Merhy and the Greek.

That's everything we know about, however my guess is it's the tip of the iceberg with Jared and likely don't know all the behind the scenes drama. I hope he gets his priorities straight (whatever they may be).

[Joseph]

What little fighting spirit he had, Bakole snatched.

[Southpawology]

If your heart is not in boxing 100% and youre just half assing it at the top level…you WILL get severely hurt. Already happend once with bakole and itll happen again to him

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Anderson seems a little bipolar, some kind of mental health issues. That can be dangerous when boxing for a living. He needs to make a decision....get a trainer who can teach him solid defense, more solid boxing fundamentals and get his nutritionand training honed in. Or, go into a different line of work.

Anderson has decent power and he is obviously a smart dude. He relies too much on his physical gifts and his reflexes....those are great tools, but he doesn't have the fundamentals down well enough. His natural gifts will beat big tomato cans, but he will never beat fundamentally good boxers as he is. He wants paychecks but doesn't seem to want to put in the amount of work it takes to be a top guy.

If he doesn't woodshed on the fundamentals he will get KOd in his next step up fight.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Just change the focus. If you don't really love boxing, then find something you really want, like 100 acres and a micro-farm, and box to achieve it.

You can make a lot more in the ring than you'll make anywhere else, at least for now.

This is good advice. Too bad he probably won't see it. But he definitely needs to get his head right and find some motivation, because boxing is too dangerous to do if you don't really want to do it. Not just for him, but for his loved ones 30 years down the line...

[FlatLine]

Anderson did ok for a comeback fight after a pretty devastating defeat to Bakole only 6 months ago. Weighed the heaviest of his entire career, and didn't seem fully focused or happy to be there. Some sort of intervention from a mentor might be needed, or a change of team and location. Roy didn't seem to help with that pep talk last year but maybe someone else would be more effective. For some reason, Anderson's vacant, disinterested gaze during the fight at times reminded me of Oliver McCall.