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

[hitmanjosh]

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.

Why to get knocked the ****KK-KKKK out a 2nd time!

[billeau2]

Most twenty somethings do not have focus yet. The real problem with Anderson is how he has been led to accept the loss to Bakole and the whole system that makes a loss into a major career crisis, while making the priority not to lose any fights, as opposed to learning the craft. Part of the Bakole fight is existential: Does one, allow it to crush them? or does one look at it as a learning experience, a way to experience the levels to the game, and ultimately master the same situation down the road. What the idi ots surrounding this kid have done is put him under a microscope because of the Bakole fight. They expect him to just fight on destroying inferior opponents until he does what exactly? How does fighting well against the journeymen help him develop skills to use against a fighter like Bakole?

This kid is young, he could lose his next five fights and still develop into a talent if... if the talent is there. I am not sold on his talent, some of you have raised legitimate concerns regarding his toolbox. I do believe we will not know unless Anderson starts to develop defensive skills, his power shots, instead of just using a jab, and until he is free to lose in order to experience different fighters. Fighters like Chisora and Gati were not great competitors because they won all their fights, Chisora would fight anyone, and often did! And he managed to gain experience and to elevate himself.

Jared and all these young guys need to get in there and struggle. They need to fight all comers, and learn how to deal with different styles in the ring. Jared was lost when he could not keep Bakole off of him with only his jab.

[hitmanjosh]

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.

The kid is from Toledo, OH has been arrested how many times over the last few years, has a brother doing hard time hell that's enough for anyone to be having a hard time!

[Goo Goo]

Jared doesn't care about boxing & it shows. He's only doing this to get himself & his family well off & then he's done.(he's already admitted that) Problem is, the promoters know this also. If he's not a draw, he won't get booked. No one is going to pay good money to watch a below average, lack luster fighter. The heavyweight division used to RULE boxing years ago. Those years are over. No disrespect to the other countries, but European fighters just don't attract worldwide fans the way American heavyweights do. Besides Lennox Lewis, you can't name 5 European fighters that moved the needle the way Tyson, Hollyfield, Spinks, Holmes, Foreman & Ali did for 4 decades. All our big named American boxers now are in lighter weight classes. The only way boxing will get back to the top is if there's a bad ass American heavyweight, like a Tyson or Hollyfield, that's a major draw. Until then, guys like Jared Anderson will be what's on the menu. And that's like giving someone Spam when they craving a 20 oz T-bone steak.

[garfios]

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.

Guillermo Rigondeaux, they gave future opposition a ducking excuse, that's why frampton, quigg, mares and St. + ran away and never face the Jackal.

[Ellijah]

You make some solid points about Anderson’s strengths and weaknesses. He’s got raw talent and physical gifts, but boxing at the highest level is as much about discipline, fundamentals, and defense as it is about power and reflexes. Relying too much on athleticism without shoring up the technical aspects will only take him so far, especially when he steps up against elite competition.

If he truly wants to be a top-tier fighter, he needs to commit fully—better coaching, better training habits, and a more refined approach to defense. Otherwise, he risks becoming another "what could have been" story in boxing. The next big test will show whether he's serious about reaching that next level or just coasting on talent.