Jared Anderson: record, next fight and profile →
Jonnie Rice realizes that his seventh-round stoppage of Guido Vianello could lead to an offer for him to fight Jared Anderson next. Las Vegas’ Rice has sparred with the undefeated Anderson enough to know that fighting him would be much more
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has very big plans for heavyweight prospect Jared Anderson, who is quickly emerging as a future force in his weight class. Anderson put on a show with his recent destruction of veteran Jerry Forrest, who previously went the distance with fighters like Carlos Takam, Kubrat Pulev, Michael Hunter, and Zhilei Zhang.
by Keith Idec – Jared Anderson’s destruction of Jerry Forrest might make it even harder to get ranked heavyweight contenders to fight the 23-year-old knockout artist. Anderson will just have to hope that his promoter, Bob Arum, can pay veteran heavyweights enough to entice them to take that risk in 2023. The Toledo, Ohio native also wants to fight in his hometown sometime next year.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has very high hopes for undefeated heavyweight puncher Jared Anderson (13-0, 13 KOs). Anderson, 23-years-old, is being pushed as the future of the heavyweight division. Arum co-promotes the current WBC world champion Tyson Fury, who is widely viewed as the top fighter in the weight class.
Teofimo Lopez’s second junior welterweight fight drew slightly higher viewership on ESPN than his 140-pound debut four months ago. Nielsen Media Research revealed data Tuesday that indicated an average of 951,000 viewers watched Lopez defeat Sandor Martin by split decision in a 10-round main event Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. ESPN’s peak audience for the Lopez-Martin match was 972,000.
Madison Square Garden, New York City - Heavyweight contender Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson (13-0, 13 KOs) retained his 100% knockout ratio by scoring a second-round TKO victory over Jerry Forrest (26-6-2, 20 KOs). Anderson captured the WBO International and WBC Silver USNBC titles with tonight’s dominant victory.
NEW YORK – Jerry Forrest came to test Jared Anderson and painfully paid the price Saturday night. Anderson withstood Forrest’s fast start, bombarded him with punishing punches for most of the first round and stopped the durable veteran heavyweight early in the second round on the Teofimo Lopez-Sandor Martin undercard at Madison Square Garden. Referee David Fields stopped their scheduled 10-round bout 1:34 into the second round, after
Even as Jared Anderson ascends in the heavyweight division, the developing knockout artist anticipates that it is going to be difficult to secure fights against established contenders.
Gone are the days of hulking, burly heavyweights, seemingly too uncoordinated to tie their shoes, let alone rip off lightning-fast combinations. Yet, in the case of Jared “Big Baby” Anderson, the American sensation has provided a bit of sizzle to a normally mundane division.
NEW YORK – Jerry Forrest doesn’t think any of Jared Anderson’s first 12 opponents were equipped to take the young knockout artist where Forrest will lead him Saturday night.