
Jared Anderson Joins Forces With SugarHill Steward Ahead Of Bakole Showdown
Heavyweight contender Jared Anderson has added SugarHill Steward to his training team ahead of his August 3 battle with Martin Bakole
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Heavyweight contender Jared Anderson has added SugarHill Steward to his training team ahead of his August 3 battle with Martin Bakole

The full show for the Aug. 3 bill in Los Angeles has been announced, which is topped by Terence Crawford’s attempts at WBA champion Israil Madrimov’s WBO 154-pound title.

The heavyweight division, like plenty of its biggest stars, is enjoying something of a resurgence. The leaders suddenly can’t get enough of fighting each other as an exciting era verges on becoming a great one. Here we examine all the key players, their strengths and weaknesses, alongside what the future of those fighters – and the division as a whole – may look like.

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards going deep into the fallout from Fury-Usyk, his experience with rehydration as a trainer, more fantasy fights, even rounds and his view on some of the best coaches working today.


Now that Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury have provided such a jolt of positive momentum to their sport and the heavyweight division, the impetus is on everyone else to maintain the energy and press on.

Top Rank president Todd duBoef said they had not been looking for Anderson to fight on August 3

Turki Alalshikh, a self-confessed lover of heavyweight boxing, hopes to match one of the sport’s brightest talents against one of its most destructive punchers on August 3.

The feedback from Jared Anderson’s tepid 10-round decision over Ryad Merhy was not positive.

Heavyweight prospect Jared Anderson has been called out by the 45-year-old former world title contender Luis Ortiz. This comes on the heels of a boring 10-round unanimous decision Anderson win over Ryad Merhy, last Saturday at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Enter Luis Ortiz (34-3, 29 KOs), an aging Cuban veteran who took to social media to answer a challenge that Anderson’s (17-0, 15 KOs) promoter, Bob Arum, put out earlier this week. “We’re looking for a heavyweight who thinks he can actually beat Jared Anderson,” tweeted Arum. “We need someone brave enough to get in the ring with Jared and give him a real battle. There’s no one he would be reluctant to fight at this point.”