Jared Anderson: record, next fight and profile →
Filip Hrgovic had already done enough to earn a shot at the IBF world title. But, just because you're entitled to a shot at the crown, it doesn’t mean you’ll get what you deserve.
According to CBS affiliate WOTL, unbeaten heavyweight contender Jared Anderson was arrested by Oregon Police and booked into the Lucas County Jail on Monday.
It all normally starts with a dream. That dream manifests into opportunity and that opportunity, with a bit of luck and hard work, transforms into an actual reality.
Heading into the weekend, it was hard to get all that excited for Oleksandr Usyk’s title defense against Daniel Dubois. On paper, it looked like a showdown between one of the game’s elite, in any weight class, and a mandatory with little to recommend their position.
Heavyweight knockout artist Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson continued to stay busy with a stoppage victory. The 23-year-old fighting pride of Toledo, Ohio, defeated Ukrainian contender Andriy Rudenko (35-7, 21 KOs) via fifth-round TKO Saturday evening at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Jared Anderson has resumed his knockout ways. The red-hot heavyweight contender brutalized Ukraine’s Andriy Rudenko en route to a fifth-round stoppage victory. There were not any knockdowns on the night but Rudenko was under siege and unable to defend himself. Referee Gary Ritter saw enough and intervened at 1:40 of round five In their ESPN-televised main event Saturday from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Jared Anderson is never the type to look past any opponent. There is the acknowledgement, however, that there exists competition elsewhere on a heavyweight-loaded show. The unbeaten contender is locked in for his scheduled ten-round bout versus Ukraine’s Andriy Rudenko atop an ESPN-televised doubleheader Saturday from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The co-feature pits Kazakhstan’s Zhon Kossobutskiy (19-0, 18KOs) and Efe Ajagba—a 2016 Olympian for Nigeria—in a heavyweight crossroads bout also scheduled for ten rounds.
Charles Martin left the ring with a lot of respect for Jared Anderson the night of July 1. Martin determined after going 10 rounds with Anderson that the hard-hitting contender can become a heavyweight champion. The former IBF champ has an even firmer belief that Anderson wouldn’t beat him in an unlikely rematch if Martin were afforded an entire training camp to prepare for it.
Was he hurt? Or was Jared Anderson simply playing possum? From the outside looking in, it appeared as though Charles Martin had Anderson exactly where he wanted him. Although Anderson dominated for long stretches, Martin landed countless left hands in the fifth, many of which seemed to buzz
The career of Anthony Joshua has had its fair share of peaks and valleys. Of course, we all remember his dominant title reign. During his first run as a unified champion, the former Olympic gold