WBA #1, WBC #6, WBO #11, IBF #14 heavyweight Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) ended the unbeaten reign of WBO #4, WBC #5, IBF #5, WBA #13 Jared “Real Big Baby” Anderson (17-1, 15 KOs) with an impressive fifth round stoppage on Saturday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Bakole dropped Anderson in round one, then floored him twice in round five en route to a referee’s stoppage at 2:07.
305lb heavyweight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (26-1-2, 22 KOs) and former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. (35-2-1, 22 KOs) battled to a twelve round technical draw. Ruiz won the early rounds with his hand speed, but Miller turned the tables midway and walked down Ruiz the rest of the way. Scores were 116-112 Miller, 114-114, 114-114.
In a clash for the WBA “regular” light heavyweight title, unbeaten David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) defeated Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic (29-3, 21 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision. Scores were 117-111, 117-111, 118-110 for the former WBA super middleweight champion.
Other Results:
Andy Cruz TKO7 Antonio Moran (lightweight)
Steven Nelson KO5 Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez (super middleweight)
Ziyad Almaayouf DRAW6 Michal Bulik (welterweight)
After Bakole dropped Anderson in the first round, Anderson had NO heart and no guts. Congrats to Bakole!
I saw Anderson did his very best. How could type words like that ? Have you risen from multiple knock downs ? Against a beast like Martin? What you don’t see is that Boxing is a Science that must be taught, rehearsed and mastered intricately by numerous fistic engineers. Anderson is not taught well [ he had no other gears to shift towards ]. Thus the mismatch was evident tonight. Additionally, like many fighters that show ‘promise’ are erroneously rushed because hasty [ in-ring ] uneducated people thereof. Please save any disrespectful verbiage. I do this for a living.
Coach, the results were never in fought. Yes, at the heavyweight level, one punch can change your life, but Anderson has not shown an effective defense against gap bridging, proper straights and wide hooks. Coincidentally, those are Bokole’s bread and butter which he fires after his decent jab. Anderson has the body, the tools, but not the brains to put it all together. This could be a learning experience for him or the beginning of the end on a short career. He needs a new team. I think Kronk would serve him well.
They cashed out with this fight because it became obvious Jared Anderson didn’t have the defense or chin to go much further after he stepped up competition. If they didn’t take a fight like this Jared would have ended up getting knocked out by some lower level fighter eventually. He just doesn’t have the chin or defense to go beyond where he’s at. He also doesn’t seem to be that big of a puncher despite his record.
Spoken like a guy who didn’t watch the event. That is a TOTAL LIE. Don’t believe this guy. Anderson got up after he was put down and fought on. He was just outgunned tonight. You’re speaking total rubbish.
True, i thought Anderson did good. Yes he was outgunned, but i still think he has some skills. Overall, it was an extremely watch worthy fight. Anderson needs to work on some defense stuff and how to deal with that kind of brawler type Bakole is. That said, i think Bakole has the potential to upset a lot of guys. Pretty fast hands and devastating power. His chin also seems decent.
I did not see the match, had to work, but viewed the punch stat numbers. Noticed that until the 4th round Anderson was outlanding the man from the Congo. Any man who does that is certainly not lacking heart. He still tried to win, and that is something that can bring you to be stopped. Sounds to me he went out like a true warrior.
He did, he was almost too brave. As soon as he got hurt he got back in the heat of the action. Man strength vs boy strength. The boy (Anderson), should have boxed and moved. He didn’t have the firepower to fight a toe to toe battle.
you need to learn more about boxing .
arturo you need to learn more about boxing,
Yeah, Anderson quit on his feet. Can’t blame him, he was clueless and getting brutalized. Has there ever been such a fragile collapse of a big heavyweight prospect before?
A heavyweight called Audley Harrison,,,the next big star, burst onto the scene after Olympic Gold for England. I think the sheer weight of expectation drove him to have mental health issues
Yep. Audley Harrison i believe
He is only 24. Now of course will be the big test. What happens now. With Mr. Anderson you might be premature. Boxing history has had some boxers who have had this. Buster Mathis I would say after getting beaten by Jerry Quarry, and the same Quarry who probably did the same to Thad Spencer. Big John Tate, who only had to survive the last round againt Mike Weaver in 1980.
I am sure you might have felt the same, as did his brother in regards to Wladamir Klitschko. After his loss by knockout to Brewster, what happened to him.
All the hype with Anderson stopped after he stepped up against Charles Martin and looked like crap defensively. He’s always got hit too much, and he doesn’t have the chin to offset that weakness. The Martin fight also showed he doesn’t have much power; despite his record. Anderson hit Martin clean and never hurt him.
Err, does Duane Bobick qualify?
Bottom line….Using head movement will keep you protected during a fight. Anderson did NOT observe and practice head movement against a heavy puncher. Anderson learned the hard way: by getting KO’d.
Spot on Scoob. Anderson has worked more on his entrances than the basics. Had he done so, he could have rode the storm and come back in the later rounds. His performance against the goofy southpaw showed me everything. I knew that his 0 would be gone when the fight was signed.
AFTER the fight we are all experts on what happened in the fight plus we all ‘knew’ it would unveil the way it did!!!
Naturally, I received my Sports Analyst degree from a prestigious school called YouTube University haha.
So, that is the Eric Morell who wants to fight Canelo?
hmmmm, He’s a joke, a clown, a big mouth. typical cuban. Canelo murders him in 3.
NO NO NO……thats EXACTLY the Eric Morrel who Canyellow WANTS to fight!
Why do you think he wants to fight him? Get a clue.
Great comment. Canelo interested in fighting Eric, not David!
Eric Morrell is like a 50 year old former bantamweight from Wisconsin. I think a former Olympian? David Morrell is the supremely talented Cuban who fought Saturday. I didn’t see the fight. Im surprised it went the distance.
Lol, a David Morrell also wrote “First Blood”!
His name is David not Eric
His name is David Morrell not Eric
Ruiz is looking gassed. No idea why he likes to ride his boxing trunks so low. He’s giving Big Baby such a huge target to the body.
Anderson is finished – he was admiring his body work & switching to southpaw. How could he be wide open to the uppercut like that? I did not think Anderson woud be so careless.
The post-Mortum on a hyped guy that loses is always more pessimistic than needed. Anderson was a mess against a big strong guy with decent skills. He wasn’t prepared and got served up. There are a lot of historical guys who became great who did the same thing. Wlad Klitschko got rolled by Corrie Sanders early in his career and became an era-defining guy. We’ll just need to see where Anderson goes from here.
Martin Bakole v Agit Kabayel…. Please, Lord, let that fight happen! That fight has violence and destruction written all over it…. And it’s a 50/50 fight.
Martin Bakole vs. Agit Kabayel would be one of the most intriguing matchups in boxing!
I’m kinda feeling Kabayel as I think about it. He’s in such a groove right now. He might get to outworking Bakole and force him to chase the fight. But damn, what a show that would be!
As for Anderson, put him in against Makmudhov. That’s another intriguing matchup of two guys who need to get back on the trajectory. The winner instantly becomes part of the contender conversation. And it’s another fight that would bring the electricity.
Jared was without movements, one thing for sure Jared has heart and he couldn’t hurt Martin
WBA “we are getting rid of the illustrious regular belt” – David Morrell wins WBA regular belt. Hmm
not a big surprise, Anderson has not only Not improved over the last 2 years, but he has looked easier to hit. and worse over all
Expected! It was just a matter of time!
For a HUGE man, Bakole’s hand speed, power, punch accuracy and punch creativity were outstanding.
No more Anderson because he is too small for those monsters at heavyweight. Anderson’s defense was also exposed, but he tried.
The days of the great American heavyweights are done.
E-Man – How and why in the world would you say Anderson is “too small”??? He is about 6’4″ (at least 6’3″) and a pretty solid 240-250.lbs? * Yes, he fought at 200 as an amateur, but was a Teenager.
The undisputed world heavyweight champion is only about 6’2″ 220.lbs. A guy in his 2-Teens/220’s is big enough, as long as they are GOOD enough. And Anderson is significantly bigger than that. And >>> just not GOOD enough.
Stone Cold has been around for a few minutes.
When is he going to fight a bigger name?
Maybe this will be a night of upsets.
I meant So Cold (Nelson).
I like Stone Cold Nelson. He’s very good but fights as much as Bud Crawford.
Bakole ate him up with those straight rights. Anderson couldnt stop them from that southpaw stance.
Anderson is strangely small ( by todays HW standards ) for an almost 250lb fighter. I think he thought he was going to walk through Bakole and didn’t listen to a thing his corner told him.
Ruiz and Miller draw, which means the Heavyweight division is in a possible state of stagnation with little talent coming thrpugh at the moment.
Andy seems to tired. Miller needed to throw more punches.
Overall, I think Miller won
Did you see Ruiz’s broken hand? Might explain his drop in performance.
Ruiz is the type that always has an excuse when it doesn`t go his way. He was floored and hurt numerous times by his 40 year old Mexican brother, a guy who when he was in his prime, was smashed 2 times by Stevirne, stopped by Vitali and stopped by Wilder although Wilder had injured 1 hand. When Ruiz came to Saud Arabia for the the AJ return, he and his trainer were bragging about his form , and claimed the same thing would happen again. After he lost, they said he didn`t train enough. He lost on saturday night and was gifted a draw against man (who should have been banned for life) because although i can`t stand Miller he did win that fight.
Miller had a great chance to earn a strong victory, but his laziness, insufficient jabs and lack of late body punching caused his problems.
Miller needed Bakole’s hunger to destroy an opponent.This is one of several differences between USA heavyweights and non-USA heavyweights.
I hope there is no rematch for Miller/Ruiz…ZZZZZZZZZ!!!
Fast tracking boxers with selected opponents , they got this one wrong. The whole heavyweight division is dull , someone commented Blubberweight….had a giggle but it’s true. How times have changed.
Called it yesterday with Anderson. Not like it was truly a surprise for many. The only fight in the card that didn’t go my way Ruiz and Miller. This fight doesn’t hurt either fighter besides the miles in the odometer. To move forward, they should run it back.
You are clearly an expert AFTER THE FIGHTS.
Been waiting for this day, I told you. BLM took the loss tonight. Wear it on your trunks again. You got knocked the fk out. You earned it. Night night.
Hey, looks like YOU get the raacist award for the day!!! Well done! You pointing out something that literally EVERYONE ELSE already knew (Anderson was fighting handpicked opponents) AFTER it was obvious is SOOOO smart!
Only an idiot would go right to the word racist especially when talking about an organization that ripped off its “supporters” for personal profit and it’s message is to prop up one race over all others.
Bakole is really good, we knew the real big baby wasn’t real even Yoka gave Bakole a fight and finished the fight..
This is the fight that stole the entire show. This was a hell of a card!! Congrats to Martin Bakole!!!
No real surprises here….
Anderson always appeared to be today’s version of Michael Grant
ruiz get a physical fitness trainer you still got fast hands that miller is easy over 300 pounds you got to push him back i could see a rematch
Anderson is average if lucky at best, had a feeling someone seasoned like Bakole was going to win after Andersons last fight with Martin.
The fans in the US were hyping him up to be the next great heavyweight, the same so called experts who ripped on AJ and called him a Robot and chinny.
Anderson is still young and needs to go and train with AJ under Ben Davison, he could probably get further than where he is now.
At best, Anderson should train with Rocky Balboa?
“YO, ADRIAN!!”
Anderson thought he was all that. Well, guess what? He wasn’t.
DAZN matchmaking great for fans…..Fighters beware….this is a gladiator sport….the craft is a study…and discipline…..chasing a bag/money….before completely learning your craft can be career ending….be humble….win the war not a battle….move assertively and progressively…one can’t be without the other….Congrats to the victor…and Anderson…even the greatest champions lose but they all have one thing in common…..they learned and progressed …Joe Louis was viously knocked out…only to comeback and become one of our greatest gladiators….focus get back in the gym…
Bakole is a welcome change to division
It seems to me that Miller got robbed of a victory against Ruiz. Did not watch the fight, but looked at the punch stat numbers for each round.
I defended Jared Anderson’s loss, and he still might come back. But have we ever in our lives, or even in the history of boxing, seen the American heavy weight scene been this poor?
The last great American Heavyweight Riddick Bowe.
People are going overboard by this win. Anderson was never that good. He was almost beaten by Martin, who was knocked out in 2 rounds by a 16 fight novice AJ, when he, Martin was unbeaten and fresher. Martin was later stopped by an over 40 Ortiz. Watch the Backole-Yoka match, after Bakole abused Yoka for 7-8 rounds, Yoka clearly won the last 2 and a half rounds as Backole gassed. Anderson didn`t have the skill to keep away for 7-8 rounds then come on late. That is exactly what Hunter, who isn`t much, did. I am convinced That Turkish-German body puncher would stop Bakole.
Kabayel the German Kurd is together with Usyk levels above the rest of the HW in terms of skill, discipline & fitness. Fury should retire
Roots…in my humble opinion believe that Anderson was moved inefficiently ……didn’t develop his skills enough…then deceptively placed against very high level competition….that is why you have an experienced manager ..that is focused on a career …building a career the right way….progressing the right way….
Martin Bakole vs Donald Trump!
Great fight!
A big puncher vs BIG LIAR!