By Brad Snyder/The Undercard
Unbeaten heavyweight Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson formally announced his upcoming fight against Zhan Kossobutskiy today at the Glass City Pavilion in Toledo. He was joined by Hall of Fame Promoter/Top Rank Chairman Bob Arum, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz and Toledo-born first responder DeAndre Ware, who will see action on the undercard.
Jared Anderson: “I’ve been in the gym going crazy. As you can see, my body shows it. My fights show it. My power shows it. I’m going to keep pushing and stay on track so that this train keeps going.”
Bob Arum: “I’m happy to be here because this is Jared Anderson’s hometown. We told him that one day he would fight his first main event here in Toledo. Jared is here. And just because he’s here doesn’t mean that he gets a piece of cake. He is fighting a very, very tough competitor because we believe that Jared will be the future heavyweight champion of the world. But to do that, he’s got to fight really tough guys. And we’ve gotten him an opponent from Kazakhstan who is 19-0 with 18 knockouts.”
Anderson definitely has the skill, size and desire to become a future heavyweight champ of the world!
As long as Jared knows his country will turn on him when/if he becomes champion. Good Luck!!!
That’s a sad outlook you have, maybe you should seek therapy.
There’s always going to be haters, but would anyone turn on him when he wins?
Anderson has great personality and a Hollywood smile. As long as he stays out of trouble, like no beating up women then his popularity will only sky rocket.
The kid is a special talent. seems like he has the smarts to get the most out of his skills as well.
I’m going to fly in just to see him fight.
I expect him to knock out the kazahk fighter after watching clips of him. That fighter is stong, but slow. But will be a nice step up.
They’ll look for anything IF he experiences real success.. start labeling him a thug, call him stupid if he mispronounces a word, pray for his downfall because he isn’t “humble” enough “like Mickey Ward”… their slow twitch God.. the animosity toward fighters is unsettling.. boxing struggles in great part because it’s the sport that hates itself.. many of the best athletes are the most reviled.. many have forgotten that it’s still the bastion of the impoverished, most of these guys arise from the bottom.
Well, he did pledge allegiance to blm, so he is worthless in my book. Regardless if he makes a ton of money boxing. I still think he will be spoon fed and can’t wait till he gets knocked out.
you’re comments reek of ignorance and hate.
People that hate are miserable people. They hate on others to blame them for their issues or to make their own lives seem better in some small way.
“I pity the fool” – wise words from MR T!
I’m multiracial so I’ve taken it from all sides for half a century. But I continue to smile in the face of it as opposed to lashing back out because hate only breeds more hate.
I instead choose to focus on the good in people as to opposed to the bad, positivity over negativity.
I hope the miserable haters can one day achieve a peace and happiness that will allow them to accept everyone regardless of color, religion, political affiliation.
Only you can change.
And your comments reek of what? Ignorance, yes. This man fighter or no fighter wore and swore to blm. A pathetic organization that placed, what? Race above everything. You have the nerve to call me hateful or a racist? That is what ignorant people do when all else fails call them racist. That is stupidity. When I look at a man, that’s what I look at, a man not a black man, not a white man , and so on. You see “brother” you are a man or a person before anything else. What your character is how I would define you. I could careless if you are multi cultural because it means nothing, but when someone places race above anything then that is the hateful person. Do you even know what blm is about because it sure wasn’t about black lives. Read their website if it still is up and being truthful to you. They outright stole from their donations to enrich themselves. But, I’m ignorant and hateful? Please. You contradict yourself as you write, on one hand you say you accept all others, but get upset when someone points out the blatant hypocrisy of blm. Again, an organization that placed one race over another. Does that sound like an organization that accepts everyone regardless of race, creed, religion, etc.? No, it doesn’t. I still stand by my word Anderson will be spoon fed opponents.
Killa I’m not big on the BLM movement, and don’t really care to debate its significance. but at a minimum it did help bring to light the differences in how people of color are treated by law enforcement. Yes, the originators definitely stole money and purchased homes in affluent neighborhoods etc.
But just because someone chooses to support a movement does not mean they absolutely agree with everything within the movement or the founders.
You have a right to dislike anyone you want, for any reason. But Anderson seems to be a great kid thus far..
I personally think Donald Trump is a terrible human being and he definitely uses political donations to enrich himself and his family as well. he even asked for donation money to redo his airplane to make it more luxurious and hes a billionaire that can afford to pay for that himself for christs sake. I’m an Independent by the way, as I don’t like the left or the right..
But if a fighter said he supported Trump, I would not hate him or root against him for that reason.
People are allowed to believe and support causes that do not align with my own preferences.
If BLM triggers you, then that is a YOU problem. You may be offended by bud light’s transgender campaign as well, where as that does not bother me one iota. Everyone deserves a beer regardless in my opinion.
I sincerely hope you can find peace and happiness to the point that stuff like that does not bother you so much that you automatically root against a young man with a great personality that matches his great fighting potential.
And as far as spoon fed. I think it is important to bring fighters along slowly. He is young, you don’t want to damage him early. It’s destroyed many good fighters.
You know, honestly, I could debate all day with you about this. I’m not. I’m leaving this one here and that’s it. It’s always funny when you stand for principals and beliefs, but it’s “triggering me or someone,” if you maintain a stance. I get from you that you have none that life goes on regardless of its ill effects on the world, nation, city, or community. Brought to light the discrimination by police regarding people of color? Another myth. An organization that exposes the racial discrimination by police, but actively seeks to assault, murder, and terrorize police for no reason other than doing their job. I’m guessing you worked somewhere or something. How many of your fellow employees did everything right? None. Ever been on the streets as a cop? Not easy even back in the day and God forbid present day. So, an organization that I know have carried out assaults and murders on police, I will never have any love for. An organization that believes in destroying the nuclear family, I will have no love for. You mentioned bud light. You brought it up. A company that will tell you can be a girl or boy, well homie, maybe on Halloween, but in real life, you are what you are. Yeah, I believe everyone deserves a beer just not that beer. A man with no principles is clearly one that just follows the crowd and will stand anything or everything when it suits him or is convenient for him. That’s actually the definition of a sheep. Steve G, I appreciate your views, truly. I believe we are all humans before anything else. I do not judge, i am in no position to do so. I will not apologize for my views and if a fighter, teacher, politician, or a janitor were to tell me they supported what we have been talking about, I would say the same thing. It’s not like these organizations or companies are promoting peace or doing good for mankind. They are not. Good day, Anderson, time will tell and at 14-0, fighters get moved a lot quicker these days. If he is half as good as they think then after this fight, he goes after someone in the top 15. Chisora, hgovic?, Nordic nightmare, Arreola, I mean there are a lot. We will see.
If people expect fighters to be scholars then they will always be disappointed.
And you can’t change the racist people. they will hate from the beginning. But they are miserable anyway so who cares about them.
But there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance, especially after the fight. Talk all you want before to sell it, I get it. But afterwards you should respect your opponent for getting in the ring regardless of outcome.
Fighters that show humility and respect will always be more respected by the masses.
You defend police and say how hard there job is, Yet you think every BLM supporter is terrible and completely hate them.
Do you see the flawed logic?
Not all BLM supporters are bad. Not all cops are bad either.
So we have established that you hate BLM, hate transgenders and probably gays based on your nuclear family line .
That’s a lot of hate to carry man, you may want speak to a professional.
Yawn. Typical liberal. You are not an independent, at all. All of blm is bad. ALL! Like I said, you have no principles, no morals, no nothing, a . Best way to sum you up is: I go along to get along.