Real Big Baby’s next opponent named

Heavyweight contender Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson (15-0, 14 KOs) will next face 39-year-old Andriy Rudenko (35-6, 21 KOs) on ESPN August 26 according to the network. Anderson is making a quick comeback just 56 days after a tough ten round unanimous decision against former world champion Charles Martin on July 1.

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  • I like the quick turnaround from the hardest fight of his career. This fight surely won’t be difficult at all and probably won’t go rounds, but it’ll get his confidence back if it’s down any and keep him active. He can probably fight again this year afterwards.

  • Anderson is a fraud. I cannot wait for someone to knock this seriously overrated punk out. Anderson’s defeat is going to be delicious.

  • Told ya. I wrote after his last fight that the quality of an opponent will tell all. Well, it does. This is nothing more than a feel good about beating up a punching bag fight. Overrated.

  • So a 39 year old burnt out wash up fighter will be babyman next opponent!!!! Isshht! This mismatches just hurt the fighter by building a fake comfidence! Baby man needs a bit more competition than that!!!

  • The Martin fight wasn’t the coming out party he wanted, so it’s back to the drawing board. He doesn’t want to follow the path of Berlanga and turn out a series of mediocre wins once he increases the comp level. Smart match making I suppose at this point in his career. I’m not sure if I even know who Rudenko is. I think he’s kind of a smallish Russian Heavyweight who fought out of LA. He was coming up about 15 years ago if Im not mistaken.

    • No, this is not the fighter I was thinking of. This guy has fought his entire career in Eastern Europe, mostly in The Ukaraine. Easy work for Anderson

      • Of course it’s easy work for him. That’s the point. He is everything like berlanga.

  • Smart move by his managers. No need to rush him along too fast.

    He’s young and has plenty of time. I would avoid wilder, fury, ruiz and ortiz for a couple years.

    But I think Anderson can take pretty much the rest of the top ten.

    The racist haters just gonna hate no matter what. But he’s good kid and can’t wait to see how he develops in the next 2 years as he will be the man to beat at heavy by then unless someone else comes along.

  • Why not Real Big Baby fight the other big baby fellow,,, about the same age, both have big ambitions,and could be a slugfest!

  • rudenko never heard of this fighter oh well another try to promote big baby good luck with this

  • Bit of step down after just beating someone who walked the earth like a god.

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