Unbeaten heavyweight Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson (11-0, 11 KOs) laid out Oleksandr Teslenko (17-2, 13 KOs) with a massive right hand in the second round in the Loma-Commey co-feature on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Teslenko barely beat the count, but was in no condition to continue. Time was 1:33.
2020 Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis (4-0, 3 KOs) impressively crushed Jose Zaragoza (8-4-1, 2 KOs) in the second round of a lightweight bout. Davis dropped Zaragoza twice, the second time with a devastating body shot. Time was 2:51.
Middleweight prospect Nico Ali Walsh (3-0, 2 KOs), grandson of “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali, won a four round majority decision over Reyes Sanchez (6-1, 2 KOs). Scores were 38-38, 40-36, 39-37.
Rising junior middleweight star Xander Zayas (12-0, 9 KOs) annihilated Alessio Mastronunzio (9-2, 3 KOs) in the first round. Zayas dropped Mastronunzio, then teed off on him til the bout was stopped. Time was 2:52.
Undefeated 38-year-old welterweight prospect Pablo “Pretty Boy” Valdez (6-0, 5 KOs) dropped Julio Cesar Sanchez (11-4, 6 KOs) four times in round four to get a KO at 2:40.
In a clash between unbeaten junior welterweights, John Bauza (16-0, 7 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Michael Williams Jr. (19-1, 12 KOs). Bauza dropped Williams in each of the first three rounds and finished him with three knockdowns in round four. Time was 2:18.
Featherweight James “Crunch Time” Wilkins (10-2, 6 KOs) won n eight round unanimous decision over Juan Tapia (10-4, 3 KOs). Wilkins dropped Tapia in round four. Scores were 77-75, 77-74, 76-75.
Welterweight Kelvin Davis (3-0, 2 KOs), the older brother of Keyshawn Davis, scored a second round TKO over Ryan Schwartzberg (1-4-1, 1 KO). Davis dropped Schwartzberg in round two and the bout was stopped after the round.
Light heavyweight “Mighty” Joe Ward (6-1, 3 KOs) stopped Britton Norwood (10-4-1, 7 KOs) in the first round.
Tip to Ryan Schwartzberg: Quit. Or at the very least, learn that you shouldn’t turn your back to your opponent every 30-45 seconds during a fight.
Oh, and Michael Williams, Jr.? Learn how the hell to box. Seriously. Lesson #1: Stay off the damned canvas.
Undefeated 38 year old prospect sounds very promising
I’m curious to see what they do with Ali-Walsh going forward. Do they drop his quality of opposition more to get his confidence or do they risk him losing but help him gain good experience in tough fights.
He didn’t win all 4 rounds……
I agree. I had it a draw.
I thought he probably deserved to win, but he was totally dominated in the 3rd round. Whoever the judge was that scored it as a clean sweep should *never* be allowed to judge a fight again.
I had it 39-37, and I was being generous on the 4th. And you are right the 40-36 was ridiculous.
39-37 was fair although all rounds but the third were pretty close.
Probably need to move him along slowly but does show signs that he can be pretty good.
I like his punch selection. Offensively, he has nice skills and he’s accurate. Defensively, he needs quite a bit of work and these last couple of fights have been tough for him, but they’ll surely do more for him than someone who offers no resistance and he blasts out in 3-4 minutes.
this heavyweight idiot coming next with a blm shirt on. racist fool.
anderson is his name. big baby anderson.
And he dresses like a tool!
Good point Kurtis, BLM is clearly a racist group!
Keyshawn Davis (KD) is off to a good start by:
1) Keeping his hands in position.
2) Showing a solid size at 135.
3) Good defensive reflexes.
4) Combination punching.
5) Showing good distance.
6) Good body punching.
7) Maintaining balance.
8) Showing inside comfort.
I will keep an eye on KD and see: if his power (right hand) develops; if his jab develops; he keeps up his left hand; if his left hook (to head) develops; how he handles adversity; and of course, we will eventually see if he can take a punch.
So far, KD is showing promising rhythm.
Keyshawn Davis is a future world champ at
numerous weight classes.
Anderson is off to a great start. However, we will see if Anderson maintains discipline as he works his way towards shopping for silk pajamas.
He seems like a legit fighter. It’ll be interesting once he gets matched up with one of the up-and-comers from Europe. It seems like all the major prospects are over there now. You can tell his people have a lot of confidence in him because he’s actually fighting live fighters instead of total tomato cans.
time for the baby to step it up.
a night of mostly set-ups
I wonder if Top Rank would put Anderson in with Ajagba now.
Highly unlikely. I think Ajagba’s stock is way down right now, so if you beat him, you wouldn’t get a lot of credit for it. But Ajagba is still a talented guy, and he would certainly have a shot at winning. It seems like a high-risk, low-reward type of fight at this point.
Why don’t the various world boxing organisations ban people like heavyweight Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson, who dresses up like a pimp at work and swaggers like one on his way to the ring and wears absurdly-ugly “trunks” to fight. He’d be better off in a one-piece clown suit! Do these guys think they look good and they’re doing the sport a favour – cos they ain’t!
Did greats like; Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Holmes, Tyson and Holyfield need that crap? NO!
Let’s not allow boxing to become a pitiable second-division wrestling circus.
Oh yes, and Bob Arum can even tell Tyson Fury he can still sing…but to ditch those silly pantomime outfits!
So, what if Anderson came in like a pimp, ya’ll vote for people in suits that pimp you all the time. Stop hating on the young man, he’s having fun. Focus on boxing. He probably is subliminally suggesting that he’s pimping the game (heavyweight boxing). Trump said he grabs women by the P****y and you still voted for him. Who am I to judge?
Say what you will about his sartorial, swag, and calling him racist?…didn’t you see him trying to chat up that white round card girl during his intro?…Anderson can fight and is one of the hottest heavyweight prospects to come up in a long time. It’s really too early to tell , because a lot of guys look unstoppable in the early stages, but I see no chinks in his armor. The guy he fought was a Ukranian with a 17-1 record, so that says something, but time will tell when he starts fighting stiffer competition.
Does look like a good prospect-you have to like his confidence.
Why no face masks at the Garden
Man would I LOVE to see Anderson get absolutely annihilated!!!! His ring walk and attire Allen are enough to hate him let alone him hitting on a white girl in the ring. Get this guy out of here, he’s the lowest common denominator yet he thinks he’s gods gift. Absolute tool!!