Unbeaten WBC #15 heavyweight Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson (13-0, 13 KOs) stopped Jerry “Slugger” Forrest (26-5-2, 20 KOs) in round two of the Lopez-Martin co-feature on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Anderson took some shots from Forrest early, but he then opened up and battered Forrest toward the end of round one. After more punishment in round two, the bout was stopped by the referee. Time was 1:34.
Highly regarded unbeaten junior middleweight star Xander Zayas (15-0, 10 KOs) had to work harder than expected to get past the more experienced Alexis Salazar (25-5, 10 KOs) in an eight-rounder. Scores were 80-72, 79-73, 79-73, but it wasn’t as easy as the judges’ tallies indicated.
Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis (7-0, 5 KOs) scored a one-sided eight round unanimous decision over three-time former world title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos (35-7-3, 21 KOs) in a lightweight clash. Davis dominated the fight in his toughest test to date. Scores were 80-72 3x.
2016 Olympian light heavyweight “Mighty Joe” Ward (8-1, 4 KOs) won a lackluster unanimous decision against Frederic Julan (12-2, 10 KOs) over eight rounds by scores of 78-74, 79-73, 79-73.
Unbeaten heavyweight Damian Knyba (10-0, 6 KOs) scored a second round TKO over Emilio Salas (7-4-1, 3 KOs). Salas’ corner stopped the fight. Time was 1:50.
U.S. Olympic standout Tiger Johnson (7-0, 5 KOs) got a fifth round referee’s stoppage win against Mike Ohan Jr. (16-2, 9 KOs) in a junior welterweight bout. Time was 1:29.
Hate listening to joe tessitore kissing the home fighters ass..I was less impressed by Anderson today than prior fights..punches didn’t look as devastating as in past..hitting a heavy bag for 2 minutes and he couldn’t put him on floor
Anderson probably got hit a bit too much, but it was worth it. They showed all those guys Forrest had gone the distance with before the fight and he got him out of there in the second and it could have been the first. I would like to see him fight the winner of Rivas – Ajagba next.
Zayas’ last 2-3 fights have been really good experience for him. I like the pace they’re moving him at. He definitely has some things to work on, but he’s looking good imo, especially for a 20 year old.
I like the idea of Anderson against Rivas/Ajagba winner. It’s time to start ascending the ladder and fighting guys that aren’t there to be beaten. He still has sort of a rudimentary style that looks like it could be exploited by a guy willing to step offline before throwing. Forrest actually looked like he could land, but his mobility was so bad that his only defense was to cover up.
Great to see “Management Faith” with two top prospects being matched tough
Neither fighter was impressive. Forrest was too much on the defensive. He was taking shots, then winging an occasional counter. Sometimes that counter found its mark, since Anderson doesn’t have much of a defense, but most of his wild counters missed. Anderson simply slugged out an immobile opponent who didn’t have the ability or power to hurt him. Anderson needs to step up his caliber of opponents. I’m finding that I prefer to watch these fights with the sound off. Commentary is atrocious.
It’s like the commentator trying to convince the viewer we are watching history unfold ..I’d love to compare these idiots to whoever commentated to even say an Oscar in his way up the ladder..there weren’t these , “oohs and ahhs,” as knocked even better comp out
Put Anderson in with DDD next. Whomever wins, wins.
i agree the espn announcers act like baby anderson is the 2nd coming in the heavy division he needs to fight better competition
First of all Mills will be missed! Rest in Peace Sir With that said, ” let’s get in on” In my opinion Big Baby Anderson needs to fight a real heavy weight to prove how good he really is. As a long time female boxing fan it just appeared rigged and I never heard of a heavy weight bout stopped by a referee for a few good punches in a second round amongst 2 ” big guys “. Let’s not talk about Teofimo’s fight. What fight was the second judge watching? Please don’t get me wrong I do like Teofimo’s boxing skills and I have seen most of his fights but he had a very hard time with Martin and I really don’t think he was into the fight. Whether the first slip/ knockdown? occured it did happen. Martin did what he did all night but Teofimo never really proved what he can do. In my opinion it should have been a draw!! As I said before it’s my opinion and I must say ” Boxing will never be the same!!
Big Baby did what he was meant to do,K.O fighters. Why hate on him for doing his job? The guy obviously hits hard. As he goes up the ladder he will be tested on a higher level, until then he is doing very well I.M.O
Big Baby has skills. he is one of the few heavyweight prospects I’m excited about. Would love to see the footage of him sparring with Fury. It would probably give us better perspective of his development than his recent opponents.
Time to step up the competition