Heavyweight contender Jared Anderson is a late addition to the Denys Berinchyk vs. Keyshawn Davis card for Friday, February 14th, at The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York. The occasion will probably be proven reside on ESPN+.
Anderson (17-1, 15 KOs) will combat Marios Kollias (12-3-1, 10 KOs) in a 10-round combat. This combat is designed to assist 25-year-old Jared regain his confidence after his debacle in opposition to Martin Bakole on August third. Anderson was knocked out within the fifth spherical.
If Anderson’s chin has been compromised by his loss to Bakole, Kollias might expose that on February 14th. He’ll definitely be making an attempt to check it. What will probably be actually fascinating is to see what Prime Rank will do if Jared loses this combat by knockout. Do they preserve him or reduce ties?
What Prime Rank realized from that combat is that Anderson wants extra improvement in opposition to lower-level opposition earlier than he’ll be able to deal with world-class fighters. He might not ever be, however Prime Rank wants to provide him an opportunity to enhance.
Anderson had been seen as the perfect American heavyweight, and he was seen because the substitute for Tyson Fury for Prime Rank as their subsequent world champion. The loss to Bakole foiled these plans for now.
It’ll be fascinating to see if Anderson has the identical aggressive preventing model as he had earlier than his loss to Bakole. If he’s going to vary his model to turn out to be extra of a boxer, he won’t be as efficient. The very best factor he had going for him was his offense. When he would field, he would get nailed often, and that made a few of his fights scary to look at.
In the principle occasion on the February 14th card, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis challenges Denys Berinchyk for his WBO light-weight title. That is Keyshawn’s first shot at a world title, and it’s finest likelihood of successful a belt.
On the undercard, junior middleweight contender Xander Zayas (20-0, 12 KOs) fights Slawa Spomer (20-0, 11 KO) in a 10-round combat.
