Jared Anderson vs. Zhan Kossobutskiy | ESPN - July 1, 2023 (OFF)

[KiwiRider]

How cool for Anderson to have his first headline at home, and it being what most think as a competitive, and hopefully entertaining bout.

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[gregregegg]

Thats another fun fun fight. Big mak should be way to good but I’m down.

[Tony1244]

I would have started this thread if you hadn't gotten there first. Jared is fighting someone ranked higher than he is.

Should be more matches like this. Jared by stoppage!

[Ruthless-RKO]

I would have started this thread if you hadn't gotten there first. Jared is fighting someone ranked higher than he is.

Should be more matches like this. Jared by stoppage!

Made it over a week ago

[Tony1244]

I would have started this thread if you hadn't gotten there first. Jared is fighting someone ranked higher than he is.

Should be more matches like this. Jared by stoppage!

Made it over a week ago

I should come in here more often instead of arguing with Homi over trannies. I'll use the excuse that good fights are made at such a snail's pace that I have gotten too used to no good fights on the calendar.

[Redback Rasta]

How cool for Anderson to have his first headline at home, and it being what most think as a competitive, and hopefully entertaining bout.

Not a good fight for him to lose though. Anderson's first decent test IMO. Hopefully we will find out a bit more about his ultimate potential from this one.

[KiwiRider]

How cool for Anderson to have his first headline at home, and it being what most think as a competitive, and hopefully entertaining bout.

Not a good fight for him to lose though. Anderson's first decent test IMO. Hopefully we will find out a bit more about his ultimate potential from this one.

Oh definitely, a loss is a setback when both fighters are ascending.
But Jared is young enough to easily regroup. And yes, I have been waiting for him to be tested more.

[Redback Rasta]

How cool for Anderson to have his first headline at home, and it being what most think as a competitive, and hopefully entertaining bout.

Not a good fight for him to lose though. Anderson's first decent test IMO. Hopefully we will find out a bit more about his ultimate potential from this one.

Oh definitely, a loss is a setback when both fighters are ascending.
But Jared is young enough to easily regroup. And yes, I have been waiting for him to be tested more.

I was more specifically talking about going home and losing. But looking forward to this one. He is great to watch.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Jared Anderson On Toledo Homecoming: “I'm Doing This For The People Out There Fighting To Survive”

“I’m super excited. Just happy to see all the familiar faces,” Anderson said through a radiant smile during a press conference held Tuesday at the Glass City Pavilion in Toledo. “The friends, the family. The cameras are good and all but I’m doing this for the city. I’m doing this for the people out here. I’m doing this for the people that don’t have phones in their hands and are out there in the world right now fighting to survive.

“I’ve been fighting to survive for a long time. Now that I don’t have to do that, I want to show you all that hopefully you won’t have to do that, too. Just keep fighting. Keep striving to be better and you all gonna get it for sure.”

“Those people you see in the crowd, they helped me get here today,” noted Anderson. “They pushed me to get here. They called my phone, stopped me from going to parties and all those other events, to make sure that I got here to this day, to this point right here to make this whole city proud.”

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Press Release | Undercard Information

Two Ohio-born talents have joined the pre-Independence Day celebration as part of the ESPN+-streamed undercard to the heavyweight doubleheader featuring Toledo’s Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson against Kazakhstan’s Zhan Kossobutskiy in a 10-round main event on Saturday, July 1 at Toledo’s Huntington Center.

Cleveland native Abdullah Mason will make his third appearance of 2023 in a six-round lightweight fight against Tobias Green, while Toledo-born junior lightweight Tyler McCreary will face an opponent to be named in a six-rounder.

Anderson-Kossobutskiy and Arslanbek Makhmudov-Raphael Akpejiori will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

Mason (8-0, 7 KOs) is a 19-year-old prodigy who was considered one of the brightest talents in U.S. amateur boxing before signing with Top Rank in October 2021. Mason debuted as a pro the following month with a second-round TKO over Jaylan Phillips. In 2022, Mason went 5-0 with four knockouts.

The southpaw phenom plans to be just as dominant this year after a first-round knockout over Erick Garcia Benitez in April and a sixth-round TKO win over Desmond Lyons last month on the Devin Haney-Vasiliy Lomachenko undercard. Green (10-3, 3 KOs) is a 27-year-old Floridian who returns after an eight-round decision win against Ryan Schwartzberg last October.

McCreary (17-2-1, 8 KOs) is an almost nine-year pro who is on the comeback trail. Following his 2019 showdown against former two-division world champion Carl Frampton, the 30-year-old experienced a near-two-year layoff before losing to Manuel Rey Rojas in 2021. Last month, however, he overcame another layoff to score a first-round knockout against Jake Bornea in Toledo.

[Loki]

I like Zhan by KO in this fight.

[Contendeh]

JA by Ko.

I think he’ll win convincingly

[oogiebe]

JA by Ko.

I think he’ll win convincingly

Same. Ja is the real deal.

[Contendeh]

JA by Ko.

I think he’ll win convincingly

Same. Ja is the real deal.

Yessir. I have been telling everybody about him.
If he keeps his mind on his business in about another year or so he could OWN the next several years.

The division is shaping up perfectly for it.

[Bandog]

I'd like to see how JA has improved since amateurs by matching him up with another prospect HW Richard Torrez, who beat JA in amateurs. He's only 5-0 but looks decent.

[oogiebe]

I'd like to see how JA has improved since amateurs by matching him up with another prospect HW Richard Torrez, who beat JA in amateurs. He's only 5-0 but looks decent.

Torres is bit behind Jah in development. Just as Ja was behind Torres when they fought. That fight won't happen for another two years.

[Joson]

I like Zhan by KO in this fight.

Why is that? How does it play out in the ring?

[oogiebe]

I like Zhan by KO in this fight.

Why is that? How does it play out in the ring?

It doesn't.

[Joson]

I like Zhan by KO in this fight.

Why is that? How does it play out in the ring?

It doesn't.

How about you, oogiebe? How do you envision this unfolding in the ring?

Any chance Kossobutskiy can withstand Anderson's firepower, and wear him down in rugged attritional fight?

Or does Jared blow Zhan away with a one-sided, two-fisted power assault in the early to mid rounds?

[oogiebe]

Why is that? How does it play out in the ring?

It doesn't.

How about you, oogiebe? How do you envision this unfolding in the ring?

Any chance Kossobutskiy can withstand Anderson's firepower, and wear him down in rugged attritional fight?

Or does Jared blow Zhan away with a one-sided, two-fisted power assault in the early to mid rounds?

I think Jah is the real deal. He'll control Zhan with his jab at first and then overwhelm him with his overall firepower. Zhan isn't on his level, even at this early stage of Jah's career. 5 or 6 rounds max.

[Perkin Warbeck]

Zhan Kossobutskiy had visa issues, the fight is off.

Jared Anderson will now face Charles Martin on July 1. Arslanbek Makhmudov vs Raphael Akpejiori is still the co-feature.

[Redback Rasta]

Dam! That's disappointing.

Anderson should mess Martin up without much fuss.

[margaret thatcher]

martin is still a step up tbf, he''s got the jab of gawd that bounced luis ortiz off the canvas

[gregregegg]

Knew this wouldn’t happen.

Martin is still a decent fight but I think jar knocks him within 3 rounds.