Rising heavyweight contender Jared Anderson would be the featured fighter on the cardboard when he faces Charles Martin on Saturday in Toledo, Ohio, Anderson’s hometown.
JARED ANDERSON (14-0, 14 KOs)
VS. CHARLES MARTIN (29-3-1, 26 KOs)
Date: Saturday, July 1
Time: 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT (foremost occasion later in present)
The place: Huntington Heart, Toledo, Ohio
TV/Stream: ESPN, ESPN+
Division: Heavyweight (no restrict)
At stake: No main titles
Odds: Anderson 7½-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Additionally on the cardboard: Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Raphael Akpejiori, heavyweights
Prediction: Anderson KO 7
Background: Anderson shall be taking heart stage at solely 23. The heavyweight contender from Toledo, who shall be combating Martin in entrance of his hometown followers, has been constructing towards foremost occasion publicity by knocking out all 14 of his skilled opponents. He’s a terrific athlete with elite punching energy and his abilities are enhancing with each struggle, making him a possible star. He simply has to show that he can beat top-level large males. Martin doesn’t fall into that class however he’s a former titleholder with strong capacity, making him arguably Anderson’s hardest take a look at up to now. The 37-year-old from St. Louis bounced again from a sixth-round knockout loss to Luis Ortiz in January of final 12 months by stopping Devin Vargas in 4 eight months later. He briefly reigned as IBF beltholder in 2016, shedding his title by a second-round knockout in opposition to Anthony Joshua. Anderson had been scheduled to face Zhan Kossobutskiy of Khazakhstan however Kossobutskiy was pulled from the cardboard a few week and a half in the past as a result of he couldn’t procure a visa. Martin agreed to step in at the moment.
