Jared Anderson He hopes to take advantage of Saturday's fight. Riad Mary As a springboard to future lucrative dates in Saudi Arabia.
The undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh on May 18th is just the latest example of how Saudi Arabia's wealth can nearly buy out the heavyweight division. do not have.
Anthony Joshua stopped Francis Ngannou in the same destination in March, stopping Otto Wallin on the same night, and Joseph Parker defeated Deontay Wilder, also in Riyadh. He was promoted immediately after surpassing Ngannou.
Anderson, 24, entered the fight against Fury Ngannou and fought Saturday at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, to record his 17th professional win, but it's a fight that threatens to make him a future prospect. He realizes it could lead to a fight. It will be the home of high-level heavyweight boxing.
“There's definitely interest and we're reaching out and trying to work something out,” he said. “First of all, I have to finish my business here on Saturday.
“When I went over there for my first fight, Tyson Fury and [Francis] His Excellency Ngannou [Turki Alalshikh] ――He definitely treated me with the best hospitality and invited me again. They said they wanted to take me there.
“He's a great guy. His English is very broken, but he's a great guy. He's a guy I respect a lot and he's a big boxing fan. He wants to see the best fights, the best fights. ”
