Heavyweight Jared Anderson says he needs to change his ways because he doesn't want to suffer brain damage. He was hit several times last Saturday night in a showcase mismatch against Riyad Mahi at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. If he sustains a brain injury in a game, he says, fans won't want to take care of him.
A match made in boring heaven
Anderson hopes to take even fewer hits than last time by the night the 32-year-old (32-3, 26 KOs) was unable to score much due to his reluctance to throw and the pullback move Jared used. I believe.
The man was punched several times, which appears to have caused an existential crisis. Top Rank is trying to develop Anderson into a star, but given his reluctance to get hit and his boring matches to watch, Anderson may have problems.
Top ranked headache. Who paid a lot of money for Jared Anderson:
- afraid of getting hurt
- avoid taking risks that entertain oneself
Mahi wasn't the only thing that made the fight boring last night. A lot of it was Anderson stepping back and using that pull-back move every time Mahy tried to hit him.
Anderson (17-0, 15 KOs) won by a 10-round unanimous decision. The scores were 100-90, 100-90, 99-91. Both fighters were booed during and after each round.
Anderson (17-0, 15 KOs) defended his fight by saying it was boring, saying after the fight that the fans wouldn't take care of him if he suffered brain damage, so he's focused on not getting hit. he said.
Top Rank's troubles: Stars that don't sell
“The fans, as much as I love them, they can't take care of me if I get hurt or have brain damage,” Jared Anderson told ESPN Told.
I see this as a really troubling issue for Top Rank. They have a fighter named Anderson, but he fears brain damage and didn't want to mix it up to give the fans an interesting fight.
Whether Top Rank admits it or not, they have a problem because they are paying Anderson a lot of money, and ESPN can't be willing to put on an event that gets booed like the one we saw last night. .
The Shakur Effect: A blueprint for avoiding action.
Anderson's approach to fighting is similar to his close friend Shakur Stevenson, and he seems to emulate his pullback fighting style. That may be why Anderson is boring and gets booed just like Shakur.
“I wanted to give the fans a better show, but what if they don't want to come just to fight?” Anderson said.
“Ten rounds, that's the biggest takeaway,” continued Anderson, using a positive spin to go the distance against Mahy, a walking punching bag who didn't throw back.
“I have to make some changes. I made some mistakes. I got a few punches that I shouldn't have gotten at all. He didn't even come to fight. , he shouldn't have been hit at all,'' Anderson said.
Anderson chose to be a boxer, and getting beaten is part of the game. If you think too lightly that you're going to suffer brain damage from a fight, you should consider retiring and living off the money you made from the few fights you headlined on ESPN's Top Rank.