The heavyweight division is presently present process a altering of the guard.

With Tyson Fury already having introduced his retirement and the likes of Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk simply two or three fights away from doing the identical, boxing’s prime weight class is on the lookout for its subsequent set of elite superstars.

IBF World Champion Daniel Dubois leads the cost, with the likes of Martin Bakole, Joseph Parker and Agit Kabayel – albeit all older than ‘DDD’ – behind him.

One title followers of the game had excessive hopes for is Jared Anderson. The Toledo, Ohio native is a switch-hitter with energy and velocity and breezed via his first 14 contests with 14 stoppages. His chin was then examined by invigorated former world champion Charles Martin, however Anderson in the end handed the check.

Final August he was matched, incorrectly within the eyes of many, in opposition to Bakole. The 25-year-old determined to commerce with Bakole and rapidly paid the value, touching the canvas thrice earlier than being stopped for good within the fifth. Any momentum because the heavyweight division’s most enjoyable prospect was cruelly halted.

Anderson returns this weekend on the undercard of Keyshawn Davis’ light-weight world title problem in opposition to Denys Berinchyk, going through Greece’s Marios Kollias (12-3-1, 10 KOs).

Chatting with the Ring Journal forward of the heavyweight contest, Anderson was requested if he was gunning for a knockout or to financial institution rounds after inactivity.

“I feel I’m gonna go for making an announcement, just because I’ve been out for a short while and I simply wanna give the individuals a style of what they’ve been lacking. I had lots of people attain out to inform me they’re ready on me to get again to the ring, so I feel making an announcement can be your best option.”

On the Bakole loss, the younger heavyweight was trustworthy in his evaluation.

“I realized I’m by no means gonna be the hardest, by no means gonna be the strongest, and I gotta go in there with gameplan and keep on with it. I bought hit with shot early on. I strayed away from any gameplan and I simply needed to be the hardest man, which clearly didn’t work out for me. From right here on out, sticking to the plan, doing no matter I did in camp and simply being the higher fighter. Sticking to my abilities as an alternative of attempting to make use of brute energy.”

‘Large Child’ expressed an curiosity in a rematch with Bakole down the road. Step one is wanting good in opposition to Kollias tonight in New York.