After taking part in the toughest fight of his career, heavyweight contender Jared Anderson will continue his march up the ranks next month.
Earlier this month, Anderson went the full ten round distance with former IBF world champion Charles Martin. Anderson had stopped his previous 14 opponents.
During the high-drama fight, Anderson was rocked on at least two occasions and had to overcome those adversities to reach the finish line.
The unbeaten fighter will make a quick turnaround when he steps inside the ring on August 26 against veteran Andrii Rudenko.
Anderson warns his future opponents that he still has a lot of tactics and skills to reveal.
“I do have a bag [of tricks] that I have not unleashed yet,” Anderson told Sky Sports.
“I don’t say much. I just let my work do the talking for me. I know potentially I’m going to get into a fight where I’m going to have to unleash that whole bag and everybody will get to see it and they’re going to be like: ‘Wow we never knew he could do this.’ But I knew the whole time. I just didn’t say nothing because I’m not one to talk about it.”
Anderson believes that there are too many fighters, especially at heavyweight, using social media to negotiate fights.
“You all got each other’s managers’ numbers. You all got each other’s promoters’ numbers. Stop doing all that Facebook and Instagram talking and stuff and fight,” Anderson said. “Or send a contract or something. Negotiations don’t go over Instagram.”
In the next few months, several key fights are taking place in the heavyweight division.
On the same day as Anderson’s return against Rudenko, a big event will take place in Poland – with Oleksandr Usyk defending the WBO, IBO, WBA and IBF titles against mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois.
Anderson predicts a “very easy” victory for the reigning unified champ.
“Usyk wins very easily because I think Dubois’ very stiff. I think Usyk will take it pretty easily,” Anderson said.