Former WBA cruiserweight champ Ryan Merhy of Belgium is satisfied unbeaten heavyweight prospect/contender Jared Anderson, 16-0(15) has made a giant mistake in agreeing to struggle him subsequent. As followers might know (see article under on Anderson), the 2 will conflict in Corpus Christie this Saturday night time, and whereas 24 12 months outdated Anderson is being groomed for stardom, Merhy, at age 31, says he’ll knock Anderson off after which struggle for the bridgerweight world title.
Merhy, 32-2(26) tells Sky Sports activities he’ll show unsuitable the specialists, equivalent to Tyson Fury, who say Anderson is the subsequent massive factor at heavyweight.
“I’m the longer term man who’s going to beat the longer term champion, Jared will lose that struggle and I’ll show Tyson Fury unsuitable,” Merhy mentioned. “The one title I do know of Jared’s opponents is Charles Martin, that’s the one title we knew from anyone he fought. Can we evaluate him to an Olympic gold medallist (Tony Yoka, who Merhy holds a current win over)? He’s a really younger fighter who has lots of issues to show. We spoke about his energy however it’s important to see who he knocked out earlier than. He’s doing fairly effectively together with his abilities, we’ll see on the night time who’s the higher fighter.”
Saturday’s struggle is an attention-grabbing one. Anderson hasn’t boxed since August so he could possibly be a little bit rusty in there, whereas Merhy, who final fought in December, has solely been stopped one time, this by Arsen Goulamirian in a cruiserweight title struggle again in 2018. Merhy is true when he says “Prince” Charles Martin is the most important title on Anderson’s resume, and the previous IBF heavyweight champ gave Anderson a troublesome night time’s work in taking him the gap.
We might discover out fairly a bit about Anderson on Saturday night time.
Merhay says he’ll get the win after which drop right down to bridgerweight.
“Let’s be cheap, my first objective is to be world champion within the bridgerweight division,” he mentioned. “That’s my first objective, turn into world champion at bridgerweight after which if alternatives come once more at heavyweight I’ll catch it. There’s no stress [going into the Anderson fight]. I’m not a heavyweight, I’m a bridgerweight so it’s simply a possibility I’ve caught.”
The distinction in measurement might after all show to be an element – Merhy standing simply 5’11” to Anderson’s 6’4” – however Merhy, who’s a warrior, is certain speaking an incredible struggle getting in. Would possibly we see the upset on Saturday?
