Jared Dovan Anderson (born November 16, 1999) is an American

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who held the NABF

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title in 2021. As an

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he won the 2017 and 2018 U.S. National Championships.

Professional career

Anderson signed a multi-year promotional contract with

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on September 24, 2019, and made his professional debut a month later on October 26, scoring a first-round

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(KO) victory over Daniel Infante at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in

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. Anderson faced Andrew Satterfield in his third professional fight, which he won by a first-round technical knockout. On June 9, 2020, Anderson beat Johnnie Langston by a third-round technical knockout. It was the first time that Anderson had fought past the first round. Anderson scored another first-round stoppage on July 16, 2020, when he beat Hector Perez. Anderson passed the first round for the second time in his career on September 5, 2020, against Rodney Hernandez, whom he beat by a fourth-round technical knockout. Anderson closed out 2020 with a first-round technical knockout of Luis Peña on October 31, 2020. Anderson was scheduled to face Kingsley Ibeh on February 13, 2021, and won his first fight of 2021 by a sixth-round knockout. Anderson next faced Jeremiah Karpency on April 10, 2021, and once again won by a knockout, stopping Karpency early in the second round. Anderson improved to 10–0 when he beat the previously undefeated Vladimir Tereshkin (22–0–1) on October 9, 2021 on the undercard of

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via second-round technical knockout. Anderson was scheduled to face Oleksandr Teslenko on December 11, 2021, on the undercard of the

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and Richard Commey lightweight bout. He won the bout via second-round technical knockout. On April 13, 2024 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Anderson was scheduled to face Ryad Merhy. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Anderson was scheduled to face Congolese boxer Martin Bakole at

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in Los Angeles on August 3, 2024. Anderson lost the fight by TKO in the fifth round. Anderson is scheduled to face Marios Kollias at The Theater at

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in New York on February 14, 2025.

Professional boxing record

References

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