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“Top Heavyweights Would Kill This Guy”: Fans Join Shaquille O’Neal and Ex-UFC Champ Jose Aldo in Reacting to Banger Performance by Charles Martin in His Fight Against Jared Anderson

Published 07/04/2023, 6:08 AM EDT

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Jared Anderson and Charles Martin just had a power-packed match against each other. The bout took place in Anderson’s homeland, Toledo, Ohio. Even though most of his fans expected a knockout victory, Anderson won the fight via unanimous decision. The 23-year-old once again proved to the world that he is one of the best surging boxers. Anderson was able to defeat the former world champion after a 10-round, fierce battle. Some of the top athletes are highly impressed with the bout between the two. The clash was evidence that ‘The Real Big Baby’ can take boxing matches to a distance.

Anderson now has a clean record of 15-0. Except for his fight against Martin, in all other matches, he won by knockout. The NABF Junior Heavyweight title holder put forth a fierce fighting style that blew the roof off the Huntington Center on Saturday night. After coming across the bout, the NBA legend, Shaquille O’Neal and UFC star, Jose Aldo reacted to the match, where Anderson amazed the audience.

Shaquille O’Neal, Jose Aldo and fans react to Jared Anderson versus Charles Martin

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The Instagram page of Top Prank posted footage from the match between Anderson and Martin. The footage showed the powerful strikes thrown by the boxers against each other. At one point in the fight, Anderson’s punch resulted in his opponent losing the ground and falling down. After coming across the post-UFC bantamweight star, Jose Aldo liked the video. Along with Aldo, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal also loved the bout. ‘Big Shamrock’ shared the video on his Instagram story. He has shown several times that he is a big combat sports fan. There were numerous incidents where O’Neal reacted to some of the famous boxing matches. The reaction from the two great athletes is proof that ‘Big Baby’ indeed passed one of the biggest tests of his boxing career.

 

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However, there are fans who feel that Anderson should have performed better, here is how some of the fans reacted to the post

A fan mentioned that the bout was a “reality check” for Anderson.

“This was a good reality check for him.”

Another fan believed that “Big Baby” was young and needed time to improve.

“He’s young barely 24 just give him time and fights he will get better and better props to him”

A fan was not impressed with Anderson’s fight.

“He barely passed good learning experience hopefully Big Baby improves”

One of the Instagram users believed that the fight was a “great test” for the ‘Big Baby.’

“Great test for Anderson. This fight will make him a way better fighter.”

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A fan believed that Anderson won’t be able to win against top heavyweights.

“Top heavyweights would kill this guy.”

One of the fans felt that Martin put forth a great fight.

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Martin rejuvenated his career with this performance.

One of the fans commented, “Better don’t fight wilder

How it all began

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 There is no doubt that Anderson came out with flying colors after the most crucial match of his boxing career. ‘Big Baby’ is now in the position of being one of the best boxers in the world under 25. The boxing world took notice of Anderson when he became the sparring partner of boxing legend Tyson Fury. His first professional boxing match took place on October 26, 2019, against Daniel Infante. Back then, Anderson was able to achieve a first-round knockout victory against Infante at the Reno Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. Ever since then, Anderson has been able to achieve glorious victories one after the other.

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Priyanka is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. Her passion for the UFC is evident in her writing, and she has been a devoted fan of the sport for many years. Priyanka is particularly fascinated by the sportsmanship displayed by fighters, and she is captivated by their ability to calculate each move when an opponent is all set to attack.
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